Will Cata Meta Mount Rewards Become Unavailable with MoP Patch?

[Xlugon Pyro]

I've begun hearing this somewhere but I'm not sure where to look to confirm/deny this statement.

In Wrath, the only mounts made unavailable from a meta were the Naxx 10/25 meta mounts, and even when turning over to Cata, people can still acquire the mount from the metas from like ICC even well after the launch of Cata. I'm wondering if the drakes and birds from the current Cata raid metas will become unavailable if not completed before the MoP patch. If so, if someone could provide a link to confirm this, that'd be greatly appreciated.

[Eis]

No, they said they didn't like removing the plagued/black protos. They'll likely never remove meta mounts again.

[Xlugon Pyro]

No, they said they didn't like removing the plagued/black protos. They'll likely never remove meta mounts again.

Hmm. I sort of suspected this was the case considering who I heard it from. This is good news though, because I'd hate to be forced to rush to complete achievements in the Cata raids before MoP, especially considering how small raiding is on my server.

[Queen of Hamsters]

I wouldn't be surprised if they, once you can 3-man ICC whenever that might be, will either remove the frostwyrms or make them rare drops from maybe Marrowgar?

I doubt they'll never remove mounts again, they did it so easily with the ZG mounts just to make room for a measly 5-man dungeon, didn't they?

The Cata meta mounts however are unlikely to be removed.

[Serissa]

I doubt they'll never remove mounts again, they did it so easily with the ZG mounts just to make room for a measly 5-man dungeon, didn't they?

You know there's lore reasons behind removal of ZG'raid. Can you imagine any lore to remove Ulduar/ICC/or any cata raid? I can't

[Zaralis]

i hope they DONT , i like mounts ,, thought i got crap luck lol

[Ragedaug]

You know there's lore reasons behind removal of ZG'raid. Can you imagine any lore to remove Ulduar/ICC/or any cata raid? I can't

Considering how lore was added/changed which altered ZA & ZG, which is Blizzard's right as the story teller, I can see scenarios where any pre-existing raid can be altered to progress the story.

[IdTheDemon]

Removing Naxx Meta mounts was a bad idea in the first place. I understand the reasoning of "easy 310%" fliers and if that was the case, all Blizz had to do was make the mounts 280% or even 150% flier speed in patch 3.1. The fact that they never removed the Ulduar mounts when ToC and ICC gear made getting the achievements a joke is just another bag of lawls.

I do agree with vanity mounts such as Mimirion's Head and Invincible becoming rare drops. They are symbols of beating the 2 hardest bosses in Wrath so if you saw someone riding either of them, you know there's a good chance they did some serious work back then. Meta mounts are tend to have a few annoying achievements (Immortal, 20 manning Naxx, etc) but overall getting everyone in the raid a meta mount is much easier than getting everyone an Invincible or Mimirion's head.

[yetgdhfgh]

They wont remove any meta mounts even though they become easier to do as you out level them

Though i do suspect that the pure blood firehawk and the one that drops from dw will become low drop rate

[Deleted]

I wouldn't expect anything but some achis changed to FoS when MoP hits.

[Deleted]

i am sure rag mount and deathwing one is rare in MOP else its unfair

[Sinndra]

so far on the beta there is barely any changes associated with cata achieves. generally the mounts that get removed are found in instances that are being removed, reworked in some way. but Mists pretty much doesnt touch any of the cata raids/dungeons that have any mounts in them. so other then the drop rates being reduced from a guaranteed drop, to a less then 1% drop. not including the pvp mounts. so have fun getting ready to do some farming runs. (ZG panther boss is completely solo-able btw)

[Keristrasza]

(ZG panther boss is completely solo-able btw)

I like the sound of this. Now I can only hope the Raptor becomes solo-able by the Middle-End of mists. >.> I hate rolling against people.

[Tarumuat]

I don't think they will be removed and I do hope they won't be removed. I am a big mount freak, making some completely unobtainable makes me sad... but that's just me.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Probably not, however I'd start worrying about the Ulduar mounts if I didn't have them already. When it is possible to 3-man the metas from that raid, they will probably either make the mounts rare drops from certain bosses, or remove them completely. Otherwise I don't think we'll see any changes to meta mounts, and the 100% mounts will simply be reduced to 1% or lower.

---------- Post added 2012-06-23 at 12:47 PM ----------

I like the sound of this. Now I can only hope the Raptor becomes solo-able by the Middle-End of mists. >.> I hate rolling against people.

I hope they'll make some tweaks to that raptor boss. It's not at all clever of them to put rare mount drops on bosses with mechanics that will never be soloable. Why? Because that removes content for the people that enjoy soloing, be it extreme or less extreme.

[La]

Hmm. I sort of suspected this was the case considering who I heard it from. This is good news though, because I'd hate to be forced to rush to complete achievements in the Cata raids before MoP, especially considering how small raiding is on my server.

rushed? this expansion is basically over, unless you just started playing again o.O

[Deleted]

(ZG panther boss is completely solo-able btw)

Yup, had it drop on my sixth solo run