Celestial Steed and Lil'XT

[Fat Tire]

According to the Blizzard store, the Lil' XT companion pet and the Celestial Steed mounts will be available from the Blizzard Store! This is the first time Blizzard sells a mount through the Blizzard store, we don't have the price yet but we can assume we'll hear about it very soon.

The Celestial Steed seems to scale depending on your existing mounts. If you already have a 310% flying mount, the celestial steed will be a 310% as well. If you don't, it will just be a regular 280% flying mount. (or 150% if you never bought the epic flying skill)





Come on blizz! Youre sooooo close, you can do it!! Quit easing people into micro-transactions and just start selling purples/gold already.

[Svpernova09]

-.- Contempt face

[Fursphere]

This is the Activism Board of Directors personal Stimulus plan.

[Mercurio]

Man, that steed is pretty nice.

Maybe it will only be like $25.

Well, shouldn't be too bad. If I only buy the mount for toons that I've put some time into - say, those 80s with a gear score of over 5K, then I'd only be out....






OH CRAP, that's $750!!!!

Good thing I drive a Hyundai and my wife drives a Lexus. Otherwise, this one would be hard to explain.

[Fat Tire]

Man, that steed is pretty nice.

Maybe it will only be like $25.

Well, shouldn't be too bad. If I only buy the mount for toons that I've put some time into - say, those 80s with a gear score of over 5K, then I'd only be out....






OH CRAP, that's $750!!!!

Good thing I drive a Hyundai and my wife drives a Lexus. Otherwise, this one would be hard to explain.

So whatcha think Mercurio? You think you would be interested in purchasing new mounts say every three months? I am sure they can give you a bulk discount.

If I am blizzard and I can get people to pay 30-40 bucks for a mount every 2 months I would put a few extra designers on it. My guess is 39.99, if you buy 4 you get the 5th one freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[Drizzit]

So whatcha think Mercurio? You think you would be interested in purchasing new mounts say every three months? I am sure they can give you a bulk discount.

If I am blizzard and I can get people to pay 30-40 bucks for a mount every 2 months I would put a few extra designers on it. My guess is 39.99, if you buy 4 you get the 5th one freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I think you are right about the price. Blizzard knows how much the tiger is going for on e-bay so why would they make this one cheap. But the sad thing is buy 4 and you get the 5th one for 39.99.

[Vecter]

The thing about these transactions is that they are fluff pieces. They have no outward bearing on the game itself. Having a pet or new mount won't down Sindragosa. I may look cool (huge stretch) but I won't play any better. Blizz will never sell actual usable items/gold as that would drastically change the game (and they are doing that just fine themselves )

[Kalros]

I see no problem with this, in fact, like the 2-seater Rocket, I'll be acquiring AT LEAST one upon release. I just want to know if these things are Bound to Account or individual characters .....................

[Fat Tire]

The thing about these transactions is that they are fluff pieces. They have no outward bearing on the game itself. Having a pet or new mount won't down Sindragosa. I may look cool (huge stretch) but I won't play any better. Blizz will never sell actual usable items/gold as that would drastically change the game (and they are doing that just fine themselves )

Actual usable items? I lol'd irl

Why would they sell everyday purples? There is a much smaller market for these items since gear is replaced in every new content patch and for sure every expansion. The only thing I could see them selling are trinkets, but even then meh, replaceable unless they do something unique like turn you into a goat or something.

Why sell straight up gold? No reason to since they control the flow of gold in the game. They control the price of gold by how much quantity there is given a certain number of players. However, there is another way to sell gold without selling gold.

Now they could have chosen to sell the steed in dalaran for @30kg, kinda like the mammoth tundra mount or the mechano-chopper that is 16k-20k currently. Current market value 60-90 bucks.

They have chosen not to and thus skipping gold sellers/farmer directly and selling gold themselves via the direct purchase method.

I have no problem with this but there shouldn't be a double standard.

[Vecter]

Actual usable items? I lol'd irl

Why would they sell everyday purples? There is a much smaller market for these items since gear is replaced in either every new content patch and for sure every expansion. The only thing I could see them selling are trinkets, but even then meh, replaceable unless they do something unique like turn you into a goat or something.

Why sell straight up gold? No reason to since they control the flow of gold in the game. They control the price of gold by how much quanity there is given a certain number of players. However, there is another way to sell gold without selling gold.

Now they could have chosen to sell the steed in dalaran for @30kg, kinda like the mammoth tundra mount or the mechano-chopper that is 16k-20k currently. Current market value 60-90 bucks.

They have chosen not to and thus skipping gold sellers/farmer directly and selling gold themselves via the direct purchase method.

I have no problem with this but there shouldn't be a double standard.

Blizzard is in the market to make money, real hard cash. The amount of money they have made selling the pets is probably millions, and adding a mount for purchase is going to make them millions more. That's all it comes down to, not bypassing any gold sellers or controlling gold. None of that directly puts money into their pockets.