not if it is something like it is now with it not being anywhere close to unique and looking bland. i still use the feltalon sometimes as it looks cool, can tell easily what it is, and basically a unique mount
The only acceptable recolor of the crab for me would be an armored version. Would love a spiked up crab covered in skulls/heads.
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is it wrong of me to wanting to be rewarded something pretty cool for all my effort? because it definitely seems it is.
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I am doubtful feltalon is unique either, at the very least it is just a reskin.
Also while we are on this topic… need new PVP achievs, the bloody corsair is cool but has a terrible mount special, the 9k honor per lvl sucks too.
lol - there was no effort involved in going up to this from the last achievement we had - 172 mounts this expansion.
feltalon has only 2 other colors and they are both cool in thier own right while the otter will have 9 other skins, 9… and once you see one of each of the types its a meh mount afterwards and just another +1
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You are being rewarded though.
Again, we don’t know if the majority of those otter mounts will even be attainable by the players. Do you know how many mounts are in the game files that are either completely unattainable (because they were never implemented) or have reskins that are either used exclusively by NPCs or not used at all?
There are 434 mounts that we could have, that have been datamined at one point or another, and we don’t have access to any of them. So when you see a collection of otter models that doesn’t mean they’re all going to be mounts you can ride on.
oh, I see so you admit it wasn’t unique but you liked it. well I like the otter they are giving us for this achievement. I have no way of knowing it there will be any color in the content I normally do that I will like and I like this color.
434 unused appearances while only 40 actually already had stuff ready to go for it to be a mount and something happened and it got scrapped
They were still datamined as possible mounts during those expansions alpha/beta tests, and we don’t have access to them for one reason or another.
So right now you’re freaking out about how there will be hundreds of people running around with identical models to your 500 mount reward, but you don’t even know if the identical models will even be attainable yet, only that they exist in the game files.
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we are at a stalemate here, i agree that if it is a unique mount sure its a meh mount at best for 500 but if its not a unique one it definitely does not deserve the honor for such an achievement, and sure we dont know how many are gonna be in the game, but imma bet you that at least 5-6 of the 10 are gonna be in the game which makes the otter feel really bad as a 500 reward
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True, I’d prefer something unique 1000% but also something that stand out is really good, compared to the Yeti and Otter which colors are really similar to other otter/yeti mount models.
the point of this feedback is to break this model and change how players are rewarded, If you really pay attention to my post, not only for mount achievements but for other meta achievements with a mount as reward. What happened to the Devs that implemented a Crab mount but then later decided to use recolors for next meta achievements?
Same issue for Glory of the raids, using recolors for a while instead of creating an unique model, if you do this achievement ASAP, you could show off the mount for a while until it becomes easier, I could say the same about mount achievement.
However, Blizzard only provides an achievement for 500 when as mentioned by WoWhead:
||New Achievement Ceiling| Current Top Collection|
|Mounts|500| 791|
If Blizzard provided an achievement close to 700-750 that will be a challenge because that player requires to do arenas, M+, mage tower challenge…etc the challenge part of the game to obtain that current mount, however Blizzard doesn’t want to keep this achievement as future goals and Devs added too many mounts per expansion during these 2 last expansion, some people will call it easy but this game requires a lot of effort to beat the odds, we don’t have bad luck mechanics implemented, there’s a lot of time invesment, it could be great that the game promotes this activity with a different reward.
That’s my point, if you want to keep saying that recolors are your point of view for this topic OK, that’s just your opinion, I just want to provide my feedback to Devs on the content that i consider important for me and other collectors.
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Hear me out, following the logic that something unique won’t be an option:
A green, pink, purple…lava snail or lava mammoth…Devs literally have more mounts that could fit the recolor option keeping some outstanding feeling.
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I have heard one of their rationales is that they don’t want newer players to see a really cool reward with a huge time sink to get it. I think this reasoning is flawed for at least four reasons.
- having a very desirable ‘high end’ reward that players can strive for is exactly what made this game so engaging. Legendaries in vanilla, ashes of al’ar in bc, invincible in wrath, mythic level xmog/mounts/titles in current day game, Glad mounts, just to name a few.
- Cutting Edge / HoF/ Gladiator all exist. These not only take a huge time sink but extreme dedication in and out of the game to gain the skills/knowledge/network needed to complete them. Glad mounts also go away and are unique/desirable.
- Although I don’t have the figures to back this up, a 500+ mount collector is likely to be way more valuable from a business perspective than a new player. I have personally spent thousands of dollars over the years between accts and tokens. I’d be surprised if most new players in 2022 even make it to 1 yr worth of sub time paid.
- There are so many rewards, and specifically mounts, already. Is a cool looking 600 mount collection achieve really going to cause that much stress for new players? I wonder if they have any data to back up their claim that new players would see a 600 mount reward and quit because of it. Seems like a really weak excuse.
I’ve said this in the past, but it appears the current dev team is tunnel visioned on this and many other topics. I have 0 hope anything will change until there are new people in decision making roles on the WoW team.
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Still no news… Just replace the Ottuk with the Stormcrow if there’s not enough time, and get us better rewards in the future.
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I like my albino otuk in the beta. Its the only one with red eyes
mmmm Ivory Trader’s Ottuk
Carrier Ottuk
the only thing doing the 500 mount different is the armor and I doubt that will remain as an exclusive factor.
Both mounts in the Beta build.
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As one of the few who have that mount, I feel like you just turned the thread into one of those “bring back original mage tower rewards” threads.
I think they keep telling themselves this. But I think the opposite is true. A new player who sees something that is essentially permanently out of reach (whether removed or just multiple years away after they would be able to work on it) is not going to feel inspired to sign over their soul for life. They’re going to say, “Screw this game” rather than “I want to be like that guy who must have played 18 hours a day for 10 years to get that”.
Love the looks and cuteness of the Otters other then that skeleton bone on their lower jaw …that needs to be removed …its hiding too much of their lower cute faces I think.