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In fact, players in the Chinese server have always had an expectation in their hearts, that is, the Chinese server of World of Warcraft can return to the point card billing model. For the previous batch of players, they are very much looking forward to the Chinese server of World of Warcraft being able to use monthly cards. After all, after the Chinese server of World of Warcraft uses monthly cards, everyone’s game time and game costs will be reduced. However, as the players’ game time gradually decreases, many people begin to hope that the official World of Warcraft can restore point cards so that point cards and monthly cards can coexist. So is there a chance for a return in the future?

Dongge actually replied once earlier, saying that Blizzard may have tricked him or that Blizzard said that there was a bug in the billing system and it was very troublesome to maintain, so they wanted to stop dropping point cards as soon as possible. However, the strange thing is that the Taiwan server is still using point cards until now, but they just can't recharge, so many people think that World of Warcraft point cards may return. The bug that made Blizzard give up dropping point cards before was the six-second bug, and you can use the bug to achieve unlimited game time.

So what is the current situation of the Taiwan server? As far as this period is concerned, players can still use point cards normally, but one issue that has been overlooked is that Blizzard actually announced an adjustment to the hourly game time of World of Warcraft on July 15. To put it simply, Blizzard is going to adjust the point cards. After the adjustment, Chinese server players will no longer envy the Taiwan server, because after a period of time, the Taiwan server will no longer be able to use point cards.

The content of the official email is actually very simple, just some basic Q&A, but the core point is that players need to use up their point cards before August 12. Of course, some players may start to complain, what if they don’t use them up? But it doesn’t matter. The solution given by Blizzard officials is that the unused point cards will be directly converted into Battle.net points, and players can use Battle.net points to purchase monthly cards or other things.

However, there is also a background that the World of Warcraft Taiwan server actually does not allow players to purchase point cards after August 10, 2020. So four years have passed so far, and I think there should be few players who still have point cards left. If there are really point cards left, it is estimated that they have recharged a lot before or have not had much game time or have even AFK, so it has no impact on most players at all.

However, the impact on Chinese players is actually quite large, because Chinese players have actually been looking forward to the return of World of Warcraft point cards or the parallel use of point cards and monthly cards. However, with the cancellation of point cards in the Taiwan server, farmers and workers feel that it is almost impossible for point cards to appear in the future. There is only one reason for the appearance of point cards, and that is that there are almost no players in World of Warcraft. At this time, Blizzard may introduce point cards in order to win back players, but the payment model will most likely change.

One of the biggest changes is that World of Warcraft will be added to the XBOX gaming platform in the future, Battle.net will be cancelled, and Blizzard games will be gradually included in the XGP gaming membership. Players only need to open an XGP gaming membership to play World of Warcraft for free. For players, there will actually be little change. Of course, the premise is that the price of XGP membership will be lower than the monthly card price in the future. Another factor is that if XGP has a national server, then there will definitely be fewer national server games than foreign servers, so will the price be much cheaper than foreign servers?

So with the cancellation of point cards in the Taiwan server of World of Warcraft, and the forced conversion of point cards into Battle.net points in the future, the World of Warcraft point card system has officially come to an end. The next step will be the monthly card, and in the future maybe XGP will be the home turf. But no matter how it changes, it is actually a huge benefit for the studio. When using point cards, the studio's costs will increase, but with monthly cards, the studio can brush 24 hours a day but the players cannot.