Slasha Slim

...over flying, of all things.

There’s so much wrong with this that I don’t even know where to start. First, you should probably check out the petition. Don’t worry, I’ll wait: 

https://www.change.org/p/blizzard-ent-creators-of-world-of-warcraft-start-to-listen-to-the-players

First of all, Blizz is acting like it’s their game because IT IS THEIR GAME, you moron. Apparently you haven’t thought it too awful to be playing on multiple accounts for the last 9 years. Furthermore, you paying for the game does not entitle you to be all-knowing and Awesome regarding that game. No one forced you to spend your money. No one told you that if you pay for a subscription long enough you’ll get some magical pass that grants you any sort of power, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that no one included you into the decision-making.

“ There have been many things changing in the game lately that I have not really seen the need for and really seem to be departing from what made the game truly great however the thing that has finally gone too far is this 'great' news we all received from blizzard that there will be no flying in new zones this expansion! “

Guess what. To keep up with a competitive market, ESPECIALLY with an established game, can be pretty tough. Do you know everything ever that Blizzard does? Do you know what goes on in their offices? You may not have seen a need, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t one. And, I’m sorry, you’re a serious player and FLYING is the last straw? It wasn’t when you didn’t have to visit a trainer anymore? It wasn’t when complex trees became a series of 6 buttons? It wasn’t when people could just buy high-level characters? Of all the things to complain about, this seems insanely minute to warrant some long diatribe on a petition site, hoping others agree with you.

That’s a whole other thing. Not every player agrees with you. I don’t agree with you. I think you’re a pedantic little crybaby who thinks a long-term business transaction magically gives you any notion that you have a say in said business.

Your mounts look sad flapping on the ground? With the exception of capital cities, there is nowhere densely populated enough that it would be worthwhile “showing off” your mount. Which is fine, because you can fly almost everywhere else!

“ The only way blizzard will listen to us is if as a community we all stand up and Say NO! “ You can’t just SAY no and get Blizz to listen. They still don’t have to. They don’t even have to acknowledge your petition. The thing that makes big companies listen is ACTIONS. If this pisses you off enough, QUIT. Quit the game and then demand it. Just whining on a site is not doing anything.  

“ Without the dedication of every player that has played this game since day one, Blizzard as a company would not exist and would not have the money to make this game the success it is (and all the others that they have put our money into like Hearthstone, Diablo, Star Craft and what ever other projects they have coming out in the future). “ You mean things that we, as “dedicated players” have willingly paid for and that they used THEIR MONEY to pay for? Once you use money to purchase something (in this case game time), that money is now owned by the person(s) you gave it to in exchange for that thing. That is literally how money has always worked.  

“ . I know that during Blizzcon they say how grateful they are to the community so long as everyone keeps clapping at their every word ...” SO STOP CLAPPING. Be consistent in your anger. That shouldn’t be hard if you’re a man of your word.

“ We want content to be released every 2-3 months...” How much content? Cos as you mentioned, Blizz has several games constantly running, and I highly doubt you really recognize the work that goes into that content just so you don’t turn around and complain about it, which you always do. 

“ ...we want mounts dropped by raid bosses to be better looking then store mounts you can just buy ...” Literally the only thing I agree with, because you should have to work for your mounts, even if you don’t have to work for much else in the game anymore. Although even there, there’s the argument that some people work for their money and don’t have- that’s a different argument.

To be clear, I don’t hate the idea of flying in Draenor. I could care less one way or another. Some travel would be faster, but I believe that treasure and artifact items should be taken if we are given flight because skill and patience is the point of those things.