Gift Ideas for Hunters: Of Battlechests and Books
We’re coming up on that time of the year when many people exchange gifts for one reason or another. So I thought it might be useful to run a post or two highlighting gifts for hunters (and other WoW players). I’ll be digging through Amazon to start, and later other sources as I find them, so we’ll see what cool stuff I run across as I go.
My first suggestion is actually more apt for soon-to-be-hunters. It’s the World of Warcraft Battlechest
All together, this is an excellent way to get your holdout friends or significant other into the game. But a word of caution — make sure they want to get into the game first. My father once bought my mother a table saw for her birthday, and that was pretty much the beginning of the end for them.
Of course, if your intended recipient is already a hunter (or any other class, of course), you might be better off with a World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-Paid Time Card
Want something a little more … unusual? How about a book on World of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons
For family fun, try the World of Warcraft Board Game
Of course, if you really want to geek out, pick up a Kindle
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Ok, the Kindle is cool, but who in their right mind would pay 10 bucks for a book that required no paper, cardboard or thread to make? If you are one of those people, you can buy this post for a mere 50 cents. Checks and Money Orders accepted.
The $10 isn’t for printing…its for royalties (as an author, its something I care about).
Also, what about in-game gift guide? RL gifts are so 20th century.
Yes, but Lauz we are talking about $10 with a printing cost and distribution overhead versus $10 with NO real overhead. Its the same principle as the music companies wanting to charge exactly the same amount for a “downloadable CD” that they charge for the real (tangible) CD.
Now, I have no idea what writers/authors make on each book sale, but music artists only make a good .85 cents or below on each CD sold. Heck, Toni Braxton only made .30 cents on her 2 highest-selling releases of her career (thanks to the robbery of Babyface). From what I see on the Internet, they are not making that much more from digital release, so its just a ploy to make the string-pullers pockets even fatter.
Personally, I hate reading digital text to the point that I would never read a book online. Blogs are as far as I go and if it’s a long-winded and wordy post like some bloggers tend to do, I will simply skim it. Call me a traditionalist, but nothing beats a nice, leatherbound classic in your hands while sitting cozy on a cold day.
For cool ‘Hunter’ gifts, I think players would like simple things too. The Hunter Patch just came out this year.
And for something really unique, I’d suggest skimming a website called Elfwood, contact an artist’s style you like and get a commisioned work done of your recepients Hunter + Pet. And ‘no’ I don’t have a page on said site, but I do know a few people who have framed character portraits up on the walls =D
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