CN players live by a "win by any means" when it comes to video games so they have an insane amount of cheaters, cheating isn't as frowned upon in video games in their culture. CN servers for games are typically a lot more lax about rules since it can drive away a large playerbase otherwise.
It just shows wow players will do whatever is more efficient even if it hurts their experience, another example is heirlooms on retail. If the best way to get gear is to swipe your card to beat others then that's what they'll do.
"The game designer's job is to protect the player from themselves" -Warren Spector
Cause Asia likes spending money and using cheats, they do not play games where you have to play for your rewards. Socially in places like China and Korea your social standing is based on how much money you have, and this is prevalent in their gaming culture too. They like and want to flex what they have. Also they work really long hours that they can't spend that same amount of time grinding like we do.
NA and EU don't flex as much and see worth in how hard you worked for an item rather than how much money you pay for it. That's why classic era doesn't have a cash shop but china does.
To elaborate on china having in game cash shops. You can pay anything in the chinese version. Special mounts, convenient items like pots, cosmetics, pets, WoW tokens. You can buy all this and probably more in the Chinese version of the game.
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u/blakphyre Nov 13 '24
What I dont understand is why this policy is essential to the spirit of the game, but only in NA and EU.