“World of Warcraft: War for the Core” will be officially launched in the fall of 2024. Pre-order players in Europe and the United States can already choose from basic, heroic and epic editions priced at US$50, US$70 and US$90 respectively. The basic version provides services for upgrading the character to level 70 and 500 merchant coins. The heroic version includes 750 coins, the Algar Storm Rider mount and the Storm Rider costume shaping set. The most expensive epic version has 1,000 coins. Merchant tokens and all contents of the Heroic Edition, plus “Battle for the Core” beta test qualification, 30 days of game time, Stormbaby Scratch pet, Sandpool Storm Gryphon beast toy, Abyss Dweller’s Earth Hearthstone special effects, and the “3-day early access qualification” that caused a lot of controversy among players.
The early access qualification included with the Epic Edition immediately aroused controversy after it was announced. Many people were not very satisfied with the idea of paying money to play in advance. Although Blizzard has been launching premium pre-order versions of “World of Warcraft” expansion packs, the content almost always only includes additional customized appearances or game hours. In recent years, early access to play has become the norm in the game industry. For community-oriented MMORPGs that focus on player communication, “Final Fantasy
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For “World of Warcraft” players who are willing to spend $90 to buy the epic version, 3 days are definitely enough time for them to reach the new level cap before other players, earn a lot of gold coins, obtain more powerful equipment, and complete the main story of the expansion pack. Although Blizzard emphasized on the “War for the Center of the Earth” product page that specific end-game content such as legendary dungeons and weekly challenges will not be available early, early access to the game does give players more time to prepare.
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On the “World of Warcraft” Reddit discussion board, the vast majority of players left negative responses. They believe that the most interesting part of the “World of Warcraft” expansion is the discussion that the entire community held together in the first few days of the new content. Sharing it with a small number of players will definitely ruin the fun. Other users also left messages saying that this approach is equivalent to delaying the time for ordinary players to enter the game. They believe that such a consumer-unfriendly business model is not suitable for an online game.
Among them, players who have pre-ordered the Epic Edition of “World of Warcraft: War for the Core of the Earth” also posted on the Reddit discussion board to ask other players what they think about this version being able to enter the expansion pack three days early, and said that if Blizzard decides to withdraw, it may be changed to All pre-order players can get early access to the game, and he won’t mind too much. Even though most players are quite dissatisfied, they don’t think Blizzard will make changes. After all, pre-orders for the Epic Edition are already open, and it’s too late to withdraw.
In addition to “Battle for the Core of the Earth”, there are two other upcoming expansion packs “Darkest Night” and “The Last Titan”. The three expansion packs are collectively called the “World Soul War” trilogy. He also emphasized that the launch time of the expansion pack may be faster than players expected, although there is currently no indication that “World of Warcraft” will officially abandon the model of one expansion pack every two years and change it to one every year. This has also caused many players to worry about whether there will be an option to get early access to the expansion pack for an additional $90 every year. Therefore, many users on the “World of Warcraft” Reddit discussion board began to boycott the epic version of “War for the Center of the Earth” and called on players not to buy this version.
