So Blizzard is giving out free Feldrakes for watching streams.
Opinions on this move?
I think this makes one of the more prestigious TCG-mounts “worthless” and will feel reeeeally bad for people (yes like me) who spent a lot of time / gold to get it.
This completely deflates the prestige/integrity of owning this relatively rare TCG mount.
I don’t personally own this mount and I think giving it out to the masses, for free, is utterly disgraceful.
While I don’t want to sound doomer, this is yet another step in the wrong direction which will further disenfranchise their old player base, whether if they had this mount already or not.
At the very least make it a new mount to maintain the integrity of the old and rare version. An example could be “Observers Fel Drake”, with a small change from the original, like a slightly different tint in color, or similar. Handing out the original Fel Drake is just a slap in the face of so many people, for absolutely no reason.
A part of me died inside. I don’t have the Fel Drake, but people who spent millions of gold on it because it was ultra rare are going to have an anaphylactic shock.
That has to be the most ridiculous argument I’ve ever heard. A lot of people enjoy stuff because it’s rare and has prestige attached to it. Once that goes out the window half of the attraction is removed.
Also people set the prices, yes, because it’s rare, and very hard to obtain. It’s like people who collect vintage stuff IRL. Vintage cars for example.
People like to be unique and separated from the vast majority. It’s basic human psyche.