Comments on: Dual Spec Compared to Other Gold Sinks

By: Muckbeast

Muckbeast — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:01:27 +0000

Wow. That was not just a blog post, that was an economic treatise on WoW.

I have to say, I have made some of those same analyses over time and opted NOT to spend the money.

My biggest gripe with things like the 1,000g dual spec feature is not the cost itself, but the fact that these huge gold sinks only accomplish one thing: giant profits for the gold selling companies.

It is all the gold they inject into the economy that truly makes all of these insane money sinks possible.

By: Psynister

Psynister — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:52:45 +0000

I'm not big on respecs either, but that's because my main is a mage. A ranged dps class is still a ranged dps class, regardless of what color spells he's flinging. Thus, I will not be tossing out the gold to 2-spec my mage. Now my paladin/druid/shaman on the other hand, those are getting the 2-spec because it allows me to more flexibly get into whatever instances I want as I can bounce between tanks/heals or heals/dps depending on the class. Rather than doing a respec for the various dungeons, I can just pop over to my healing spec and jump right in. After we're finished I pop over to my tank spec again and step into the next raid. Psynisters last blog post..Should Have Checked the Mail First

By: Hulan

Hulan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:46:26 +0000

Like Gnomageddon, I’m a very infrequent respecer but that’s mainly because I can’t be bothered with the expense and the hassle of setting up my bars again, glyphs etc. I will probably buy the dual-spec for most, if not all of my characters. It will be a one-time cost and setup, then after that I can switch about as my mood takes me.

By: Claytons Post #10 « Armaggedon’s coming

Claytons Post #10 « Armaggedon’s coming — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:01:55 +0000

[...] has a brilliant post up about the relative cost of the forthcoming Dual Spec system. Relative to other optional items in the game that we haven’t blinked an eyelid [...]

By: Dual Spec Compared to Other Gold Sinks

Dual Spec Compared to Other Gold Sinks — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:36:36 +0000

[...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFinally got enough gold saved up for when Patch 3.1.0 hits so I can purchase my Dual Spec . I will probably continue to save up gold just in case the cost is actually more than 1000g. I was making my daily rounds around Ironforge, going from AH to mailbox to Bank to etc, signing on different alts and whatnot. Then I realized that Dual Spec isn’t going to be much different with many other gold sinks players buy. There are still quite a bit of complaints about the cost of Dual Spec, but how com [...]

By: ganksta

ganksta — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:27:29 +0000

Great Post!

I’ll admit, I am one of those players who are thinking that the 1000g price tag on the Dual Spec is too high. I play a Rogue and go between two specs, PvE and PvP. I respec about once a week to partake in Arena. So I would take me around 20 weeks or so before I can break even from getting Dual Spec. But like what you said, I want it purely for the convienence.

I shouln’t be complaining about the price you said, I’ve spent far more on far more useless stuff. I have the Sunwell title and the Hypogryph Mount. I also did that Mage portal thingy, and here is what I got:

422 total Portals taken. I do a lot of raids and dungeons, so lets cut that in half. 211 Mage portals I’ve most likely paid and tipped for. I normally tip 5g, so I’ve spent over 1000g on just Mage Portals. And that’s not even counting TBC or Vanilla WoW. So this could easily be over 2000g. These things add up on you and we barely take notice.

I too am a bank whore with 2 bank alts, and on guild bank. I didn’t realize how little Dual Spec really cost if you break down all the other costs we take for granted. I am officially shutting my mouth on this Dual Spec arguement that are on the WoW forums. Thanks for showing me the light!

By: Gnomeaggedon

Gnomeaggedon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:00:07 +0000

Great post!
You are so right, they are only options, nothing is needed.
Something I would like to see, in a similar vein to the basic mount vs. epic mount scenarios, is a basic respec option.
Fundamentally for a fraction, let’s say 1/2 (although 1/4 would probably be more appropriate) the price, you get some but not all features.
Basic Respec includes:
Ability to save Glyphs to a “spec slot”.
Ability to save Keybindings/Actionbar config to a “spec slot”.
Ability to save Gear set to a “spec slot”.
Does not include:
The cost of ongoing respecs.

Epic Respec has the additional feature of unlimited respecs.

Why?
Well I am a “once in a blue moon” respec’er.
I might respec once every 10 levels, or maybe once every couple of months if I feel like a change of pace (ie: PvE PvP, or Fire FFB).
Because they changed (a long time ago) the cost of respec’s, and from memory the cost decays over time, it is unlikely that I will ever get 1,000g worth of value out of the Epic Respec feature.

But… a barrier to me changing at all, is the fiddling around with all the other stuff.

Gnomeaggedons last blog post..Short one for Kriz