I started being active on the forums late legion so I probably just missed the wave of complaints then.
However most of the complaints you’ve used as example seem to be that some people didn’t like the look of some of them. Which your gonna get with any mount or set that’s released.
Yeah some of them were a little ugly like the priest one, but at least they are fresh and not a reskin. I can’t fault blizzard for trying.
Yes, I give you right here. Most happy people play the game instead of being here. But apart from complaints about the class mounts at the forum there was a lot of unsatisfaction in game as well. I suppose “the grass is always greener…”
But the point of OPs complaint is “why not give us mounts in game instead” and I think by recalling this as an example. I wanted to show they do, separate for each class and most got three. That’s a lot of in game mounts. 
The mage discs have stood the test of time despite the sh*tstorm at the time, very practical and unique looking. I liked mine from start and it’s my standard mount for the mage.
That’s why I can understand the frustration a bit here. WoW is one of the most expensive MMOs out there and not everyone is a successful AH-player. While the inGame mounts aren’t great and more for casual players, the overall quality inGame has declined to a greater extend. Thing is, for a simple hobby you pay a lot of money and some stuff should be more accessible within the game and not with a credit card.
More I read those forums, and ‘reasons of hate’ I think its more about “haters gonna hate” kind of thing. Very few explain their stance fairly. Not all negative feedback is “hate”, but I think a lot of 'I h8 dis" posts are just complaining for the sake of it. It is part of the western culture, i suppose.
More i read about the hate treads the more i am convinced that the people that moan about everything blizzard does have played too long and are too addicted to quit.
I don’t really have anything against the rat mount to me its a reward for being a customer which is funny how there have also been complaints that blizzard won’t reward their loyal customers…
It’s human nature and the anonymity of the internet, not the “western culture”.
A reward isn’t something you get for paying a service and then obtain it.
The situation here is different. These mounts are better crafted then the regular ones with way more care to them. And this is what people bothers the most: The inGame quality gets neglected unless you pay some extra bucks.
I have noticed notably less complaining on eastern side of places, than western side of places.
Hard for me judge, tbh. I have been active on 2channel for a while (not 2ch) and can read/write Japanese. As far as I can tell, there is no difference in the cultures overall. Some remarks are more subtle than others but that’s it.
Well i will be playing the game in the future so getting rat for free is kind of reward for being a loyal customer something people have also cried about for blizzard not rewarding people who keep their subs running.
And as for quality Legion had tons of mounts that had lot more effort but in them and people still whined moaned and cried about them constantly. I swear blizzard could give people hard cold cash in a bag and people would still whine that why is not going straight into their bank account.
And i don’t really get the moaning about cash shop mounts being better quality to me most of them look extremely out of place from the game and or really ugly.
But do not get me wrong. I think it is mainly about human nature, just with social media we see and hear more of it than in past. Even the news on TV tend to be about negative things. Imagine if people would decide one day that they focus on positive things?
Well, I think you’re right.
I also agree here. We had many great mounts (the class hall ones) which are really well done.
I agree as well here. But given that we’re in BfA and not in Legion anymore, one could argue that the quality has massively declined since then.
I got the new mount last night. Don’t really like it but I got it as a bonus for saving few EUR from subscriptions.
Off topic, why is Blizz making ground mounts capable of flying now? Last night I saw that beautiful snowfox mount, flying with some ugly astral wings or something. What is that?
Likely due the feedback that you pay 25 bucks for a mount which can’t even fly for that price.
It’s not just wow and it’s not just Blizzard. I’m sure most modern video games invest more development resources into their shops than into their game. WoW is still in a better state in that matter than most other MMOs.
It’s just a sad direction that the entire video game industry is moving to. Many modern video games are pay 2 win, and that’s not fun. An least here it’s just mounts, pets and toys. It still sucks though.
I would have happily grinded some weird faction doing dailies for months for this mount. I’m probably going to play wow for the next 6 months but I wouldn’t use it now nevertheless because it feels just weird to use a paid mount to me.
I am trying to understand the rage but so far i didnt manage to, and let me explain why:
1: complaining that Blizzard is trying to make more money by optional sales in the shop through mounts / pets / gold / cosmetic items
It really is a shame that companies are trying to make money.
Also i would like to point out the word optional.
2: Only a few mounts in the store have “unique skins” but are based on the same skeleton as some ingame mounts. Multiple mounts have a ingame variant. (Skyterror / Runesaber / Vulpine Familiar)
3: many hard to earn or unique mounts are nowadays in the game as reskins from “easier” activities.
Examples: Mythic Gul’dan mount - Reward from a mount achievement
Amani War Bear: prestige mount from Zul’Aman raid in TBC and i do believe the first one in the game (mount reward / bear mount). Different color variant added when Zul’Aman was reintroduced as a 5 man dungeon.
Now that we have covered the basics, it all boils down to this:
Down the line, things will get added to the game even tho they used to be unique and only had 1 source of earning them.
Will this be the same for the chinese new year mounts? I dont think so.
But atleast we can acquire them in Europe or the US.
Even tho it could have been a possibility that the mounts related to the Chinese calender were only released to the Chinese players because it is linked to their calendar.
If you dont want to spend money on a mount, nobody is forcing you, and if you wanna get said mount you have to spend some cash or gold for that matter and get it.
I dont see the need to get so upset about it, especially if you (OP and others) claim they might not play next month.
So can we please move on from rage threads like these?
They arent helpful at all and Blizzard wont stop with selling ingame items in their store because it is part of their business plan.
TLDR - you dont have to buy the mounts. You only have to pay your sub and enjoy the game. (Which you can do with gold anyway)
If you rage so easily about optional purchases and start making threads like these over cosmetic items, you should try to figure out what is the root problem.
Getting this mad and upset over something that is merely there for entertainment and your OWN enjoyment is really a bad sign.
This again? Really?
And initial premise is incorrect, either by ignoring some of the new mounts, the insect mounts and alpacas are new mount models, or by outright lying, ie nothing but recolours this patch.
But what’s new, why use present a balanced and rational argument when you can screech incoherently at a precieved injustice.
Just out of curiousity, when did they release the Dreamer dragon mount, and the ship mount? By any chance was it 6 months and a year ago? Clearly not a trend of releasing these mounts as a loyalty reward or anything, no no, must be frothing greed.
In 6 months when the next one comes out, you can all save your time and just copy/paste your outrage from here.
Those that have the 6 months subscription beforehand get the mount, trust me.
What scheme?
If you’re buying the 6 months subscription because of the mount, you’re playing yourself, the 6 months subscription is for those that see themselves playing for the next 6 months at the very least, the small discount and now the mount is an added bonus.
The mount is there to entice those that are, how can I put this nicely…let’s go with impulsive.
The players that are triggered by the addition of the mount to the 6 months subscriptions, those players are the target audience, they’re the ones that most likely will buy the 6 months subscription because of the mount.
If you can’t see yourself playing for the next 6 months, why would having that mount, as an in-game drop matter to you?
That’s kinda half-half true. They simply recycle the bee mount and Dolly/Dot-npcs for that.
I’d say it’s fair, as the alpaca’s are new as mounts, and bee is alliance only.
I understand the annoyance too, but I don’t agree.
I think there are tons of cool unique quality mounts to get in game. In BfA the bee, alpacka, Jaina’s water elemental, the festering bloodbat something, several lovely cats with a new skin, Rustbolt mount, hyena, more I don’t recall…
Being honest, we are practically drowning in all the mounts Blizzard shower over us for free. In the warfronts for example.
Developing new mounts including the store ones is a small cost for Blizzard and good profit. Probably microtransactions are what keeps the game going, good for all of us, and we really don’t need to buy anything extra.