A lot of complaints about there being too many mounts which I don't really agree with. I think there are probably too many very similar recolors of some models for sure (how many versions of a gorm do we really need?) but I do like having more color options that suit each player so overall I do prefer more over less. Generally from these comments it sounds like the issue isn't too many mounts so much as too few mount achievements. I am by no means a collection focused player but I have had the 400 mount achievement since before SL came out, and that includes not playing for most of Pandaland, and any of WOD or Legion. I'd like to see more milestones for collection oriented players, so that continuing to collect all these mounts would feel meaningful in this regard. More mounts and cosmetics (assuming they don't just introduce a huge amount of tedium and grinding for a recolor) should never feel like a bad thing. Mounts and other cosmetics that represent a substantial time investment should be fairly unique, imo. All these slightly varied recolors should be relatively easy to acquire and not add up to extremely large time sinks every patch. I think that would be beneficial for everyone, to introduce many colors for non collection oriented players to have colors that suit them that they can go get and not outright abuse collector's time (except for prestigious, visually unique mounts). As with many things in the current game state though it does seem this aspect is largely designed with metrics in mind first, how easy it is to develop second, and the player is lucky to even make the list of considerations tbh. I personally think at least for collectors that could be relatively easy to alleviate through a little more respect for those players time in how the many new mounts are acquired knowing that collectors will want them all, and the average player who will just go get their favorite color variation, who doesn't necessarily want to sink a ton of time into it given there are plenty of other great mounts they can get easier/faster and be just as pleased with. Oh and incentivize it with those cool collection achievements that currently kind of just awkwardly end at a very easily acquired number for whatever reason.
Less is more. If theyre gonna have 5 reskins of the same mount then it needs to come from the same source, like a rep you unlock. Think Kurenai in Nagrand where you can buy all the Talbuks, or netherdrakes were u can get all the color variations once you finish the rep. Then people can use their favorite color variation. Its immortant that its readily apparent where ur mount comes from, and not that there are 5 barely different colors from 5 completely different activities.
As a fellow mount collector, I like the design of this mount but i dont like the endless recolour / slight shade differences. Also most of the upcoming mounts in 9.2 do not appeal, except maybe the snail, spider and wasp but even those would of looked so much better as real life natural versions.I agree with the previous comments that the shear number of new mounts is reducing desire for them. In the real world gold and jewels are precious and desirable because they are rare. When they add so many mounts it devalues them.In addition the fact that gold boosters can buy mounts in the BMAH like solar spire hawk, galleon, nalak etc really devalues even the rarest of mounts.
Let's hope they add the last two missing colours too - it's a shame if any recolour gets unused.
Never seen anything like it, certainly not mounts that use the same rig.
Metroid mount with a metroid pet? Yes please!
You guys are complaining we get more mounts? What is wrong with you? If you don't want more mounts then don't get them.And as someone who likes matching my mount to my transmog/character I hate when there are few color options. Recolors are a good thing. I wish we had MORE options, not less.
Does the coloring and patterns on these remind anyone else of the shades from NIER?
everything with this end patch keeps giving me Light n Void vibes for next xpac
As a mount collector i'm thrilled they're adding so many, especially so many colour swaps. It's much more fun to be able colour match for transmog or aesthetic, and even better if we don't have to do a miserable lootbox farm for ONE colour and no others (early Legion, I hate how they gated the unicorn models) or have the least interesting mount models split up among all sources and never get the better models from the expac (WoD and everyone only having on of the wolves/boars/talbuks).
um.. i`m just a copy of a copy (like in NIN song)..