OS Mounts Announcement needed

#0 - Nov. 12, 2010, 5:53 a.m.

The number of people stealing mounts in Obsidian Sanctum is going up. We've had at least one incident on Skywall of someone transferring onto server, stealing it, and then leaving.

The only reason you would see a sudden increase in theft of the mount at this point is the expectation that the mount will be removed come Cata. I've seen nothing confirming that that will indeed happen. As such, please have a representative of blizzard post on the forums that they are not taking these mounts away. Only a blizzard confirmation will be believed and thus lessen the amount of people doing this.

Just a thought.

--Aiden

Vrakthris

#2 - Nov. 12, 2010, 6:32 a.m.

Technically speaking, Aidenorestes, you can not "steal" the mount. Either you qualify for an item that drops or you do not. Depending on the looting method that you used if you qualified for the drop you would be able to roll on the item if you were using Need before Greed or Group loot. If your group used the Master Looting option the Master Looter would be able to assign it to a qualifying member of the group, including themselves.

If you entered under the Master Looting system and firm looting rules, beyond what our systems cover, were established and you believe that the agreement was violated you are welcome to submit a petition to have a possible scam investigated. This does not guarantee the redistribution of any items/gold but appropriate actions will be taken for any verified violations of our policies.

Information has already been released regarding specific mounts and items that are planned for removal with 4.0.3.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27291810112&sid=1

Specifically Lylirra responded to the following questions here:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27291810112&sid=1&pageNo=13#257

Q u o t e:
What about the proto-drakes and frostwyrms from ICC? Will they still be available from achievements?
Q u o t e:
Will the Reins of the Black Drake and The Reins of the Twilight Drake be changed as well?

Lylirra: Yes and no (respectively). These mounts will not be changing, and they'll remain available through their current mechanics in 4.0.3.

Vrakthris

#4 - Nov. 12, 2010, 6:42 a.m.

Q u o t e:

Thanks for the info. I'd recommend it be placed somewhere prominent enough for more players to see it.

The post is stickied in the General Discussion forum where most information of this nature is displayed.

Good luck, Aiden. :)

Vrakthris

#7 - Nov. 12, 2010, 7:04 a.m.

Q u o t e:
FYI; There is not timer on the transfer. You can transfer from 1 server and then transfer immediately back to another server.

Perhaps the Game Master did not entirely understand your question or there was some confusion over the answer, Aiden, but there is a cooldown period for character transfers.

Q u o t e:

- An individual character may only be transferred once every 3 days.

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/20558