Celestial Steed and Lil'XT

[Vecter]

Actual usable items? I lol'd irl

Why would they sell everyday purples? There is a much smaller market for these items since gear is replaced in either every new content patch and for sure every expansion. The only thing I could see them selling are trinkets, but even then meh, replaceable unless they do something unique like turn you into a goat or something.

Why sell straight up gold? No reason to since they control the flow of gold in the game. They control the price of gold by how much quanity there is given a certain number of players. However, there is another way to sell gold without selling gold.

Now they could have chosen to sell the steed in dalaran for @30kg, kinda like the mammoth tundra mount or the mechano-chopper that is 16k-20k currently. Current market value 60-90 bucks.

They have chosen not to and thus skipping gold sellers/farmer directly and selling gold themselves via the direct purchase method.

I have no problem with this but there shouldn't be a double standard.

Blizzard is in the market to make money, real hard cash. The amount of money they have made selling the pets is probably millions, and adding a mount for purchase is going to make them millions more. That's all it comes down to, not bypassing any gold sellers or controlling gold. None of that directly puts money into their pockets.

[Fat Tire]

Blizzard is in the market to make money, real hard cash. The amount of money they have made selling the pets is probably millions, and adding a mount for purchase is going to make them millions more. That's all it comes down to, not bypassing any gold sellers or controlling gold. None of that directly puts money into their pockets.

The old blizzard is the market to make money argument. Gotta love it!


I run my business to make money also, just like blizzard. I love taking stupid peoples money it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Darwinism is at work I always say.

I just want to be allowed to sell my shit in game for RL cash to stupid people too, just like they do, but without repercussions. Thats the double standard.


Edit: And before anyone uses the argument of mounts are not the same as selling gold/items I call bullshit. During Ulduar, my guild sold 10 man achievement proto drakes for 35k in which we had a number of people who said that they didnt have 35kg so we charged 200 bucks and they paid thru paypal. We had 2 people do this, paid for our vent and guild site for almost 2 years with these 2 runs. People are vain even in a virtual world and they are willing to pay for it.

[Daeri]

Blizzard is in the market to make money, real hard cash. The amount of money they have made selling the pets is probably millions, and adding a mount for purchase is going to make them millions more..

Indeed, they did : http://www.wow.com/2010/02/17/blizza...andaren-pet-s/ and they sold many more since this article was published.