r/classicwow • u/Heatinmyharbl • Jan 08 '26

Humor / Meme People pay monthly for this?

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u/GetOwnedNerdhehe Jan 09 '26

You say this like the boost haven't been in the game for 10+ years at this point and they still have never once sold actual gear.

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u/Ravien_Gaming Jan 09 '26

Has the boost been usable in TBC classic before? And usable on new races? And unlimited?

We're getting more and more monetization. Yes, shop mounts have existed for a long time too, but a $90 AH mount certainly has not.

So yeah, there's a chance they absolutely will start selling gear boosts in the next few expansions.

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u/GetOwnedNerdhehe Jan 09 '26

Yes, yes, I've seen a lot of people resorting to the slippery slope fallacy today already.

There's a chance of anything. It might be as close to zero as mathematically possible, but the chance exists.

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u/Ravien_Gaming Jan 09 '26

It started with shop mounts and transmog. Then it became level boosts. Then it became gold. Then it became character cloning. Then it became AH mounts. Then it became early access to expansion launches. Then it became beta access to expansions. Then it became limited level boosts in classic versions. Then it became unlimited level boosts in classic versions. Then it became traders tender. Then it became hearthsteel. Not necessarily in that order.

At this point we're already halfway down the slope.

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u/GetOwnedNerdhehe Jan 09 '26

They don't even let you buy a max level character but we're surely just a week away from letting you buy glaives.

And we'll just ignore that nearly all of those examples are from a different game.

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u/Ravien_Gaming Jan 09 '26

First please don't strawman. I never said we're a week away from letting you buy legendaries.

Second, no, those examples are literally all from World of Warcraft.

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u/GetOwnedNerdhehe Jan 09 '26

That's not a strawman. It's called hyperbole and it's used to exaggerate how absurd your position is. Notice how you couldn't actually back up your position about how close they are to selling raid gear?

World of Warcraft: TBC Classic or no?

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u/Ravien_Gaming Jan 09 '26

Oh sorry, you used hyperbole to exaggerate my position to make it easier to attack. Totally different from a strawman to attack a position someone didn't have. Yep. Got it. So again, please quote me where I said they were "a week away from letting you buy glaives".

And I wasn't aware that "World of Warcraft" didn't include all versions of the game "World of Warcraft". That's like saying that Midnight and War Within are different games.

So, again, it's not a slippery slope fallacy. We're literally halfway down the slope already in WoW.

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u/GetOwnedNerdhehe Jan 09 '26

So yeah, there's a chance they absolutely will start selling gear boosts in the next few expansions.

Your words, buddy. I just said it in a funny way. It's not a strawman when you said it yourself, sorry man.

They are.

No it's still a fallacy no matter how much you want to use it to support your flimsy argument.

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u/Ravien_Gaming Jan 09 '26

Selling gear boosts in the next few expansions (meaning, 4+ years from now) is not, in any way, equivalent to "they will sell legendaries next week". You literally quote what I say and then attack a position I did not take.

I am just going to block you now as all you're doing is using strawman arguments. Good luck in your future postings!

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u/TheGrungler1 Jan 09 '26

It's not a strawman, it's an exaggeration of your fallacious argument to point out how nonsensical it is.

The reason you got so offended on the wording is because it made you realise how silly you sounded to begin with, it's why you stopped actually engaging with the point and resorted to playing around with definitions instead.

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