cowmuflage wrote:Gah its not like they wont just add 2 more alliance mounts jeez no big deal calm down people.
If Blizzard keeps precedent, it'll be 7 or 8 mounts not just two. The standard faction mount template is 3 slow, 3 fast and one pvp.
But there are two rub with this decision by Blizzard. First is that mounts are the reward for grinding rep of the faction races. Non-Goblin Horde players who complete the grind will be rewarded with a new mount type, something that they can not get any where else. Non-Worgen Alliance players so far, have nothing, there is no reward for doing it.
Also is that fact that all Horde players will have access to a new mount type, while the Alliance will just get recolors of existing mounts. Getting to buy another brown horse, might make it equal numerically but it is hardly equal in terms of effort, type, and most enjoyment. It's not just mount collectors who enjoy new mounts, look at the raiders complaining about their raid mounts no being removed, or all the people who flocked to buy the motorcycle.
The simple fact is the Alliance is getting short-changed out of a new mount. Fine if Blizzard don't want the Worgen to have a faction mount, but the Alliance still deserves to get something more than a lazy recolor. Create a new mount, don't make it require Gilneas rep, but make it take just as much player effort to get, as non-Goblins require to get the trykes. The numbers will be equal, the styles will be equal, and both sides will have something new and fun to look forward too.