MOP account wide mount exceptions.Follow

MMO Champ just posted a list of the mounts that are currently NOT account wide.


Acherus Deathcharger
Argent Charger
Argent Warhorse
Azure Cloud Serpent
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Twilight Drake
Crimson Cloud Serpent
Dawnstone Panther
Deadly Gladiator's Frost Wyrm
Dreadsteed
Emerald Panther
Felsteed
Furious Gladiator's Frost Wyrm
Goblin Mini Hotrod
Golden Cloud Serpent
Grand Expedition Yak
Grand Ice Mammoth
Ice Mammoth
Jade Cloud Serpent
Jeweled Onyx Panther
Mechano-Hog
Mekgineer's Chopper
Onyx Cloud Serpent
Relentless Gladiator's Frost Wyrm
Ruby Panther
Ruthless Gladiator's Twilight Drake
Sandstone Drake
Sapphire Panther
Subdued Seahorse
Summon Charger
Summon Exarch's Elekk
Summon Great Exarch's Elekk
Summon Great Sunwalker Kodo
Summon Sunwalker Kodo
Summon Thalassian Charger
Summon Thalassian Warhorse
Summon Warhorse
Swift Mooncloth Carpet
Swift Shadoweave Carpet
Swift Spellfire Carpet
Traveler's Tundra Mammoth
Traveler's Tundra Mammoth
Vicious Gladiator's Twilight Drake
Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade
Wrathful Gladiator's Frost Wyrm

GC is backpedaling.

May 4, 2012 [http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/04/mists-of-pandaria-beta-account-wide-mounts-are-a-go/[/link]

I can understand why you feel that way, but not everyone cares that much about RP factors. There's nothing wrong with someone using a charger mount on a warlock, nor using a HH mount on a paladin. I do agree that class specific mounts should stay class specific though.

Would be nice if the more expensive mounts were BoA too. I've yet to get myself the Sandstone drake or the Mechanohog, but if I did, it'd be nice to have it available on all my toons. A mount that only costs 2k, I can understand not making that BoA. But mounts that cost you 20k+, I think those deserve to be BoA.

Yes, it's called Backpedaling " To retreat or withdraw from a position or attitude:" another question?

Ghostcrawler never said that all mounts would be available, and it was largely suspected from the beginning that not all mounts would be included. You're being obtuse, Raw.

That's really a poor argument. You're essentially saying that RP factors shouldn't inhibit player options and gameplay, because not all players care about it. But the reverse argument is just as valid--that player options and gameplay shouldn't inhibit RP factors.

Ultimately, WOW is an RPG. And every decision needs to be balanced around the various needs of a role playing game. The game world is created by the hundreds of small details, not just the grandiose ones. Because, generally speaking, the grandiose constructs are the ones you can most easily compare to other games. What makes Stormwind Stormwind and not some random, human Medieval-style city? It's all those small details--that kid chasing his sister, the park, the Mage Quarter (complete with Warlock pub), the tailors shop on the water, etc. When you play multiple games with similar cities, those small details are what keep them from becoming the same thing in your mind.

Of course, that's an example from the world environment, but the same thing applies. You create classes to be distinct because they're supposed to represent fundamentally different styles of life. The reason your Paladin can't ride a Dreadsteed is because he's a Paladin who abhors anything that does not serve the Light, which that mount most certainly doesn't. The more you gloss over these lines, the less distinct the classes become. The less distinct they become, the less interesting they become. And, ultimately, the more generic they feel.

Take away the fluff that makes a Warlock feel like a Warlock, and he just feels like "generic shadowy mage archetype".

Yes, we're just talking about one system here, but limited quantity is never a good argument--you can apply it to anything, and eventually you've made one too many changes on the grounds that "just one won't make a difference."

So, no, not caring about RP factors doesn't magically make it okay to ignore RP factors, because your play experience there affects the experience of everyone. There's no meaningful increase to the non-RP player by allowing class-specific mounts to be cross-class, but there is a meaningful decrease in enjoyment to the players that do care about the RP.

What makes it even worse is that all the one side would be gaining is aesthetic options, where the other side would be losing something that's part of the fundamental fabric of why they enjoy the game. You see your Paladin on a Dreadsteed, laugh for a moment, then go on your merry way. They see your Paladin on a Dreadsteed and feel the crumbling of the lore that created the world they're enjoying.

Digg, I think you misunderstood my post. I agree that the class mounts should stay class specific. What I was disagreeing with, was the idea that certain classes/specs should not use certain mounts that are available to everyone, because it wouldn't feel right. I use the Tyreal's charger on my shadow priest all the time. That thing looks awesome when it's purple. My ex used his HH mount on his paladin all the time too. Why should someone get to say that we can't do that? He's entitled to his opinion of course, I just happen to disagree with it.

Rather than start a new thread, here's the update on account wide mounts:

Freaking YES!

This will make stuff much easier for mom and I to do once Pandaria goes Live.

Allowing her to ride on my passenger mounts would greatly speed up questing and such, instead of me having to constantly tell her where I'm going and how to follow me, because the mini-map keeps messing up (my dot appearing a mile away from where I actually am, etc).

That way, any pair of our characters can level/quest/etc together and not have to worry about this sort of stuff happening.

Thanks, Blizz!

You'd think the PvP Mounts would have had more priority to be AW than Crafted ones.

A character who does a lot of PvP and ends up winning an Arena tournament or something should get to show that mount off, no matter what character he plays on his account; people would know that he is simply badass to get a mount like that. I don't get why it matters which character he happens to be playing at the time.

Although, devil's advocate, I suppose this would encourage people to roll FOTM classes for each season in hopes of having better chances at getting AW rare mounts.

Meh.

Maybe if they'd do a better job at PvP Class Balance, then we wouldn't have FOTM classes for months on end before they finally get fixed, then that'd be a non-issue.

He was. This thread is not new.

I see what you did there.

Cynicism is how it's normally spelled, but cynyck spelled it cynycism.