TCG Mounts No Longer BOP
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Heartbourne on Monday, August 3, 2009 - 6 Comments Tags: bornakk, gold farmer, spectral tiger, tcg
Heartbourne on Monday, August 3, 2009 - 6 Comments Tags: bornakk, gold farmer, spectral tiger, tcg 
In a move that makes scammers and gold farmers cry in agony, patch 3.2 will make all of the mounts obtained by from the Warcraft trading card game, such as the immensely popular Spectral Tiger Mount, will no longer be bind on pickup. However, instead of unlocking the ability to buy the mount and still have to shill out the gold, you receive the mount upon entering the code. Any mounts bought before patch 3.2 will still be bound to their owners, but any codes exchanged after 3.2 will instead just give you the now BoE (actually, bind on use) mount. Additionally, the vendor will be disabled in patch 3.2, so if you redeemed the code but did not purchase your mount, you should do that right away.This was done to prevent a scam that has been increasing in popularity, where people advertise the in-game sale of their TCG mounts for gold in trade chat. Once they have a buyer, they send them an email with a fake code and a link to the site to enter it. Except, they actually link to a phishing site and steal victim's account information.
Its strange that Blizzard supports the in-game trade of these items, as the cards have real world value because of their implications in the game. It provides a link between real world value and in game gold. For example, a person could pay top dollar for these loot cards and then sell the mounts in game for insane amounts of gold, thereby effectively exchanging dollars for gold.
On the other hard, this may make the mounts more accessible. If you ever wanted one of these rare mounts and are among the richest players in the game, you may be able to finally get your hands on one:
- Spectral Tiger
- Swift Spectral Tiger
- X-51 Nether-Rocket
- X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME
- Big Battle Bear
- Magic Rooster Egg
Other cards, like the Fishing Chair or Path of Cenarius, are unaffected. The Riding Turtle was strangely not listed by Bornakk, and its fate remains uncertain.
Do you have any of these, and do you plan to get any?
Reader Comments (6)
I have the Spectral TIger myself, so right now, I am pretty upset about that, because 15k + gold will mean more to me than just a mount. Plus all the annoying whispers that comes from low-levels.
Also: FIRST!
i just know i am going to see WTB (any of the mounts listed above) 20k g
i dont care how rare it is or that the cards you get am from are outragously priced their is no chance in hell i am going to blow 20-30k g on a single mount mainly cause i dont have that kind of money its to bad i really llike those spectral tigers maybe some day ill be able to afford am
whear do you get the codes the rockets look badass would be cool to ride oround on one of those rockets
I'm only missing both versions of the X-51 in terms of TCG mounts. Maybe if I ask my counsin really nicely he'll go look for more codes so my other toons can get the mounts.
I've got the Big Battle Bear, and I'm just gonna watch and see what happens. While I purchased an extra so I can send one to my alt (the fact that they're not actually BoA annoys me), I will admit I may be swayed to part with it completely if a good offer comes my way. Especially if it's a trade for one of the other TCG mounts.
I wonder how much the Spectral Tiger will go for in game. Apparently, at least according to my quick scan of E-Bay auctions, it sells for around a grand in real money. A GRAND. Wow. That roughly equates to what... 100,000 gold from gold sellers?
I note also that there are tons of scammers selling 'lots' of cards, with one lot containing a Spectral Tiger. Is ANYONE stupid enough to fall for that?