Jealous. 
I love the woddlings.
To me itâs the rarity that makes them so coveted.
Even if someone farmed it with an army of alts, they still put in the time and effort to farm them.
Seems like a slap in the face to the people who spent hours and hours farming this stuff intentionally.
Then Prime would be loosing money. They would release them one at a time. That would hit harder. One side would be hoping thier appearance is next, and other half would be angry that they did mage tower for nothing.
Everything thing is worthless. Value is what another gives an item. A banana on a wall can be be worth millions if someone says it worth that much.
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Ehhh, youâve lost me.
I kinda get what youâre going for but in reality, things have value. I know one day everything will be worthless but until thenâŚ
I understand where you are coming from but buntly, after you get slapped a lot you just get numb to it. I felt as you do when the near entire focus of my vanilla wow years - grinding PvP titles - was cloned for RBG. Now Iâm not saying I got High Warlord in original WoW (I did not) but when I earned it in RNG I felt sad, not glad.
Adding to my discomfort, a woman I knew from back in the day (some of you may know Isabella - who for a while had the 2rd highest HKâs in the wow universe) was a bit peeved by my new title but too polite to say anything- something Iâd never intended. Yes, she had the original WoW âHigh Warlordâ title.
I was bummed by it and stopped using my HW title but I kept playing. But now its not to show off⌠(or âno-lifeâ in any way) but just for fun.
And that makes all the difference.
These days my hours /played is far less than what it was because I only play to impress myself⌠only play to make myself smile.
And if anyone ever comments on something Iâve done Iâm genuinely surprised.
We used to stand in Iron Forge or Org for hours just to show off our mounts or gear.
Its just not that kind of game anymore (unless you are playing Hardcore Classic) 
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But, itâs a âslap in the faceâ if everyone has it. Its scarcity is the only reason people want the Spectral Tiger. You slap that face.
Personally I would rather have the rooster with its whimsical appearance.
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I also play for fun but to me those rewards are the true achievements.
How do you think glads would feel if they put every glad mount and item you can earn in the store for $100 each?
Just feels wrong to me.
Value an idea. Money just paper until another person says that it has value for other items.
A rare mount might have worth to one player, but if another person doesnât want it then it noth worth it to them.
I donât hold anything in this game as âValuableâ anymore. With enough gold and the plethora of carry sites advertising in game anything can be bought. There is literally Nothing in this game that Canât be bought and paid for with in game gold.
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Thatâs because itâs valuable so people make money selling it.
Very true.
Fortunately the US Government doesnât think our economy is a gameâŚ
⌠or does it
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What Iâm referring to as âValuableâ would be someone using their own skills to acquire said item. Not paying another person or team of people to acquire what it is they want for them.
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Again, I understand where you are coming from but I think that war was lost long ago.
Most people I know who have these titles and items have left the game.
Those still here (that I know personally) donât care about showing off rare things anymore.
All that happens when you do is some kid jumps you with accusations you âbought your accountâ.
I was verbally assaulted by someone just last week who demanded I name my circa 2004 guild GMâs full IRL name âor you werenât thereâ.
I turned the challenge around and asked if he knew.
Kid just said ânobody that old plays wow anymoreâ.
/sigh
(I was the GM)
But wouldnât that mean if blizz just gave something to everyone for free it would be worthless and if they didnât it would still be valuable?
Kid was jealous and wanted it bad. Thatâs the only reason he said anything at all.
This is different, per person, though. Is a raid mount less valuable to the person who got it on the first run? Is a world drop mount less valuable if itâs also 100% from a specific mob? Is the Hellfire infernal mount more valuable than the recolor from the Trading Post?
The answer is, each person has a different answer, depending on the mount. There are people who donât value Time-Lost Proto Drake (or any proto drake, for that matter), while other use it exclusively. Same with Hawkstriders, Kodos, Horses. Everyone values everything differently.
Claiming that there is one definition of âvalue,â makes it impossible to have a meaningful conversation about it.
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You get to frame it how you want⌠but I guess what Iâm saying is that value is all in our own heads.
Value isnât something that Blizzard gives us.
Its a gift we give ourselves - and in my case its all tied up with memories of the people Iâve known and the things we did.
Blizzard can give it all away to new people for free as a Twitch or Prime ârewardâ and that wouldnât take my memories away from me.
To me, thats all that matters.
You have the agency to decide what matters to you 
Thatâs my point, Value is of course held differently per person. Which is why I posted what I did. What would you consider valuable to you? Clearing a mythic raid with your guild, owning a mount from PVP, acquiring that really rare title?
To me, the idea of something to be rare would be that not everyone can achieve it. My point is that Everyone can pay gold to achieve all the above-mentioned. Nothing is truly rare to really add or give value to.
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Kinda sorta agree.
You can use real money to buy the symbol associated with almost any in-game activity. Thats been true a long time.
But what you cannot buy is the actual experience associated with that symbolic reward.
I know people who have rewards that they bought - in part because I used to sell raid and PvP carrys⌠my entire guild did. For one expac that was the game to us - making gold.
Iâve talked to people who bought these things and while they might appreciate the aesthetics of this or that mount or title they bought, they still speak of how it was fun just to be on a run with us because were were so âpolite and professionalâ and how we really seemed to be a team having fun as we did their runs for them.
The underlying message is they might have the achievement or reward but what they really wanted was to be a real part of the experience - as we (sellers) were.
Hearing them as they chat with me still, you can just sense the real yearning was to be part of the team for the experience.
You couldnât buy that and never will be able to buy that.
The experience is the valuable thing.
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I get what you mean but for the people who earned these items legitimately, itâs a disservice to just give these items away, especially if they put in the time and effort for them.
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Aside from the Ashes of Aâlar, Invincible, and Rivendare mounts (and such), I am really vibing with the Bastion mechanikal mounts for my Blood Elf Paladin, since I didnât earn them during SL (mainly only did Necrolords when it was current), and they are handed out during the story.
The other mount, one that I probably consider the most valuable in all of my collection, is the Grand Expedition Yak (transmog mount). This is the mount that I use the most, and donât know what I would do without. It cost like 150k gold, which I have never had that much since.
It doesnât have to be rare to have value.
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