wow 500-1,000 Tender for Pre-Purchasing New WoW Expansion: Reveal at BlizzCon?

[Stan 5,045]

The latest Patch 10.1.7 build includes Trader's Tender rewards for players who pre-purchase the upcoming WoW expansion that will most likely be revealed at BlizzCon 2023.

We have 3 hidden achievements tied to the different game versions Base/Heroic/Epic.

If you buy the Base version of the game, you will get 500 Tender. If you buy the Heroic version you will receive 750 Tender, and for the Epic Edition you'll get up to 1,000 Tender.

• <Hidden> Base 11.0 Tender [DNT] - [DNT] 500 Tender Rewarded for Base.
• <Hidden> Heroic 11.0 Tender [DNT] - [DNT] 750 Tender Rewarded for Heroic or 250 Tender for Upgrade to Heroic.
• <Hidden> Epic 11.0 Tender [DNT] - 1,000 Tender Rewarded for Epic or 500 Tender for Upgrade from Base to Epic or 250 Tender for Upgrade from Heroic to Epic.

We believe Blizzard will unveil the latest expansion and open pre-orders at BlizzCon 2023 on November 3.

[Prophet001 552]

LOL

 

this is so horrible

knew the monetization of this thing was coming and it's still horrible to watch

[Ken007 79]

I have no problem with this. I don't even see a problem with them selling tender in the shop. It is all cosmetic stuff and you can earn the tender in game.

[ArthasStormrage87 52]

I mean they give you plenty of tender throughout the month to earn in game. It could be like Diablo 4 shop where all the awesome armor and weapon skins are in a in game shop for a game you paid full price for. Hell it still 100 times better than Elder Scrolls Online store, where you got to do months worth of currency saving in game to buy just 1 or 2 things from their shady *filtered* game store. 

[Dreamcatcher 66]

I see no problem here

We already got Tenders for buying Dragonflight

It should be ok for ppl buy next expac to get their Tender 

if not it is a little boost for ppl to get more cosmetics from trading post

[Andelai 23]

If they want to monetize cosmetics, but also let them to be reasonable obtainable (as it is now) in game then I am totally fine with it. It's peoples choice what they do with the money. And let's be honest... How many of you actually bought any transmog and was like "Im gonna use it all the time it is so cool!". Not many. Let's be honest.

[TheRagingwolf 202]

I will likely buy the next xpac, but tender would not be a selling point for me. I have yet to use any of the free tender from in-game.

[Pandabuffel 154]

4 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

LOL

 

this is so horrible

knew the monetization of this thing was coming and it's still horrible to watch

Sorry, but this is trying to see problems where there are none. When news arrives that Tender becomes (much) harder to obtain or only able to buy it with real money you have clear way to complain. But in this case it's just something extra that you get for free for pre-purchasing the expansion.

Heck, there's even more reason to complain every past expansion where you got an exclusive mount that you couldn't obtain ingame or in any other way, unlike the Tender. So did you complain about every pre-purchase bonus so far?

[Prophet001 552]

38 minutes ago, Pandabuffel said:

Sorry, but this is trying to see problems where there are none. When news arrives that Tender becomes (much) harder to obtain or only able to buy it with real money you have clear way to complain. But in this case it's just something extra that you get for free for pre-purchasing the expansion.

Heck, there's even more reason to complain every past expansion where you got an exclusive mount that you couldn't obtain ingame or in any other way, unlike the Tender. So did you complain about every pre-purchase bonus so far?

I can absolutely complain. The tender was supposed to be a cool way to get stuff in game by doing stuff in game.

Now it's just another monetization scheme. A battle pass if you will. If you don't buy the things you don't get the tenders. As time progresses (Which we've already watched this move from a neat addition to a loot box type scam in a remarkably short amount of time as I'm sure you've observed) it'll get even worse and go further down the loot box rabbit hole.

I thought Baldur's Gate 3 woke people up to this nonsense. Apparently it didn't wake everyone up.

Edited August 25, 2023 by Prophet001

[castorr91 0]

2 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

I can absolutely complain. The tender was supposed to be a cool way to get stuff in game by doing stuff in game.

Now it's just another monetization scheme. A battle pass if you will. If you don't buy the things you don't get the tenders. As time progresses (Which we've already watched this move from a neat addition to a loot box type scam in a remarkably short amount of time as I'm sure you've observed) it'll get even worse and go further down the loot box rabbit hole.

I thought Baldur's Gate 3 woke people up to this nonsense. Apparently it didn't wake everyone up.

Just so I understand this.

1. You would've preferred the next xpac to launch with exclusives for Heroic and Epic versions like before? Items that wouldn't come back and that was not obtainable for free? 

2. How is this a "loot box rabbit hole", you know exactly what you get, and you decide what you spend the currency on. There's no RNG, no risk of getting duplicates, no scummy practices at all. Hell, you even can't accidentally buy a duplicate in the trading post.

3. You can still get cool stuff in the game by doing stuff in the game? 

4. Even if you don't get heroic or epic edition you can still get the exact same items by just playing the game? 

5. It's in blizzard's best interest to keep outputting cool stuff in the trading post to encourage people to play and get some bundles with tender. Meaning we'll continue to get new cool stuff on a monthly basis for just playing the game. And this is a bad thing? 

Baldur's Gate 3 is a single player game vs a live service multiplayer game. You cannot compare the two 1 to 1. 

Lastly, I believe all of the ongoing changes will be towards making WoW free to play or part of game pass. No need to charge a subscription and gatekeep people from testing the game if random cosmetics is paying for the game. 

[jgrover 2]

They already sell cosmetics, pets, toys and mounts through other venues, this isn't anything new nor a new nor a surprise. Your cynicism will be earned when actual when actual game altering content shows up. Till then you were either naive in not knowing this was the path or you're feigning outrage over something we all new and expected.

[Pandabuffel 154]

3 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

If you don't buy the things you don't get the tenders.

This is nothing but a blatant lie. You're completely ignoring the fact that you can earn plenty of Tender through ingame means and without any need to buy something from the shop. Why build a whole opinion on something you know isn't true?

[Krimzin 61]

7 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

LOL

 

this is so horrible

knew the monetization of this thing was coming and it's still horrible to watch

Whats is the difference in giving a small amount of currency used to purchase cosmetic items and/or just giving them away with the prepurchase.. I dont think the world is going to end because you get 500-1000 coints to spend.. A little over dramatic dont you think?

[Cham79 76]

Typical Blizzard L, sub to play game monetized out of the whazoo

[Ken007 79]

I don't mind monetization for cosmetics. They have to pay for the game and it does not increase player power. You could also look at it like: You could farm a cosmetic for four hours in game (some take much longer) or buy it for twenty dollars. What is worth more to you: four hours or twenty dollars? This way players that have to work a lot (and may not have time) still have a chance to have cool cosmetics. Not everyone is in the same situation, different things appeal to different types of players.