6-Month Subscription Phoenix Bundle Coming to Blizzard Shop in Future

Live Posted 2021/07/01 at 4:09 AM by perculia

KeyboardturnBlizzard announcementCached contentdatamined during the 9.0.5 PTR

Sapphire Skyblazer

Description: These brilliant blue birds burn brighter (and hotter) than their orange cousins, though the origin of both remains a mystery.

Source: Promotion

Fireplume Phoenix

Description: Tore a blazing sky through a wintry night did the hawk with fiery wings. What future foretold? What story would unfold? When the elements take to the sky and sing.

Source: Promotion

Blizzard at Summer Game Fest

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Comment by jmxdThought the new 6-month bundle was going to be that Horde Rylak and Alliance sheep? lolComment by Nikolas90We'll get them later today, don't worry :PComment by Sp33deyTo Repeat a comment from the original datamining:

To be clear: Promotion does not equal store mount.

I repeat: THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR THESE MOUNTS.Comment by Dejo93To Repeat a comment from the original datamining:

To be clear: Promotion does not equal store mount.

I repeat: THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR THESE MOUNTS.Comment by NothAUTo be clear: Promotion does not equal store mount.

I repeat: THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR THESE MOUNTS.https://ptr.wowhead.com/news/two-encrypted-promotional-mounts-in-9-0-5-data-sapphire-skyblazer-and-fireplume-320844#p3406195Comment by PrymoAnd we get only a recolor for M+.Comment by Jimbrooksbetcha any money this is to pad sub numbers while we wait until after christmas for 9.2 because that will be revealed at blizzcon online event in 2022 wewladComment by kalistohTo Repeat a comment from the original datamining:

To be clear: Promotion does not equal store mount.

I repeat: THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR THESE MOUNTS.Comment by sharnieTo Repeat a comment from the original datamining:

To be clear: Promotion does not equal store mount.

I repeat: THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR THESE MOUNTS.Comment by 2080020There it is.Comment by KelrasThe amount of copium in these comments.

Of course it's a store mount. All 6-month bundle mounts are also store mounts.

And that sucks and all, but what stands out even more as a negative to me is that that likely means that these mounts will be faction-locked, Alliance (blue) and Horde (red). Now both colors sound really nice, but for Alliance players who want a more classic orange-ish phoenix look, they'll probably be screwed and for Horde players who want a cool more unique blue flame phoenix are also screwed, if that is the case.Comment by LeandreqqAnother boat for bobby.Comment by seijulalai.e. 9.2 will be in 8 months if we are luckyComment by rossyysbetcha any money this is to pad sub numbers while we wait until after christmas for 9.2 because that will be revealed at blizzcon online event in 2022 wewladComment by ClinoclaseAnd no one is shocked to see that a unique model is given to the shop in the wake of a patch that is 90% recolorsComment by VSozonovPoggers, more cash shop mounts. Exactly what a sub based game needsComment by grayshirtWe seem to be getting a new shop mount every 2 months.

We just had Lucky Yun, Snowstorm in February, Phase Hunter in May, they brought back the Imperial Quillen in June, and now July probably contains a Phoenix.

All the shop mounts are visually distinct from one another. Compared to the amount of visually distinct mounts we get in a patch like 9.1 the ratio is way high.

I wish the shop didn't exist. Every single thing created for and put in the shop could have instead been a reward in the game. There is no reason for the shop mounts to exist aside from profit. Profit, which incentivizes them to regularly produce visually distinct mounts for the shop while the patch rewards are the likes of

Razerwing
Dusklight Razorwing
4 colors

Shardhide
Beryl Shardhide
4 colors

Charger
Mawsworn Charger's Reins
4 colors

Hand
Nilganihmaht Control Ring
4 colors

Mauler
Rampaging Mauler
2 colors

Disc
Cartel Master's Gearglider
3 colors

Kyrian
Elysian Aquilon
4 colors

Nightfae
Ardenweald Wilderling Harness
4 colors

Venthyr
Sinfall Gravewing
4 colors

Necrolord
Maldraxxian Corpsefly Harness
4 colors
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Who knows how many recolors the below have had by this point.

Bat
Harvester's Dredwing Saddle

Strider
Reins of the Wanderer

Hound
Undying Darkhound's Harness

Grom
Legsplitter War Harness

Dragonhawk
Vengeance's Reins

This patch took a little over 7 months. We got 10 mounts I would consider visually distinct and 5 straight up recolors. Over the same period the Shop is probably getting about half as many visually distinct mounts.Comment by Elondre!@#$ its the blue rukhmar i bet. God damn it.Comment by ZeroxarRemovedComment by HaiykenThought the new 6-month bundle was going to be that Horde Rylak and Alliance sheep? lol

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