All of these comments complaining this is a recolor of an existing mount, whilst also forgetting that every single mount collection achievement has rewarded a recolor. This is normal, and if you have 400 mounts already then I'm guessing you already have a few favorites you'd rather use.
I was expecting to finally get a Devilsaur. #SaurLoser.
Well hey, this is about as close as I'll ever get to obtaining a Cindermane Charger, so I'm not complaining.
I would say it looks better but it's still HEARTHSTEED. Probably the easiest mount to obtain in this game. Why don't give us recolour of the Valajar Stormwing with some special effects instead of this ugly piece of poo? Child of cindermane Charger and Hearthsteed at it's finest. 350 mounts looks so much better than this.Blizzard pls change it...
Submit a suggestion to blizzard to change this one.
An absolute disappointment, no need to say more.
If you're going to make a reskin - for 400 mounts - atleast make it like... the Stormwing that was teased to us back during ToT days, a black stormdrake, or maybe an Albino Netherdrake :/
The red one is way much better. Blue and red colour mix does not go together that well IMO. I still wish that we get something different, maybe a new model even!
I think people that are saying "All the mount achievements are recolors, stop complaining" are missing the point. Yes, they are recolors, but they are recolors of mounts that are 1. actually obtainable by playing World of Warcraft, and 2. not crazy easy to obtain and require some degree of farming or even grouping (Only the Penitent... achievement for Firelands meta).At this point if Blizzard cares about keeping players in the game they should be doing whatever they can to advertise to people and get them to stay. When I started playing in BC, I remember seeing someone flying a Netherwing Drake in Shattrath and thinking to myself "wow that's a cool mount I want it." This of course wasn't the only reason I leveled to 70 but it was a reason none the less. Now mount collecting is one of the big reasons why I play this game, and why I play so late into the expansions when I've done the end raid 100 times and need something to do. Will I get the 400 mount achievement mount at some point? Yes. Will I ride it? Maybe for 1 day until some level 45 in Org asks me if there is another Hearthstone promotion going on.Think about how you can keep players Blizz, seeing an amazing mount for collecting 400 mounts (even if it is a recolor) is bound to turn some heads and keep people playing so they can farm up the mounts for it, and mounts take time to farm, and time equals money. You don't even have to create a brand new unique one of a kind mount (although that would be nice), you can pull unused mount skins/colors that people have been asking for in the mount community. Stormcrow, Green Flametalon, or even a recolor of the Ur'zul mount from mythic Argus (that last one may just be me, damn I want that ugly thing so bad.)
Why the people are complaining?. The red hearthsteed mount was in the wow database since the blue version was released back in MoP. I remember some preview pictures back then showing the blue hearthsteed mounted by an Alliance race character and the red one mounted by an Horde character. Thats why in those days we thought blue version would go to the Alliance and red version for the Horde. But then Blizzard only released the blue version to all and put the red version in the freeze till now.Im glad Blizz released the red version finally after so many years.
creativity is over.
I am seriously REALLY disappointed. I mean, so much effort (to me, it is) to get that amount of mount, and all you get as a reward is a crappy recolor of the easiest mount to get ? I mean come on, like Neo said, there are so much cooler models never used or other nice recolor, or even, guess what, NEW IDEAS ! why don't they, for once, make a giant strawpoll and suggest a few mount ideas, and pick the most popular one ? Or yes, give a token, or, or.... well something else than this poor horsey. Please Blizzard, listen to all of us for once and change this, please.
I was so waiting for the announcement of this mount and get this, I'm disappointed.
The new version is insanely good. those who doesn't like it are just plebs with 20 mounts :P
For spending hours and hours farming mounts and grinding gold to buy others, I kinda expected the reward for 400 mounts to be a bit more... Grand.Look at the reward for 300 mounts, the Heavenly Azure Serpent. Yes, it's a recolor. But it actually looks really beautiful and wonderful for the 300 mount achievement even if it's a recolor.This one? It's just plain. Not ugly, not stupid, just plain.I will still get the 400 mounts since Im a completionist, but I really doubt I will be using it on any of my alts or that I would be showing it off.TBH? Blizzard really has dissapointed with the rewards for both 400 Collected mounts and 100 Factions. One would expect that at the very least, even if it was a recolor, they would put a little more effort instead just turning one a bit more transparent and for the other removing the fire effects.
Ew its just a recolor of—DONOTCARE! Give it to me! >:0