Originally posted by Robokapp

it's a 100% droprate. if you kill the boss that is. It's obviously not for everyone.

 

you're acting like its the only mount in the game. is the griffin from the vendor coming with a broken wing or something? 

Oh its 100%? Why does the OP state that its a low rate then :S

Mounts are somehow the quintessence of what many people strife for in MMORPGs. About everyone wants mounts, but each mount you gain after the first one is pretty useless. They have most often the same stats, and if the stats differ, then only by minimal amounts. The only reason what mounts are good for is to run around on them and show off. They don't help your char, they don't help your guild, they're only there to say "look, I got something you don't, I'm better than you".

As long as people have fun it's fine of course. But still kinda weird... I mean great weapons that are hard to get often improve your char as well. But mounts? They're completly useless.

Originally posted by Fearlessbro

Yet another great reward that you have a 1 in 50000 chance of obtaining. Great work Blizzard making people farm for a horse that's obviously a painted Death Knight mount. And with all the chinese hacking the -Beep- out of this game, stealing accounts and selling little golden pixel currency, it's going great so far, but we know the trend, WoW gets worse and worse every day.

 

I'm so glad I no longer play this game and went to Console games/Multiplayer games.

 

FFXIV, that is going to be a great MMO, hopefully it doesn't get trashed full of elitists like in WoW, hackers and the companies greed instead of for the players.

 

Fact or i'm just trolling, take it as you wish.

Worse and worse? Compared to what? With the addition of the dungeon finder, I've been in more high end instances than I've been able to get parties for in years.  I'm starting to actually gear my level 80 warrior up to a semi decent level, with the drops and the emblems I've been picking up.  Sure there are problems, but thats a function of the games success.  If you enjoy your console games thats all that matters<shrug>.  FFIV looks interesting, but so does Heroes of Telera, and further out Citadel of Sorcery.

Originally posted by Robokapp

it's a 100% droprate. if you kill the boss that is. It's obviously not for everyone.

 

you're acting like its the only mount in the game. is the griffin from the vendor coming with a broken wing or something? 

ah Blizzard mounts drop only 1/999 kills of the boss.  Since this boss is at the end of a chain the chances of the mount dropping are quite slim.

Originally posted by Gwing

too much content killed this game.

Wait....what? Are you actually saying that having lots of content is a bad thing? Really? Would you prefer there only being 2 things to do? I honestly can't fathom how in the world this statement makes any sense...

Originally posted by Alundre

Originally posted by Gwing

too much content killed this game.

 

Wait....what? Are you actually saying that having lots of content is a bad thing? Really? Would you prefer there only being 2 things to do? I honestly can't fathom how in the world this statement makes any sense...

I think the key is that the epics before BC and later WOTLK didn't fare well compared to the new greens and blues, let alone the new epics.  WoW is a gear hamster wheel, and many people can't accept that.  Its just the nature of these types of games...<shrug>

relax. this game is still going despite your hate.

and yes the mount will drop once every kill, just like the mimiron head.

it will be rare because very few will be capable to achieve a kill.

simply put it's a reward to the highly dedicated hardcore guilds. My guess is half the servers won't get one at all, while some servers will get several.

I'll probably never see it but that's fine. I know my place. 

Holy crap, way to be 100% wrong MMORPG.com writer.

From Blizzard:

Q. Is the mount available in both 10 and 25 Heroic?
A. Invincible will only be available in the 25-person Heroic encounter with the Lich King.

Q. Is it a random drop or is it a guaranteed drop?
A. Much like Mimiron's head, one lucky player will be able to attain this incredible mount when the Lich King is defeated in his strongest form.

It's a guaranteed drop from Heroic Arthas 25.

Next time do just a little bit of research before making a news article.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Originally posted by Robokapp

it's a 100% droprate. if you kill the boss that is. It's obviously not for everyone.

 

you're acting like its the only mount in the game. is the griffin from the vendor coming with a broken wing or something? 

ah Blizzard mounts drop only 1/999 kills of the boss.  Since this boss is at the end of a chain the chances of the mount dropping are quite slim.

Nope, it's like Mimiron's Head. Kill Arthas at the hardest form possible (like featuring some kind of difficulty toggles like Keepers for Yogg-Saron encounter, I don't know the specifics for toggling this "hardest", besides being heroic difficulty) and it's a 100% drop. The challenge is on achieving the result, NOT luck (well, only one of the 25 will get it, so it's still kind of luck or being loved by the raid/guild leader or being one if it's distributed like any other epic loot).

To back up my claim, here is the thread in which this information is given out, from the Blizzard forums. Copy and paste it. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=22748778637&pageNo=1&sid=1#0

I have a rant though. You don't get Frostmourne but instead you forge Shadowmourne, but apparently his horse doesn't share the same luck of being protected from eventually being violated regarding its "unique" status (multiple people flying it a same time).

the sword...is not really his. Ner'zhul made the sword to imprison arthas' mind. and uther says  there needs to be another lich king so if you'd touch Frostmourne you'd lose your character...to the new lich king who will be...see below. p.s. i wouldn't have minded the sword...oh well. Lore is lore. the next lich king probably takes the sword. and the helm maybe.

*spolier don't read if you don't care*

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Originally posted by Xiaoki

Holy crap, way to be 100% wrong MMORPG.com writer.

From Blizzard:

Q. Is the mount available in both 10 and 25 Heroic?
A. Invincible will only be available in the 25-person Heroic encounter with the Lich King.

Q. Is it a random drop or is it a guaranteed drop?
A. Much like Mimiron's head, one lucky player will be able to attain this incredible mount when the Lich King is defeated in his strongest form.

 

It's a guaranteed drop from Heroic Arthas 25.

Next time do just a little bit of research before making a news article.

Heroics 25 these days ?

That simply means you can forget it for 99.5% of the Raiding guilds.

The 25 heroics are simply much more difficult than early vanila WOW content. Blizzard exagerates in both extremes these days.

I hope Cataclysm ups the normal leveling content and downgrades a little bit of the highest Pve ánd Pvp rewards (like putting up mounts only available for >0.5% of arena players).

I would say that the highest "skill" rewards should be obtainable by at least 2 to 3% of the player base. That 0.5% bracket they are aiming for is out of my league (and about everyone else's).

But I agree with the remark: before posting and putting a link to it ... at least read the news yourselves.

Originally posted by Fearlessbro

Yet another great reward that you have a 1 in 50000 chance of obtaining. Great work Blizzard making people farm for a horse that's obviously a painted Death Knight mount. And with all the chinese hacking the -Beep- out of this game, stealing accounts and selling little golden pixel currency, it's going great so far, but we know the trend, WoW gets worse and worse every day.

 

I'm so glad I no longer play this game and went to Console games/Multiplayer games.

 

FFXIV, that is going to be a great MMO, hopefully it doesn't get trashed full of elitists like in WoW, hackers and the companies greed instead of for the players.

 

Fact or i'm just trolling, take it as you wish.

DO not hope, if the game goes mainstream and grabs enough attention... It'll grab the kids.

it might not be the case if  it somewhat resembles FFXI and actually make the learning curve a bit too difficult for the weak-minded.