Microsoft's acquisition and the future of WoW

southwurth said:
something like FF14 ARR
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I'm thinking they're going to do something like this, possibly with "classic"
They hit Classic WotLK and start over anew.
Although there's a ton of next expansion leaks of "the dragon isles" already...
So I wouldn't count at LEAST one more expansion to go through before these things take effect.
 
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The deal will most likely conclude before the next expansion release so its a question if we are going to see the new payment model being rolled out before the expansion does and what else will it bring with it in terms of f2p

"Upon close, we will offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, both new titles and games from Activision Blizzard’s incredible catalog."
 
I’m thinking this is the beginning of the end for WoW. It will eventually end up on ESO for free with no further patches or upgrades.
Then they will create an NFT version of WoW 2.0 and we’ll all be using real money buying and selling on the AH……..
 
Dj3nka said:
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The deal will most likely conclude before the next expansion release so its a question if we are going to see the new payment model being rolled out before the expansion does and what else will it bring with it in terms of f2p

"Upon close, we will offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, both new titles and games from Activision Blizzard’s incredible catalog."
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I think I read somewhere that the acquisition is planned to conclude some time in 2023. I can't say how this will affect f2p, but I really do think there will be a stronger focus on cash shop items, making the payment model centered around microtransactions.
 
Well, I don't think any changes are going to be as large as one might imagine. At least not in the near future.

I certainly remember enormous amounts of rumblings with the Activision merger, and yeah...there were changes. Some good, some bad, and we all got a Mr. Chilly.

I think largely they plan to clear up the PR nightmare that is going on, enjoy immense profits from the acquisition, and throw the games on gamepass. That alone is going to be a dramatic cash cow.


Now, if anything, twinking at F2P might actually be the most impacted part of the game. Why? Because I can absolutely see them formulating a new F2P model for gamepass and focusing on attracting new users.
 
Chops said:
considering how poorly the real money AH on D3 went, I doubt we'll see that anytime soon
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I didn’t realise they’ve already tried it. I only have my finger on the WoW pulse :PepeLaughW:
Still, with block chain, crypto’s, NFT’s and the like, stuff that don’t really exist but people pay money for……
I’m sure they will find a way to capitalise on it and make probably even more coin from people selling and buying on the AH than any subscription could make them.
They could even create Blizzsoftcoin or Actasofterium which allows u to buy and sell in WoW…..
I’m too old to fully understand all this stuff, but the fact that people can pay an insane amount of $’s for a pixelated picture online, how about using it to buy a sword, a mount etc.
Actavision - Blizzard already have a big player base - there’s big potential for NFT style games……

I’d finally have a reason to tell my wife I’m quitting work to play WoW for a living :p
 
Kirise said:
First Blizzard improves the API for using gamepads with WoW, then Blizzard spends time cleaning up pointless details within WoW to make it more family friendly (to ratings boards), and now Microsoft buys out the whole shebang. Taking bets on whether WoW makes it to the XBox. As much as I'd love to see that happen, I believe the console version would fail, because WoW is too unintuitive to attract new gamers.
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I play wow level 20 twinks only because I can play the whole thing on a Xbox controller on my big TV on my coach using consoleport and steam link. It's been my favorite gaming experience of my life.

It's also super beginner friendly.
 
Chops said:
AH on D3
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They made a lot of money. 15 percent cut per sale... (I will never forget people paid over 200 bucks for BIS Manticore)

Zemmix said:
At least not in the near future.
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Warcraft 3 - Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne - WoW (Last Expension Wrath of the Lich King) - Warcraft 4 (new story) - WoW2.0 - Warcraft 4 expansion - WoW 2 expansion (Story continues with Warcraft 4's expansion)

I always believe this production line was the most stable way to keep this story alive and healthy but they've chosen the easy way for cash. They milked it over and over. Game was like about to explode. Activision saw this and escaped. Microsoft's team knew this too. They'll try to bring fresh things to the table and we'll see...
 
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Next year on blizzcon , a man in leather jacket is announcing the next expac.
"Its gonna have 16 times the detail and all of it just works."
Im literally tearing up rn, i stand up and clap.

Launch day, cant believe the garbage shadowlands plot is over, activision-blizzard-bethesda is back baby.
Log in my character, the screen is black, familiar music starts playing.
"Hey, you're finally awake"

God damnit Todd, he did it again.
 
Something I would love to see added to the game (and I am sure this will be controversial) is to hard cap stats under max level and then reopen all bg queues together again for xp on and xp off.

i.e. at 19 a hard cap of 20% on secondarys and like 160 hard cap on primary stats.

It would effectively end twinking but allow you to pvp at any bracket again with queues that pop and prevent levelers from getting stomped.

That would actually make me want to resub again or buy a gamepass or w/e MS is gonna do.
 
As long as I can pay money instead of farm anything. A+.

The WoW token has kept many people in the twinking game, regardless of misleading information and people whining about it's detrimental effects.
 
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Warglave said:
Went ok for me.... ;)
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Same here, I worked form home at the time so I just spent all day farming on d3 and selling my mempos/skorns or the occasional decent trifecta* ring/neck. I made bank on d3 real money auction house.
 
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Well this might be the last nail in the coffin... Imagine having to bother getting xbox live to play wow..
 
kektard said:
Well this might be the last nail in the coffin..
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Games for Windows Live account required to enter Battlenet.
- How can i create Games for Windows Live account?
- You can't create anymore.
- So How can i play WoW?
-This is not my problem
(This is not a joke. If you want to play Resident Evil 5, you have to find a way to escape this loop)

//If anyone want to know how i solve this, I downloaded the pirate version of the game with torrent. Legal version not working :)
 
Incind said:
I play wow level 20 twinks only because I can play the whole thing on a Xbox controller on my big TV on my coach using consoleport and steam link. It's been my favorite gaming experience of my life.

It's also super beginner friendly.
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You main a huntard, dont you
 
BANKONE said:
gotta be hunter or ww spamming warrior. Only thing remotely playable on a console controller lmao
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Could be also dh, since there is already addon that makes your UI a console-game-lookalike when playing dh, tho why would anyone play that class in this bracket :YEP:
 
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