If there's one thing this World of Warcraft player has learnt from this new, post-Shadowlands Blizzard, it is this: While they are a little (okay, a lot) messier, they do tend to move quickly. So quickly in fact that it's become a bit of a cycle for WoW to have updates where something's borked—rewards systems, item costs, and so on—only for Blizzard to turn the dial down.

Basically, if something's bothering you—like, say, the recent transmog updates—it's not going to stay that way for long. In case you're unfamiliar, WoW's recently rehashed its transmog (a glamour/outfit system) to work on specific outfits you buy slots for with in-game gold.

This has the upshot of not requiring you to visit a transmog specialist every time you get a new piece of gear, while reducing flexibility—due, in part, to the gold cost. Given you'll be saving money on not doing repeat visits to your favourite ethereal, Blizzard reasoned that this new way of doing things ought to be more expensive.

This was not popular, because for a lot of players, myself included, futzing around with an outfit on the regular was part of the fun. I'm indecisive. I'm not a "set and forget" kinda guy.

Well, that's changed less than a week since the launch of the new system, per a Blizzard post to the official forums by community manager Linxy: "We’re going to lower the cost of outfit creation prices by 50% to bring them more in line with what the prices were prior to the Transmog update. This price reduction is currently under development and should be available within the next day.

"Additionally, we’re going to try to grant the one free Transmog to all player-characters as soon as we can, before 12.0.1, hopefully via a hotfix."

Linxy also clarified how the Trial of Style event—a minigame where players have a limited time to dress up towards a theme, then vote to determine who is the most fashionable of them all—will work, given there are now limited slots for outfits:

"When Trial of Style is available, players receive a special Transmog outfit slot that can be worn both inside and outside the competition. All Transmog updates made to this slot are free. While in the competition, this is the outfit players are judged on. Once the Trial of Style event ends, the outfit slot is removed."

Honestly, it's nice to see Blizzard moving so quickly—and while I have other bugbears with the system I'll be sharing later this week, the goldsink is the major one. And sure, it might've been nice for this to've all been settled during alpha, given people were complaining there, too. But hey—the next best time to plant a tree is to plant a tree less than one week after you probably should've been tree-planting. That's how the saying goes, right?

If you've played Arc Raiders for any length of time, you've visited Stella Montis, the hidden lab buried in the mountains, where whatever is so unspeakable, it had to be abandoned and all entrances locked. You can actually find it in real life, too, but this version is much less exciting. Even still, players are leaving charming reviews, which hopefully won't confuse other potential visitors too much.

The Hotel Stella Montis sits in the Autonomous Province of Trento, in northern Italy, and it's a "great place," according to a reviewer on Google who recommends going alone. "Any group bigger than two has a very high chance of meeting rats in the lobby. Hotel has a medical section which is a hot spot for dead bodies."

Rats? Bodies? Oh my. "Everything is great, really," starts another review – OK, maybe it's not so bad. "The only issue is that players sometimes spawn just ten meters away from me." That's really not optimal. If you're on vacation somewhere like here, it's probably because you want some seclusion in the beautiful Italian countryside, ideally without anybody spawning anywhere close.

"The people there are very nice, nobody shoots, and occasionally someone even comes by with a flute. However, the Shredders are a bit of a nuisance," says a third. "Don't shoot!"

I should imagine not being shot is a pretty standard requirement for accommodation of any kind, really. The four-star establishment offers gorgeous views of the Fassa Valley in addition to a spa and gym, restaurant and all the other appropriate amenities. It's open all year 'round, but there are certain restrictions around when you can arrive and depart depending on the month.

Nobody employed there has commented publicly on fans of Embark's extraction shooter lighting up their ratings. The feedback is all glowing, though, and even if it's for a different Stella Montis, I'm sure the place will take the free publicity. Let's just hope the reviews don't put any unknowing travelers off from the place.

Streamer Ninja says 99% of Arc Raiders players "aren't even coming close to running into a fraction of the amount of cheaters" he is, which is why his complaints are "falling on deaf ears"