Lady RNG is no Lady. I am despondent and not enjoying the Winter Veil season. We’ve returned to the days of Ahune. This sort of thing has bothered me for years. Most of my thoughts have been incredibly well put by Quintessence of Perks and Peeves.
I have done every seasonal event in WOW for many years. I even repeat them with Seph because I enjoy the fun, the novel things. I have done the new Greench, I have worn my jumper and sung my Carols in the Horde cities, but the sparkle has gone for me this time with the introduction of the pet for this year – Lumpy.
I know there are other cases where RNG happens – like the headless horseman’s mount and in all honesty they really bug me. I don’t mind farming, I don’t mind a rep grind. If I wanted to I could get “The Insane” title, but when you can ONLY get something on the roll of a dice, once a day for 2 weeks of the year, something feels wrong.
I am quite happy that it will take me months to get all the Darkmoon Faire pets – I know that I WILL get them eventually. I don’t HAVE to do something every day and hope.
This time round, even if I do get Lumpy I will feel dreadful for those who collect and did not get him. I’ve not tried on any alts because I know that if he dropped for them I would be devastated that he didn’t arrive for Seph. I have got 2 Tiny green Ragdolls, which have a comparable drop rate, but no Lump of Coal. My only hope is that he may be added to the Satchel that as a healer I can get (not that it would help any dps collectors so again would not be fair) or to the Molten Front Daily loot bag thing.
I suppose Blizzard’s excuse is ‘they are only vanity items’ but when you think about it really isn’t everything in the game a vanity item – isn’t your Tier chest piece a vanity item? You don’t actually NEED it to play the game. You want it because it makes you feel better in some way. It’s not essential to playing the game.
How would you feel if the only time you could get it was on the roll of a dice (a 300 sided one according to the stats, but that is irrelevant), once a day, during a two week period once a year? That is how a pet feels to the collector – pets are why I continue to play the game. Pets and my friends – hugs to you all who support me in my whining and obsessing.
So keep your fingers crossed and your thumbs held for me for the next 6 days as I try again for my Lumpy and good luck to all the other collectors out there….
I also am a collector and I have yet to see anything besides the white toy pets you can buy from the toy vendors… so I completely feel your pain :/
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Oh how I feel your pain.
A tip: do it on as many alts as you can. In MoP pets will be account wide, so you’ll most likely be able to summon it on your priest later if you were to pick it up on an alt now.
I definitely agree. There’s really nothing in the game that can’t be considered “vanity” from one point of view or another. It’s all relative and subjective. I understand the mentality of the “greater good” and pleasing the majority over the minority, but I still don’t see why a compromise can’t be had and a better loot system for these few holiday pets can’t be formed. There must be a better way!
Many hugs and here’s wishing you and all pet collectors lots of luck for the dwindling days left to find Lumpy on the right character..
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