New Mount: The Dreadwake

The Dreadwake is a new mount which has been launched by Blizzard through the Blizzard shop.

'A ship unlike any other, held aloft by a gift from an unknown kraken-faced god of the deeps.'

The Dreadwake is part of a bundle when you purchase 180 days (6 months) of WOW game time.  There has been a bit of chatter from people in game and on YouTube that this reward is unfair, making people pay for 6 months upfront, but I don't agree.  In every business there is often incentives for purchasing in bulk or long term which give a reward.  If you pre-purchase you get a mini figurine or if you sign a six month contract you get a fluffy toy or a pen.  There are no end of offers around to incentivise you to buy more or commit for longer and there is no reason that Blizzard, a business, doesn't do the same.  You don't have to buy it if you don't want to, the same as you don't have to buy the stuff from the shop.  But, if you do buy it, you get a mount as a thank you for your loyalty, for the next six months anyway.  Also they are not fleecing anyone.  The six month subscription is actually cheaper than paying month by month so its worth it.

I have a rolling six month subscription and when I logged in I saw on the launcher that I had a gift.

The mount is quite cool looking and fits well with the pirate theme in some of the BfA zones.  I really like the water effect coming from the bottom but agree with others that they missed a trick by not making this a water walking mount.  Imagine sailing around in your own pirate ship :) 

Overall it is a nice edition to my mount collection :)