I swear with Blizzard every step forward always comes with 3 steps backwards.
EDIT:
This is no longer the case as per latest news (apparently I cannot paste anything in this message, but Blizzard confirmed this to be just a Beta issue, it will be Warband wide when it goes live)
For us roleplayers, this is an absolute disaster.
We change outfits/mogs constantly for roleplay events and on average use maybe around 6-8 different sets?
On the other hand, if you calculate changing your mog so many times in the past, what if the total cost exceeds those 800K you now pay once and for all?
I’ll say “potentially”, really depends what you’re going for.
In my case, I get away with what I have equipped right now, the Wind Wolf set, or just some heirloom pieces that cover what I need.
Look I am not and RPer or transmog enthusiast - I use the same mog for over a decade on most of my toons. Still by changing gear and leveling every xpac I am pretty sure on my main I paid well over 800K alone during that decade just because of the need to mog every new piece to match my outfit and this is now gone…
I can understand it will initially cost gold if you want to swap between 20 outfits freely, but after that you are set for good.
Blizzard for sure has some inhouse data on how much people spend on transmog over the long run and is setting matching prices to have the same effect on the economy.
Yeah no.
This is another 800k gold investment we need to make for a system that was working.
The majority of people don’t even have 800k gold on our server.
This change is absolutely terrible and needs to change.
Not acc wide, 800k, seems like goldsink because there is so much gold in game and stuff from professions is useless. Only way how to get gold is by boosting or swipe a card.