In a new interview,World of Warcraftgame director Ion Hazzikostas clarified a few details about a recent controversy surrounding the Trading Post feature. The news from Hazzikostas sought to ease some concerns that players had with the Trading Post and revealed a few plans that could play out instead in futureWorld of Warcraftupdates.
Released alongside Patch 10.0.5 earlier this year, the Trading Post has proven to be a success with players after a bumpy launch inWorld of Warcraft. In the mostrecent Trading Post update, the amount of Trader’s Tenders and rewards was expanded for July and August. Rewards such as Tyrael’s Charger and the Grotto Netherwing Drake are among the most coveted for this wave, along with the return of some items such as the Filigreed Lion’s Maw shield. But, the Trading Post has had some issues about its future crop up ahead of the next content update.
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Hazzikostas said in an interview that there are no plans to make Trader’s Tenders available on Blizzard’s Cash Shop. Hazzikostas stated that recentdatamined assets for the Trader’s Tenderswere never intended to be made public and that an error in development led to them being unencrypted and pushed to a recent build ofWorld of Warcraft’s public test realm (PTR). Hazzikostas added that a lot of internal assets similar to what was used for the Trader’s Tenders are made long in advance, even if a majority of them never make it beyond the development state. But in this case, the assets in question slipped through the cracks.
Naturally, this error caused some grave concerns about the future of the Trading Post, with someWorld of Warcraftplayers fearing that it would subvert the purpose of the Trading Post and lead to even bigger problems for the game’s economy. Hazzikostas said that he and theWorld of Warcraftdevelopment team heard players' feedback “loud and clear” about their displeasure of having any in-game currencyavailable on the Cash Shop at all. However, Hazzikostas left the door open for Trader’s Tenders to potentially be available in the future by way of promotions or expansion launches. Hazzikostas stated one example was when 500 Trader’s Tenders were given toWorld of Warcraftplayers that had theDragonflightexpansion active on their accounts once the Trading Post went live in Patch 10.0.5.
Suffice it to say, players looking forward toWorld of Warcraft’s upcoming Fractures in Time updatecan rest assured that the Trading Post will remain as is for the foreseeable future. Only time will tell what the future holds for the Trading Post.
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