I bet it is a mistake, probably from an old template they use to write up the announcements.
They do hit kind of hard, but if I remember right it could only be accessed by reaching the level for Cata heroics. This was years ago though, so I could be wrong.
Not sure if it was posted in this thread yet since we were talking about it in 3 different threads at the same time, but apparently there was a 2024 update in a random news article after that 2023 thread and the system was already changed last year:
Well in either case it still means you can only get either mount or probably any other holiday rare reward from any holiday event once per day per account.
The 2024 news article is generic and just talks about holiday boss drops generally and is a change from the 2023 love rocket system.
It is very confusing. I hadn’t seen the 2024 news article until now and thought the 2023 blue post was still how the rocket might work. They definitely should clarify and have better in-game indicators of how it works. The tooltip change is nice, but making the epic chests turn green once you’re no longer eligible for the better drops would be a much clearer indicator that people would actually notice in-game.
Considering how confused people who use the forums are I imagine the ones who don’t are completely oblivious to how they’ve changed holiday event rewards in the past few years. A lot of people are probably farming it on alts, unaware that it’s pointless.
Yeah, I agree. If this is how it’s going to be with only one chance, then at least make it more apparent. Especially when confusion comes into play of people getting these mounts on alts after that change was supposedly made.
Could we please get a blue post clarifiying whether the loot system for the Love Rocket is once per day per account TOTAL, or once per day with the higher chance and then the rest of the runs are the old drop rate? If I do this on more than one toon am I wasting my time?
There is conflicting information about this so would really appreciate crystal-clear clarification in language that leaves absolutely no room for interpretation. K thx
Anyone else notice that as of today, you only get one (1) chance at the mounts per day per account. We can no longer farm this dungeon via alt army for the mount. With that being said, you get a flat fourteen (14) tries to achieve either or both mounts this year. GGs Blizz.
It is likely for all rare holiday event drops now from all holidays.
The 2024 article states it like it’s a change for all holidays going forward:
We’re changing the way the loot system for the holiday boss drops work. We have increased drop rates significantly for the first boss kill on a single account. Only the first attempt on a single Battle.net account will be eligible to receive the item drop, however. For each subsequent daily attempt on the boss with a single Battle.net account, the chance for the item to drop will increase and continue to accumulate for each failed attempt.
This change will allow players to spend less time working to earn a specific dropped item while providing an increasing opportunity to get that item during the holiday.