Celestial Steed and Lil'XT

[Kicksome]

Well said Elektroz.

[Diwa]

Felt like epic mounts are not epic anymore after this. I have no problems with people collecting mounts and buying this Celestial Steeds. I think people here who are against it is just trying to educate the community the negative side of supporting RMT's. As a boxer we are already helping the company by having multiple accounts as we enjoy the challenge from it. They are also milking us from character/server change services and soon the expansion. I think supporting RMT's such as this is too much for us boxers. It's true that this are only aesthetics but for some people it matters. People worked hard to have epic mounts like from rare boss drops and reputations only to find out that you can just buy a better looking one. I will not be surprise if Blizzard starts on selling stat boost potions since RMT through aesthetics works. Once you fall for RMT addiction it will be hard to get out.

Lil'XT is also annoying and it forces you to push the mute button.

[MiRai]

I don't ever see Blizzard selling items which will provide an unfair advantage in the game. Why would they go that route after over 5 years of having a solid game without it? They would lose so much of their player base it wouldn't even be funny. They haven't had the top MMORPG for the past 5 years because they've been "doing it wrong". So what they sell stupid little pets and now a mount, both which don't affect actual gameplay what-so-ever. Does everyone here honestly believe that Blizzard could keep their player base by selling in game epics and tier armor to the person willing to pay the highest? You're all insane.

The Celestial Steed was released to pay for Cataclysm server upgrades.

Lil'XT is also annoying and it forces you to push the mute button.

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/13200...lil-xt-sounds/

[kadaan]

I don't ever see Blizzard selling items which will provide an unfair advantage in the game. Why would they go that route after over 5 years of having a solid game without it? They would lose so much of their player base it wouldn't even be funny. They haven't had the top MMORPG for the past 5 years because they've been "doing it wrong". So what they sell stupid little pets and now a mount, both which don't affect actual gameplay what-so-ever. Does everyone here honestly believe that Blizzard could keep their player base by selling in game epics and tier armor to the person willing to pay the highest? You're all insane.

The Celestial Steed was released to pay for Cataclysm server upgrades.

Agreed. The day they sell gold, items, levels, exp, etc... I will stop playing. Until then, kudos for Blizzard for finding ways to supplement their income without affecting the game in any tangible way for the standard subscription players. Anyone who thinks this is the beginning of the end and all but solidifies official gold selling needs to take their tinfoil hats off and put their guns back in the closet :P.

[OzPhoenix]

Well, the Lil' XT is, without doubt, the most annoying pet eve....no, the most annoying anything ever introduced into the game, forcing me to mute sound in Org recently. But hey, it'll be patched tonight so it'll be banished - just poor testing on Blizz' part.

The Celestial Steed I went for, buying 5 of them for my team. To me the biggest selling point was finally having a single mount that was both land and air - finally a mount I can just set and forget.

[Knytestorme]

Like I said above there are more pragmatic things you could do with money

Such as? That's like lunch for one day, maybe 2 magazines, 1 dvd or 1 cd purchase. $25 is not a lot of money and is essentially pocket change for minor purchases, there is nothing else you can spend it on that will change your life in a meaningful way that makes buying the steed any less pragmatic a use of it than any other option.

In regards to the steed, I brought 1 + the 3 pets (would have brought the 2 plushies as well but wind-rider is out of stock atm) and have no issue with Blizzard selling meaningless items such as that but the moment they put weapons, armour, potions, or any other form of character upgrade up for sale is the moment I cancel all my accounts and am done with WoW and I'm sure they understand that just about anyone feels the same way whether they support things like the steed or not.

[Seraphaw]

Such as? That's like lunch for one day, maybe 2 magazines, 1 dvd or 1 cd purchase. $25 is not a lot of money and is essentially pocket change for minor purchases, there is nothing else you can spend it on that will change your life in a meaningful way that makes buying the steed any less pragmatic a use of it than any other option.
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25$ can feed a person for weeks in lesser developed countries, so if your own life is full of lush and luxury then why not help someone else out? I'm sure it will help them in a meaningful way. Or you know, you can have a sparkly digital horse.

[Mosg2]

25$ can feed a person for weeks in lesser developed countries, so if your own life is full of lush and luxury then why not help someone else out? I'm sure it will help them in a meaningful way. Or you know, you can have a sparkly digital horse.

I don't think many of us, if any, are multi-boxing in third world countries. And since to me this concept (The same as 'Eat your dinner; There are starving kids in Africa') is pretty laughable I'll quote good ole' Stephen Colbert:

"Class is a way of categorizing people based off of how much money they're willing to earn."

[OzPhoenix]

25$ can feed a person for weeks in lesser developed countries, so if your own life is full of lush and luxury then why not help someone else out? I'm sure it will help them in a meaningful way. Or you know, you can have a sparkly digital horse.

So you'll be cancelling all your extra accounts and diverting the money to needy causes in the 3rd world?

With all due respect to someone else using this site, your argument is completely facile.

[Seldum]

25$ can feed a person for weeks in lesser developed countries, so if your own life is full of lush and luxury then why not help someone else out? I'm sure it will help them in a meaningful way. Or you know, you can have a sparkly digital horse.

Dude common. That was a pretty far fetched comment

I'm glad you feel that way towards the undeveloped countries but I think people can do what ever they like with their $$$. If it makes you happy buying a pet and a horse in wow, go ahead. If it makes you happy to donate money to charity, go ahead.

If wow ever degrades to players being able to buy improvements, i'm probably going to ditch the game.