WoW has another new shop mount – maybe you already own it

On By Garmin Philip

A new year, a new shop mount in World of Warcraft. We’ll tell you what the latest mount in Blizzard’s MMORPG is all about.

It’s almost a ritual now, repeated every few months. Although the new content in World of Warcraft is still a long time coming, there is already a new mount in the game’s in-game shop. You can now buy Wen Lo, the Soul of the River – or maybe even get it for free.

What kind of mount is that? “Wen Lo, the soul of the river” is a blue tiger in spectral form, which looks best with shamans or monks. Basically, the tiger is very reminiscent of the design of Pandaria and is also presented in this setting.

The Asian-inspired setting and the tiger are no coincidence, because the “Year of the Tiger” is now beginning in the Chinese calendar – Blizzard has been bringing a thematically appropriate mount to the shop for years for this occasion.

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How much does the mount cost? It all depends on how you want to acquire this mount. If you want to buy it directly for real money, you pay a whopping €25 to then ride through Azeroth and the shadow lands on the mount. As usual with shop mounts, the mount’s ability scales with the player’s riding skill – so it can be used as a ground or flying mount.

Alternatively, you get Wen Lo as a bonus if you take out a subscription for 6 months – or if you already have an active subscription of this duration. In the latter case, the mount will be unlocked over the next few days. As usual, this can take a while and doesn’t happen to all players at the same time, so it’s best to be patient.

Here’s how the community is reacting: As is also common now, the general reaction to the shop mount has been rather negative. Especially in times of content drought, many players react quite sensitively to the implementation of new shop content. So are the comments under the English video on YouTube. A few excerpts from the first reactions:

  • „/target World of Warcraft /spucken“
  • “You just have no shame.”
  • “Bobby’s last rip off.”
  • “But that wasn’t your big WoW announcement for this week. Or? … OR?!”

Even if the dislikes are no longer officially visible on YouTube, this is still possible with various browser add-ons – yesterday there were around 85% negative ratings.

What do you think of this mount? A fancy thing you’re going to get yourself? Or are all those shop mounts getting on your nerves?

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