It is a move that will lead to an overwhelming uproar of cheers for the majority, and a relative whimper from the collectors. Less than 0.1% of players own it, and an incredibly small fraction of players will ever farm the gold required to buy it. First and most obviously, the vast majority of players will not be affected negatively. They do so for the same reason people like seeing NFT stocks crumble or pretentious modern art go wrong - because it’s funny.īut lets quickly break down why Blizzard would do this. It is the position of the mountless masses, who clammer for a dragon that looks way worse than many incredibly common mounts already in their collection. ![]() Their stance is one of glee, hoping for this promotion to become hella successful as to encourage Blizzard to continue distributing TCG mounts in future promotions. “Everybody please remember the Fel Drake Twitch Drop is November 28-30, it is very important as many people watch this as possible,” is the title of a thread penned by user Ill_Excuse_997 on the World of Warcraft subreddit. However, for every person defending the virtue of exclusive WoW mounts, there is seemingly 10 laughing at the situation, grinning ear to ear as they’re about to get a new mount for free, while tanking the value of pre-existing Fel Drake codes and the collections of an incredibly niche portion of the playerbase. Those taking this side of the argument are correct in that this is a step that Blizzard hasn’t taken before. It doesn't help that you can spend an hour in game and get a mount that looks a million times better. You could argue that Gladiator mounts, which requires a player to reach a high ranking in a limited PvP season, but as even that has been dirtied by a largely uncontrolled boosting scene in World of Warcraft, you‘re left with few truly untainted trophy pieces in a WoW collector's digital mantlepiece. ![]() Over time, mounts like the Fel Drake who aren’t something the average player can obtain, have become the last real status symbol left in WoW. This is a financial angle on the larger argument raised by those against the Fel Drake Twitch Drop. This means nobody is going to feel comfortable paying millions of gold for a mount that may be given away for free at a later date.” “Now, all TCG mounts have the potential of being given away as freebies to the entire WoW community, when previously they were in a limited, finite supply. I want to start by saying I don’t have a Fel Drake, but the addition of a TCG mount as a Twitch drop has removed TCG mounts as the final remaining investment to fight gold inflation,” writes RichNasty on the WoW Forums. “With the addition of the Fel Drake as a Twitch drop. A true rarity, either bought for a wild amount of real world cash, in game gold, or a lucky pack opening years ago. For some, the ownership of the Fel Drake was the prize jewel in their mount collection. This has, as you may have imagined, caused quite a stir among the WoW community, especially mount collectors who have forever been some of the more passionate, dedicated players in the game. Selling for around $3,000 on online marketplaces such as WoW TCG Loot. With that exclusivity, the drake has become quite the valuable item. Both were originally obtainable via the now discontinued World of Warcraft tradable card game, and have up until now become largely unattainable for the casual player. The only issue is they’re giving away the Fel Drake, as well as the Dragon Kite pet. Watch the Dragonflight trailer here if you haven't already - you won't get a mount for doing so sadly. ![]() Sure you can just stick the stream on, mute the tab, then spend your time doing something else, but the marketing team can still point to the viewership numbers and the game’s high ranking on Twitch and claim success. The company plans to do so via Twitch drops, a great way to ensure hordes (and alliances) of people flock to livestreams of the new expansion, in theory anyway. How it will generate excitement? Giving away a ludicrously expensive mount for free. They have, after all, been deep in bad PR muck for a while now, and thanks to the bin fire around Overwatch 2, the company needs a win. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is coming in hot, and as you can imagine there’s a big push from the gnomes behind the wheel at Activision Blizzard to ramp up some hype around the launch.
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