Blizzard announced the new Sapphire Skyblazer mount at the beginning of July. The mount will be available to all World of Warcraft players, but for a price. Many in the community have been waiting months for several different mounts that were teased earlier in the year. The Spectral Tiger is a good example.
One such mount is available to the community. Unfortunately, the Sapphire Skyblazer is a promotional reward. By the number of dislikes on WoW's official announcement, it is apparent that many players are upset by Blizzard's marketing strategies this year. Regardless, there are a few ways to get the mount while it's available.
How To Get The Sapphire Skyblazer
The tradition of pay-to-play mounts looking far better than in game mounts continues with the addition of the Sapphire Skyblazer. This mount is of course available for purchase in game and at the Blizzard shop. The only other way to acquire the mount is to buy a six month subscription to the game.
Gamers that purchase a new subscription will be given the mount, as well as the Imp in a Ball Toy as an added bonus. The promotion applies to those that have renewals in place already, so long term subscription holders will get the mount by default.
Community Requests Delayed Content
Once again it appears that Blizzard are doing their best to keep subscriptions up by adding content that the player base has to spend money on. WoW is a very old game, and companies need revenue to keep making new content and developing the game.
However, WoW gamers have seem these tactics play out several times and are still waiting on a lot of different additions to the game. OG players are waiting for more Heritage Armors to be included in the game, as well as new Shadowlands content in general.
Other Concerns And Reactions
There is also growing concerns over character bots and scripts in Shadowlands as some of the concurrent players have migrated over to the classic WoW titles. In the gaming space, microtransactions have become a mainstay. Still, it is clear that a large portion of the player base is tired of the promotional marketing.
The announcement video released by WoW has over 7k dislikes and just 1k likes. Perhaps it is a good time for Blizzard to address some concerns, as discontent is becoming more apparent while 6 month subscriptions expire.