Tabard for the Trading Post thought/Idea

I have an idea for a Tabard that could be put up on the Trading post. This tabard would allow the person to earn reps (except for the Aldor/Scyer and Scholozar Basin reps, and maybe a few otehr reps like those for the Insane Achievement) While farming Dungeons.

Could even have it where you only earn rep for the older style Reputations not the ones setup like those in Dragonflight where they dont have the Neutral to Exalted rankl system but 1-X ranks. As for the Followers that have their own Rep bar, and those like the Dragon Flight Artisan’s Accord and Wrathion rep could be allowed to let us earn rep for them as long as there reputaion isnt considered Current Content,

No.

Nothing useful should go on the Trading Post. Cosmetics only.

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Mounts could be deemed useful does that mean mounts should come off.

Cosmetics are useful; everyone knows you do double damage if you have a good mog.

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Only the first one, after that they’re cosmetic skins for the same functionality.

And everyone can get them basically for free these days from multiple different sources.

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Blizz has long discarded this notion.

Simply, they feel they stack too much value on a single activity, so that’s why they pulled the tabards way back in WoD in the first place.

Legacy Dungeons offer XP, gear, and transmog.

Modern dungeons offer currency for gear as they’re part of the current gearing idiom, and also give them the ability to spread out that activity across domains.

If you want rep, go and do Faction Stuff.

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just cause something is up on the Trading Post doesnt mean a person has to get it.

Mounts are not power. Rep can be power, particularly in older expansions.

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Okay. But nothing should go on the TP that isn’t purely cosmetic. It sets a bad precedent.

There’s really nothing else to say there if you don’t understand that.

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i got over 100 Exalted reps, been trying to get myself to get Ravenholdt to Exalted (just need to do the Lockbox grind), Scholozar Basin Reps, 2 of the 3 PVP reps and certain Shadowlands reps. Plus i did say the tabard wouldn’t work on current content reps until there considered essentially Old Content, as in the ‘power’ we get from them is no longer relevant to whatever the current Expansion is for that rep, like how the Aldor and Scryer reps now only have stuff that collectors would want.

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As I said, philosophically, historically, the designers do not want to funnel players into a single style of content. They don’t want folks running endless dungeons for “everything”.

A repeating theme of requests in this game is “I want everything from dungeons”. They’d rather just kill bosses. They’d prefer if the bosses simply lined up in front of them to be killed.

Meanwhile the designers are trying to balance what people want (more stuff for free) with the fact that they have built out this entire world and populated it with a gazillion creatures, areas, buildings, and items.

So, I’m not saying they won’t go back to shoving everyone into dungeons, I’m just skeptical because “been there, done that”. For many activities, they prefer folks out in the world.

I mean, to be fair, that’s not exactly true.

Each different mount has a different size, and that size has gameplay impact.

For instance, a bigger mount would get stuck in doors, which is bad, while a smaller mount could go through. On the other hand, a smaller mount could need to swim (which is bad) where a bigger mount would be able to run.

It’s not a HUUUUUGE impact, but it exists.

I personally prefer smaller mounts because I find it that being able to pass through doors beats anything else lol

I guess that’s kinda fair lol. If you use a transformation mount (like Hivemind or the sandstone drake) you can fit through any door your character can.

Was it removed from the game? I searched for it in the game and it didn’t show anything :open_mouth:

https://i.imgur.com/TOaemWD.png

As far as I know it’s still in-game, just a pain in the neck to get. It probably doesn’t show up until you have it since it’s secret. I’ve got all four of the monocles you need so hit me up if you ever want to try for it. We’ll need a few other people though.

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Mounts are purely cosmetic, as they’ve phased out mount training. At max level, Ground mounts go at like 320% and Flying mounts go 400%. Someone fact-check me here, but my point is that you go faster the farhter you level your character. The only three mounts in retail right now, with any kind of advantage are the Brutosaur, followed by the Grand Expedition Yak, and then the Traveller’s Tundra Mammoth from Wrath of the Lich King.

Everyone goes the same speed. some just look fancier doing it.

And Yes, I bought the Dreadwake, because PIRATES.

so this tabard idea of yours isnt a bad idea, but it shouldnt be put on the trading post…

Other option is lock it behind getting 110 Reps to Exalted and make it Account Bound?

I’m wondering when they’ll put the removed tabards on there.

e.g. the Argent Dawn one from the original scourge event, or the one from the 2008 (?) olympics. I think they already added the pet from the olympic event, didn’t they?

the Olympics pet was put up on there i know i grabbed that it when i saw it. I started in Cata and saw the ept and i liekd it back then.