I agree completely with you. This was likely planned a year in advance, since it’s for CNY and CNY is the Year of the Rat. Same thing happened last year with the Year of the Dog.
Sadly, you can’t educate some people. They’re just too happy wallowing in their own ignorance.
Then you’d have a rat mount that costs about 300k and people like you complaining that it’s just Blizzard being greedy and trying to drive token sales.
“Content drought” is relative to what’s CURRENT. I’m not saying it’s a waste of time to anyone who has catching up to do. However, I would argue that if you have not touched BFA at all, it’s not going to take 6 months to get up to speed. It’s free on one currency, but it’s definitely NOT free on the one currency you cannot get back once it is spent or not spent: TIME.
As it is said among “my” people: time is money. So it’s a waste of time right now. Not necessarily a waste of money, and it’s a cutely appealing mount despite that I have slain more than I have kept rats.
I was really trying to say that this is a bad time to get Squeakers if you want to go for the subscription route and for someone who kept current in the game. I got to give it to Blizzard on their uncanny ability to bring people back to Retail.
Perfect. <3
Actually, Pig was last year and Dog was the year before that. So this is the third year now with a CNY pet. I bet people will act surprised when we get an Ox mount next year.
Oh yeah, that’s right, it was too. I’m honestly not too familiar with the CNY schedule, but now that I think about it. We got a flying pig mount last year, and a dog the year before. Thanks.
people seem to want to complain about anything blizzard related
while I’m normally on the bandwagon for that, this isn’t really unusual, this is the third chinese new-year mount they’ve added for three years now
So you won’t be playing six months from now? Okay, you have that option. I’ve been doing the six month recurring for years now because it’s cheaper than month to month, and I’m expecting to still be playing in six months. I can still cancel if I ever decide the game’s not worth my time anymore.
Meanwhile, players who want the mount but don’t want to subscribe can buy the mount directly with Blizzard Balance or cash, whichever they prefer.
So, I’ve had 6 month subs for years. My last renewed in November but I don’t have the mount. Are they saying I have to wait till May to get it?
They said current subscribers should get it by Jan 28th.
Nope, you’ll get the mount before the 28th of January if you already have a 6 month sub.
It’s pretty obvious Blizzard has been reaching this expansion with the 6 month-subscription mounts.
It feels like Activision wants more gibs or maybe their stock is iffy, IDK.
Honestly, it’s pretty easy to see how their business works with time-played metric, fishing for subs(like this) etc.
I’m sure a shill will respond to this, but this is just my opinion, of course.
Gonna go back to eating my cheese and counting all the money I won’t spend on Blizzard games.
The moment you insult anyone who dares to disagree with you, is the moment you lose pretty much all respect that you might have had.
How many times do you folks have to be told that these promotions are planned 6 to 8 months, sometimes longer, in advance before you understand?
There it is.
I love how anyone who points out facts (this particular mount is a Chinese New Year mount, just like the last two Chinese New Year mounts) is instantly a “shill”.
But since I’m a “shill”, my post history must not have any posts criticizing anything Blizz has done…
cough --Brutosaur removal, Portal removal, Guild permission screw-up, Level squish-- cough, cough
Wait… so you can sub monthly or you can buy a 6 month sub and save money? And get a mount as a bonus? Blizzard is horrible, no company should reward loyalty.
So, you’re completely going to ignore the sylverian dreamer and dread wake mounts that were also 6-month-subscription mounts in this expansion right?
Feigning ignorance seems like a shill tactic, but i might give you the benefit of the doubt.
That’s the risk: trying to get the most out of your game time before SL. That takes doing some soulsearching about the validity and merit of 8.3. You sound like you’re going to be doing something big-time, and I got nothing against it. What could end up happening is that you let most of a 6-month sub go to waste because you might find 8.3 to be lackluster. Most critically, there is no 8.3.5 or 8.4 projected to be released so it’s going to be a long trek across the wilderness.
Yet surprisingly, an industrious person with a main and a few alts could get Squeakers faster and cheaper ergo more economically. I bet I could do this without forking over $78, so long as I pledge to put in no less than 30 hours/week at max level.
Are you going to completely ignore the fact that a Blizzard employee specifically stated that these promotions are planned 6 to 8 months in advance, possibly longer? Because that’s happened. Ythisens was quite vocal about it actually. But hey, jam that tinfoil on harder, it’s clearly working for you.
The thing is I really want this mount and plan to sub for six months anyway.