As a paramedic im not looking to lose my job, in the opposite i get alot over-time if i dont get quarantined again as im also educated as a nurse. My echonomy is good and i live in a country with one of the best welfare-systems in the world.
Me personally, dont need free-time, couldnt care less, but i do know there are people out there who have to weigh and turn upside down every cent they have because of the current situation.
Many of these people have supported Blizz through the years. I see nothing wrong with helping them out.
No point in xp bonus if you cant afford to play.
And exploiting the situation to get more subs are pretty tasteless imo.
You see it as some kind of exploit, I see it as an offer to existing customers to give them something to do during a time when many are having to stay home.
This absolutely sums it up the best:-
In game the buff is getting a lot of appreciation. As always itâs the forums where some have tried to turn it into something negative.
In the current climate though do you really think that people will sub just for an xp bonus if they are already in financial difficulty? I keep saying this, people will not sub and are even more likely to unsub if and when they are in financial difficulty as they will prioritise other things over gaming.
Finally, thank you for all that you have been doing and continue to do, I know the medical profession are working many hours at the moment to keep people safe and well
I mean, Blizzard is greedy, and wants to make profit, thatâs a given, but I still donât think that giving people free gametime would be the most desirable/best altruistic move, think itâs kind of a pointless one in fact.
Would be much more desirable if they were to donate money earned from people fortunate enough to sit at home and pay subscription towards production of medical equipment and whatnot.
But they wonât. Not many entities will.
Current status quo wouldnât be much different from them giving free sub time, in terms of making the current predicament more tolerable at least. It wouldnât really change anything in the grand scheme of things, except Blizzardâs bottomline.
I mean weâre talking about a big picture here. 10 euro on its own isnt much, but people use other things too, and other companies offer some sort of ways to help out people during crisis. a book store im using offered me a months free subscription, amazon got me few days free shipping, Transport was free before they forbid transporting in my country, Bank depts also got postponed for 3 months.
yeah I agree 10 euro as a one standing isnt much, but when you add up all those things 10 euro on 10 euro, you get 100. point being, a lot of small benefits help you go through rough times.
if I had no money and every friend gave me 1 euro, Iâd have few hunders of euros. yes 1 euro isnt much, but when you add it up it helps a lot.
they couldâve done both :)) stop shilling.
you do realize they dont have to do ANYTHING at all? they can keep creating WoDs and BfAs if they decide to. point is, if they keep at that pace theyâll be losing more and more customers.
valuing customers is the reason Amazon is a top brand.
not the âHURDUR we can do w/e we want!!!11â
I get what youâre saying, and yes its true, no one has to do anything. so whatâs your point exactly?
Like, what exactly are you trying to say?
Definately but as I said, they might not give out free food and money to people, but they can let people enjoy their product for a certain period of time, considering its a crisis period.
entire point of the thread is about semi-altruism and empathy, not what blizzard has to do by the law.
Obviously buff is good, but compared to what could be done, its a drop in an ocean. as I mentioned on multiple occasions now, please stop shilling and de-railing the thread.
Correct. only people hyping the buff are the ones who have their BUMs safe and cozy and warm pathetic.
youâre one of the good ones Emobear
not sure where did you see world âobligatedâ think youâre the person who mentioned that word for the first time.
Just like a shill a lil above you accused me of âmaking demandsâ.
again, empathy during the time of crisis, I think it was said 21312 times now :))
I expect people to behave like such, instead of acting like hungry hyenas but yeah, some people are what they are, cant help it.
Sure, but if the choice is between losing money and giving free gametime to people, or losing money and actually putting money into infastructure/equipment that works towards ending the pandemic, I know which one I would deem as more important. Itâs all money âdonatedâ at the end of the day after all.
I see we have resorted to calling me a shill. Itâs a shame when people have to resort to petty name calling or outright lies when they dontâ have an argument to present.
I was replying to Emobear not you and I used the word obligated because people keep bringing up how theyâre âloyal customersâ and therefor should get something in return ASIF Blizzard would be obligated to do such a thing.
As for empathy, thatâs real easy to talk about but not so easy in practice. They canât just flip a switch and act like nothing will change.
So is this about altruism or about you being annoyed with Blizzard and using the current climate to demand free game time? Yes they will be losing more customers but mainly through the current climate rather than the I hate the current/previous/next expansion.
Please donât call me pathetic, I resent it and as Punyelf said, name calling is not needed, if you donât like what I say feel free to say so without being rude, I have done you this courtesy and I expect the same in return.
Stop with the petty bickering please you are a good person inside you donât need to say these things . Focus on the point you have and stick to it .In a time like this we should not be bickering between each other its now we should be working together this squabbles have to stop .
It is not kinder garden just move on if you donât like somebodys view.
Could blizzard do more ? maybe but keep on pushing and they will resort to there usual charity tactic and put a pet out .
If you cant afford to play iâm sorry I wish I could help and sure it helps take your mind off the world for a little while but you have to think of there staff and costs too its a whole big picture we need to look at and not a sample task .
As I said multiple times previously, I dont need game time, I got plenty, had enough to help out few friends too.
and As I said previously, no oneâs demanding anything. its mostly suggestions and concerns from customers.
I never did, was referring to the behavior.
I mean as I said its not much different, and Im suprised they didnt go with it we know how it worked out last time. limiting the amount of charity and what notâŚ
either way Im sure some people would be equally excited for their cHaRiTy pEt tAcTic :)) as theyâre for this buff.
exactly my point:
I said it before sheâd start attacking and accusing me of saying things I never did
but I agree, if someone doesnt agree with my views they can simply move on to the next thread and farm the comments there, or get back to playing the game they enjoy so much and use their 100% extra exp buff.
I think releasing a charity pet where 100% of the profits go towards the aforementioned stuff would be a better move than giving free sub, as far as the âpublicâs interest and global wellbeingâ goes at least.
It would have a cynical underlying motive in tax breaks or whatever, but itâd still be money going towards something absolutely vital.
Maybe I wasnât clear enough, what I was saying is that you seem to post how this reduction in subs or free game time is to help those who need it, but then you also take the opportunity to have a dig at current and previous expansions. So is this truly because you want something for others or is it just a complaint against Blizzard using the current climate to make your point? If the game is so bad in your opinion why advocate free subs? Or continue to play yourself if it is so bad?
I dunno if you cant afford one payment you shouldnât be playing WoW imo and if you can, youâll have the free time to farm gold to continue playing? Obviously for some people its an escape and whatever, but yeah, if I lost my job i think the last thing Iâd think about is how am I going to keep playing WoW and tbh, I would just farm gold if I wanted to keep playing and I had to.
I mean, theyâd literally have to make it free for the rest of the year with the trajectory this virus is going in which who knows, maybe they will do at some point if subs go down enough.
The new CoD battle royale is free; they could go play that, I hear thatâs fun. in fact, Iâm downloading it right now to play with friends who are in quarantine.
Point is Blizz is one example of a big company in an industry that is not gonna be to affected by a epidemic/pandemic. Cause their customers (us) are used to doing the things people in quarantine are doing: Spending time indoors.
there is bound to be alot of depression, pshyciatric diseases, alcohol/drugs and in some cases suicides the coming months.
Playing a game like world of warcraft can be a good thing to many people who are not used to isolate themselves / spending most of the time indoors.
alot of businesses are facing bigtime trouble: Oil companies, hotels, tourism, trade, fishermen, hotel, taxi, basicly almost everything that runs the society. However gaming companies are not amongst them in the same scale.
We are encouraged to have solidarity with businesses, gyms, artists, what and whonot, so whats wrong with a little solidarity the other way around, i see none.
they can keep creating WoDs and BfAs if they decide to. point is, if they keep at that pace theyâll be losing more and more customers.