My ideas, which others might have already covered: Make the completely "normal" skins (Coastal Spiketail raptor, Tawny Hare Springer, Oasis Skate Skimmer, Banded Mystic Jackal, Spotted Sylph Griffon, etc) as in-game rewards. Do the mount's respective heart 100 times? Do a scavenger hunt collection themed around the mount in question? Whatever. These mounts are basically the default ones just with 4 dye channels (sometimes in a different pattern than the defaults) and thus shouldn't be priced for real money Make the slightly special skins (Desert Lop & Elonian Jackalope Springers, Ocean Ray & Dajkah Lantern Skimmers, Twin Sands & Crowned Ancient Jackals. Maybe even Canyon Spiketail & Striped Tri-Horn raptors) obtainable through much more difficult in-game activities, such as a multi-step achievement (a la Luminescent armor or the Aurora I), or as a rare drop from a PoF "meta" (Maws of Torment, Serpents' Ire, etc). To me, these skins are an upgrade from the defaults, as they include changes to the default model and/or small special effects, but the changes aren't great enough to warrant putting a real money price tag on them Make the "special" skins (all the fire skins, the starry skins, the storm and ice skins, etc) available in the gem store. The current Black Lion Stables RNG would be perfect for just skins like these, but being stand-alone or in a pack similar to the Spooky skins would work too (we all know how fast a pack of starry skins [one for each mount] would sell). If stand-alone, i think a 400gem price tag is reasonable Also, if doing RNG, it would probably be wiser to let people select what mount they want a skin for. I mean, it doesn't feel great if you get a griffon skin and are no where near unlocking it. Like with the current Black Lion Stables, you could hit the adopt button, be presented with a silhouette of each mount, and when you select one, you get a skin for that specific mount. Or you could just do separate RNG boxes for each mount; Raptor Stables, Skimmer Stables, etc. Also, 2k gems for a single mount skin is a bit ridiculous, especially when there's no other ways to customize your mounts. WoW can get away with a handful of $25~$30 mounts, because a vast majority of the rest come from in-game participation. 1k gems for a single 'highest quality' mount skin seems more reasonable, even if in-game mount skins were introduced along side it.
My ideas, which others might have already covered: Make the completely "normal" skins (Coastal Spiketail raptor, Tawny Hare Springer, Oasis Skate Skimmer, Banded Mystic Jackal, Spotted Sylph Griffon, etc) as in-game rewards. Do the mount's respective heart 100 times? Do a scavenger hunt collection themed around the mount in question? Whatever. These mounts are basically the default ones just with 4 dye channels (sometimes in a different pattern than the defaults) and thus shouldn't be priced for real money Make the slightly special skins (Desert Lop & Elonian Jackalope Springers, Ocean Ray & Dajkah Lantern Skimmers, Twin Sands & Crowned Ancient Jackals. Maybe even Canyon Spiketail & Striped Tri-Horn raptors) obtainable through much more difficult in-game activities, such as a multi-step achievement (a la Luminescent armor or the Aurora I), or as a rare drop from a PoF "meta" (Maws of Torment, Serpents' Ire, etc). To me, these skins are an upgrade from the defaults, as they include changes to the default model and/or small special effects, but the changes aren't great enough to warrant putting a real money price tag on them Make the "special" skins (all the fire skins, the starry skins, the storm and ice skins, etc) available in the gem store. The current Black Lion Stables RNG would be perfect for just skins like these, but being stand-alone or in a pack similar to the Spooky skins would work too (we all know how fast a pack of starry skins [one for each mount] would sell). If stand-alone, i think a 400gem price tag is reasonable Also, if doing RNG, it would probably be wiser to let people select what mount they want a skin for. I mean, it doesn't feel great if you get a griffon skin and are no where near unlocking it. Like with the current Black Lion Stables, you could hit the adopt button, be presented with a silhouette of each mount, and when you select one, you get a skin for that specific mount. Or you could just do separate RNG boxes for each mount; Raptor Stables, Skimmer Stables, etc. Also, 2k gems for a single mount skin is a bit ridiculous, especially when there's no other ways to customize your mounts. WoW can get away with a handful of $25~$30 mounts, because a vast majority of the rest come from in-game participation. 1k gems for a single 'highest quality' mount skin seems more reasonable, even if in-game mount skins were introduced along side it.
