Breakfast Topic: What would you pay for 1 more talent point at level 70?
by Dan O'Halloran 
Aug 26th 2007 at 8:00AM
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Player Iilly of the Deathwing server (also of the best named guild ever <Fraggle Rock Death Squad>) posed a question similar to this today. In her version, she asked if you would pay $50 in real money. Another poster said he wouldn't pay real life cash, but would be willing to pay 5,000g in-game.
As a Balance Druid, this means I could have booth Moonkin form and Swiftmend (transform a HoT into a full heal). That is very, very tempting since I often switch between dps, off-heal and main heal duties as the situation calls for it. But would I pay for it? Yes, I would pay the real life money. In terms of my time, I can make $50 faster than I can farm 5,000g. I understand that I will get 10 more points in the Expansion, but that is quite awhile away.
What about you? Would you pay for 1 more talent point at level 70? And, if so, what would you be willing to pay?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast Topics, Talents
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RogueJedi86 Aug 26th 2007 8:39AM
10 more talent points in WotLK is a double-edged sword, since we'll be getting new talents too, that I'm betting we'll WANT to get. Not sure how new talents worked with last expansion though, addition to the bottom tier, or just fluff along the way.
And just one more point wouldn't work for me. Maybe 5 more.
lordfrikk Aug 26th 2007 8:49AM
I wouldn't pay real money for anything except new xpac. 1 more talent point isn't that tempting for me, really.
Zghuk Aug 26th 2007 8:48AM
I am playing Warlock and Hunter so 1 talent point doesnt matter. It would be nice, yes, but it's not necessary. I think other classes like rogues or shamans will need this point more.
Therefore I would pay 15-25 €. 20 € is the price for character transfer and it seems that no one has a problem with this amount of money.
Hank Aug 26th 2007 9:52AM
I think at lvl 70, you should get 9 more talent points, since you don't get any up to level 70.
fbp Aug 26th 2007 9:28AM
As a 15/41/5 Combat Dagger Rogue, I would say that I would pay 3000-5000g for one more point. And it would go in Lethality giving me an increase of 6% dmg of special abilities.
I think to make a big difference, buying 5 points would be better for the rogue class.
IKoNN Aug 27th 2007 9:04AM
As a full protection warrior that respecs during the weekends to MS/Deathwish. Another talent point would be nice but the only thing I would end up getting is piercing howl. I know why don't I have well bite me is all I have to say. I wouldn't pay anything for it cause I'm cheap. Good question though.
I honestly can't think of many classes that would really need 1 single talent point. If we were talking 5 though it would make a very comparable difference no matter what class they were.
Orestes Aug 26th 2007 9:40AM
Full holy tree and sanctity aura... surely that'd be worth the blood of a few million gnomes to some dark WoW goddess
Deuce Aug 26th 2007 10:34AM
... and the rich get richer.
This would again make endgame toons that much better than those who are simply trying to get a regular kara group going(or just get attuned) or are struggleing in arena.
As for me - I am a holy pally and I wish i had better options for my last 5 or so talent points.
Ehiz Aug 26th 2007 10:17AM
As a lock I think the game would just be unfaird because then you could go UA/Ruin or gasp Felguard Ruin. OMG I just wet myself thinking about it.
Jeremy Aug 26th 2007 11:06AM
I don't believe Blizzard would ever do this type of thing because it would skew the game towards the player that pays the most money. That would make most of the non-62 point players extremely upset, causing mass-dislike at Blizzard.... However I'd love to get 2 points for Unyielding Faith, Deflection and Captain America's shield as a Pally tank.
Acariquara Aug 26th 2007 10:43AM
Number 7 beat me to it.
Felguard/Ruin would SO own everything :P
BenMS Aug 26th 2007 11:59AM
Hey, ahh, number 6? Hank? What do you mean you don't get any talent points up to level 70? Did you miss that meeting mate?
The whole, 61-point talent build thing... that kinda just passed you by, huh?
Kadamon Aug 26th 2007 1:29PM
11.
I think he meant level 10...but one never really knows.
Hollywood Ron Aug 26th 2007 2:23PM
One more talent point? I don't think it's worth $25. I'd rather just have the option of one free char transfer per year.
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Juliah Aug 27th 2007 12:04PM
Agree with #3. I wouldn't pay money for it.
Coherent Aug 27th 2007 1:48PM
There IS a direct equivalency between gold and RL dollars. Like real-life currency exchange, it varies greatly, and yes, it's based on the black market. For instance, I recently heard a goldseller in IF spamming "100g for eight dollars" on my server. That means that $50 = 625g
On european servers the enforcement is much more lax, so gold tends to be much much much cheaper there. $50 for 5000g is about right for some of them.
scott Sep 21st 2008 2:51PM
hrmm reckoning and crusader strike would be good. even tho it would be only 2%. I'd still pay for it