The discussion on the compensation plan for the return of the World of Warcraft national server has a high degree of popularity in major player forums, and there are also many players in the background who ask what the compensation for the return of Fat Brother is, so let's discuss it below.
The compensation for the return of the World of Warcraft national server should be diverse, and there are basically three benefits that can be determined at present, and three are relatively probable.
Compensation that can be determined:
Merchant Stack Coins
At present, the mainstream gameplay of the official server is actually collecting, and the national server has been closed for more than a year, and players have missed too many business stack props. Some of them are limited-time mounts and transmogs that have long been out of print and are suddenly returning.
These items themselves are given to players for free, and there is no problem of affecting the revenue of Blizzard and NetEase. Directly give players a large number of merchant stack coins, and then the items missed by the national server can return for a limited time.
Mounts
During the closure of the national server, many new mounts have been added to the official server of World of Warcraft, such as this new version of the Ghost Tiger, which is deeply loved by players.
Although many players expect NetEase and Blizzard to be generous and directly distribute the original Ghost Tiger to each player, the price of the original Ghost Tiger is there, not to mention that if there is one person, then it is extremely unfair to players who have purchased the Ghost Tiger before, so don't think about the original Ghost Tiger, the new version of the Ghost Tiger is still possible.
However, the fat brother thinks that the compensation of the national uniform is more likely to be this Year of the Dragon zodiac mount. The World of Warcraft zodiac mount itself is tailor-made for national server players, and even the attributes of the mount correspond to the five elements, such as the Taurus in 2021, the Water Tiger in 2022, and the Water Rabbit in 2023.
NetEase and Blizzard deliberately chose to announce the return of the national service at 9 o'clock on April 10, 2024, the "Year of the Dragon, the Dragon Moon, the Dragon Day", and it is unreasonable not to give away the Year of the Dragon mount.
Free playtime
Free game time is also what many players are looking forward to, free game time can attract a large number of players to return when the server is opened to the greatest extent, and there is also free game time when the national server is reopened for the first time.
In 2009, NetEase issued an announcement announcing that the game would be free for 8 days, and this time was calculated according to the suspension of the service for one week and one day of free.
When NetEase and Blizzard officially announced on April 10, the national server had been closed for 442 days. If it opens in June, the shutdown time must reach at least 500 days, and rounding it up, it is perfectly fine to get 2 months free.
This timeline is also more in line with Blizzard's upcoming "Friend Recruitment" theme event in September (official fee, recruiting friends to return for discounts).
Compensation with a higher probability:
Free helicopter
The national server has been closed for so long, and it is necessary to catch up with the progress, many players have already dominated the Asian server in all professions, and they have to re-level when they return to the national server, which is obviously very slow.
The national server has given players free direct promotion in the King of Draenor version and the Shadow national server version, and the probability of giving free direct promotion is extremely great when returning to such a big thing.
Some players may think that the free direct upgrade will affect the revenue of NetEase and Blizzard, but it is not. Warcraft is a time-to-pay game, and the online rate is the most important thing, and the more characters a player plays, the higher the online rate will be.
Free server transfer
Players of nostalgic servers are obviously no strangers to the situation of queuing in the national server, and each major version of the year had to queue for a long time, and the players who returned this time far exceeded the active players before the closure of the server (the data officially released by the national server), and players gathered to enter the game, and the problem of queuing would also be very serious.
If many players can't enter the game when the server is opened, it will inevitably affect the enthusiasm of players, so the free transfer should also come soon, not to mention that many players who go to the Asian server have met new friends, and I hope everyone will return to the Chinese server together.
Exclusive Blood Roar Transmogrification
When the national server was closed, NetEase dismantled the statue of the blood roar that symbolized the World of Warcraft, and after the official announcement of the national service, NetEase started the activity of rebuilding the blood roar, and invited players to participate.
When the national server reopens, NetEase will issue a national server exclusive blood roar to all players, and I believe every national server player can feel how significant it is.
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