Its bread and circuses, not carrot and stick.
I’ve been playing this game for close to 20 years and I don’t think I even have 100 mounts lol
This is only a problem if you decide to obsess about it
//create a macro
/cast (mount name)
// I have done this with a few. I agree with you.
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Yeah, favorite mounts would be a lot more useful if it was per character and not account wide.
Welcome to computer games/MMOs
They are pixels you will never own. Pick one you like.
Main a Druid, mounts are meaningless.
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Some wonderful new Moose looks and brand new Turkey mounts coming out in Patch 11.2.5…Murky Turkey is the bomb of the Turkey…love the colors.
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This is a personal problem not a game problem because you are choosing to care about all the mounts in the game rather than just doing like most other people and collecting them as you can and when you and and only caring about the ones you use or will use because the rest are just there for numbers.
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What is this? " Ms. Kardashian, I understand you have too many diamonds, and we should make it harder for everyone else to get them?" I like receiving a mount for when I complete something meaningful. I do not collect them, and I understand that people get that itch, its ok. Please don’t lobby to impact my enjoyment of the game, because I love earning a mount when I’m doing my dailys, weeklys, or monthlys and it ends up with a nice reward. (sp?) vanilla w/ 364 mounts my fav mount was a gift from my friend, so I always have a mount that is meaningful to me
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Okay…
Maybe you look dumb sitting on your mount, but see, and I am sure there’s plenty of others, do not care about how many other players have it. I use my mounts because I actually like them and tend to use “Random Favorite Mount” so it’s always different.
Also… I am kinda stuck on your “Mounting on a mount in the main city is pointless” isn’t the point of that, to ride a mount from Point A to Point C. Exactly what are you doing in the city?
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Honestly, this is really a mindset issue.
At some point, you’ve got to shift your attitude from obsessively having “to collect ‘em all!” and keep chasing that carrot vainly to the healthier mindset of, “I do this because I enjoy it. Ohh, I especially like that mount, let’s try to get it! But it’s OK that I don’t have them all.”
I learned that lesson early on with the Pokémon games. In Red/Blue/Yellow, I had the completed Pokédex (151 Pokémon), and in Gold/Silver/Crystal, I had it completed too (251 Pokémon).
But, would you know what… thanks to technology limits, it was literally impossible to transfer Pokémon from the Gen 1/Gen 2 games to the Gen 3 games (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald). Plus, due to my bad luck of living in an area that never got access to certain special events giving out Jirachi, I never was able to successfully complete the Pokédex in Gen 3.
It was a bummer, for sure! But it started to break me out of that obsessive mindset. Today in my Pokémon Home account, I do have certain Pokémon carried all the way over from my Sapphire game (my first starter there, amongst other favorites). I no longer care about completing the Pokédex — although I still enjoy doing that to the best of my ability! Last I checked, I have approximately 85% of the ‘dex filled. (For context, there’s 1,164 Pokémon these days. Yes, I’m including alternate forms.)
But, I have multiples in my Pokémon Home account. I’ve saved basically every starter Pokémon from my games, Gen 3 and onward. It’s about the attachment for me.
How does that attitude apply to WoW? (Both mounts and battle pets.)
Quite simple: I collect the mounts purely for the fun factor, and I enjoy “personalizing” my alts with ground and flying mounts. (There’s just not enough underwater mounts… yet.) I enjoy the challenge of making sure there’s zero overlapping mounts between my alts, choosing mounts that match their themes, and enjoying the benefit of seeing various mounts every time I play.
I’m just glad that I was able to break out that “gotta catch ‘em all!” mindset through the Pokémon games. It would’ve been miserable for me to play WoW otherwise. I would’ve burned myself out farming the rare drop mounts. /shudder
At the end of the day… it’s your mindset that holds the power. You’ve gotta deliberately change it. It’ll take time, but as long as you’re happier at the end… it’s worth it.
Why’s it always specifically mounts that get focused on by threads like this one? I never hear anyone complaining that there’re ‘too many’ toys, or pets, or even transmogs. For some reason it’s usually mounts that get the focus, even though they’re arguably the least interesting thing to collect. At least pets and toys generally all do different things so there’s a ‘useful’ reason to collect them. With mounts you really only ‘need’ one that flies and everything else is optional.
Putting more content into a game isn’t ruining the game.
This isnt normal. Why in the world would you worry that much about a silly video game?
I want a mount that other mounts can ride in.
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This sounds like a classic case of the self-inflicted ‘needing everything’ syndrome.
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The argument is pretty standard for all gameplay modes. I would argue that someone who spends hours grinding for a small incremental increase in power that will be negated in a couple months is equivalent.
It’s all about the mindset. If you enjoy grinding for mounts, or power, then have at it. If you’re doing it desperate to collect something, you’re just going to be miserable like OP.
Some people sure are strange.
Don’t you know WoW has always been quantity over quality?