Mychelle wrote:Long story short, here's my opinion in a nutshell.
If that 25g is seriously worthwhile enough to you, then I'll be happy to give you a handful of copper ore to sell on the AH. That shit is way over-priced these days.
I made enough to get my alt epic flying off that stuff.
Anyway. Touchy topic because everyone has different and often very strong opinions, but I admit that the major issue here is how certain people aren't actually letting this be a serious, intelligent discussion. Rule #1 of Discussions goes as such: Acknowledge the counter argument. There has been a remarkably small amount of this going on.
Second rule: Read previous posts. If you don't, you're going to fuel a spark and cause a fire. Bringing up the same point over and over doesn't win an argument, it just gets so frustrating that everybody gives up.
On to the topic at hand.
First off, the rares are for everyone, as Gumballs said. (I don't agree with the rest of the post but hey, to each their own.) I don't kill rares that don't drop loot, but that's just me.
From what I can tell, that isn't what people are getting riled about. It's the "Just tame the common one" idea. This has been proven over and over and over again to *not apply to all hunters*. I have many friends that will only tame the rare version of a common skin - I myself prefer the rares. Why? It's an experience. It's fun. Killing a rare and saying "Go tame the common" is just… silly and insensitive.
That doesn't mean it's never okay to kill a rare. If nobody wants it and it's been sitting around, fel, kill away. If you honestly want that 25g, who am I to argue? Hunters tame pets to be happy, and that means *any other player* is allowed to kill a rare because it makes them happy. It's a game. It's meant to be fun for everyone, not just the hunters.
Tl:dr, killing rares is fine, but don't tell the hunter to go tame the common skin. Your opinion is not that of everyone.