BBQSox
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With the announcement (unofficially) that the celestial steed will be available through the Blizzard store (making it the first mount for sale), I'm curious about what the overall consensus about this marketing tactic is.
Assuming that the mount is account wide, I'm buying it. It looks really cool, scales to training and counts as a land mount where you can't fly. Did I mention that it's the coolest looking mount in the game next to the Ashes mount? (picture to follow)
So what are your feelings on paying real life money for in game items? So far, we're limited to buying things that have no impact on gameplay at all. Pets and mounts don't change the game for anybody. Other MMOs have allowed players to purchase currency and rare items such as armor and weapons. I can't see Blizzard allowing anything that affects the actual gameplay in any way.
Do you think buying pets is silly? What about mounts? Personally, I've always thought that paying $15-30 for a pet was silly. I don't care about in game pets and I certainly don't care if I get a stuffed animal version of it to toss in a drawer somewhere. However, the celestial steed, as I've already mentioned, looks amazing. It's a beautiful mount, possibly my favorite that they've ever made. If I can have it on all of my characters, I'll pay $35-40 for it. If it's limited to one character, I'll pay $20 so my death knight can ride in style. Those are my maximums. I WILL NOT pay any more in either situation.
What do you think, Redeemed?
Video of the mount:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvDDFi0Fuo
Picture of the mount for those who don't want to watch it in action:
http://valaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/celestialsteed.jpg
Assuming that the mount is account wide, I'm buying it. It looks really cool, scales to training and counts as a land mount where you can't fly. Did I mention that it's the coolest looking mount in the game next to the Ashes mount? (picture to follow)
So what are your feelings on paying real life money for in game items? So far, we're limited to buying things that have no impact on gameplay at all. Pets and mounts don't change the game for anybody. Other MMOs have allowed players to purchase currency and rare items such as armor and weapons. I can't see Blizzard allowing anything that affects the actual gameplay in any way.
Do you think buying pets is silly? What about mounts? Personally, I've always thought that paying $15-30 for a pet was silly. I don't care about in game pets and I certainly don't care if I get a stuffed animal version of it to toss in a drawer somewhere. However, the celestial steed, as I've already mentioned, looks amazing. It's a beautiful mount, possibly my favorite that they've ever made. If I can have it on all of my characters, I'll pay $35-40 for it. If it's limited to one character, I'll pay $20 so my death knight can ride in style. Those are my maximums. I WILL NOT pay any more in either situation.
What do you think, Redeemed?
Video of the mount:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvDDFi0Fuo
Picture of the mount for those who don't want to watch it in action:
http://valaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/celestialsteed.jpg