If you've heard of The Bazaar, it's probably not for a good reason. Any excitement around its recent launch into open beta seems to have been almost entirely overshadowed by community outrage about its newly introduced microtransactions. The pot has only been stirred further by creator (and former professional Hearthstone player, esports team owner, and streamer) Reynad, who reckons your game's subreddit being permanently furious is good, actually.
The vast majority of that upset, however, is coming from the existing playerbase—dedicated fans as well as backers of the original crowdfunding campaign, many of whom have been playing in the closed beta already for months. Understandably, they feel betrayed by what they see as broken promises, and upset that a game they've already been playing has suddenly changed.
