wow Mighty Caravan Brutosaur Going Away in Shadowlands Pre-Patch

[Stan 5,022]

The Mighty Caravan Brutosaur mount that costs 5 Million Gold is going away sooner than expected!

The original plan was to remove the Brutosaur with the launch of Shadowlands.

Blizzard (Source)

Hello! Yes. About that …

Like all dinosaurs, the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur’s days are numbered. I can confirm that when Shadowlands goes live, the shady vendors Talutu and Tricky Nick will cease selling it. Their other offerings – the Lost Platysaur pet and the Palehide Direhorn mount, will remain available for purchase.

We will make sure that the unforgettable Brutosaur mount is added to the lists of possible items that are sold in the Black Market Auction Houses. And of course, this new Achievement “Conspicuous Consumption” is a Feat of Strength, so as such things go, it’s not actually very conspicuous.

Today, Blizzard posted a to-do list of things to complete before Shadowlands and listed Brutosaur as going away with the Shadowlands pre-patch, not when the expansion goes live, leaving players with even less time to get one.

Shadowlands pre-patch will go live a few weeks before the expansion and we currently have no ETA when that's going to happen.

Mighty Caravan Brutosaur costs 5,000,000 Gold and comes with an Auctioneer. The mount will be added to the list of possible items sold in the Black Market Auction Houses in Shadowlands, and you will get a Feat of Strength achievement (Conspicuous Consumption) if you manage to get one!

[darkgreenwax 410]

understandably this was a gold sink, but I really hope at the very least they implement a utility mount like this in the future that can be obtainable through alternative means, like grinding through materials or reputations.

[Calin 45]

I dont even understand the decision to remove it in the first place?
I get it's thematic with apocalypse and extinction as they mentioned, but by that logic all the dinosaurs should be removed from the game?

And from an economical standpoint I only see disadvantages to removing it as well, so it just makes zero sense to me

[Dicebar 23]

The gold sink mounts are supposed to be achievements. With gold inflating every expansion, the old gold sink mounts become ever more easily available.

Changing them into a 'feat of strength' type purchase makes them more exclusive, tempting more people to actually buy the mount when it has the most impact on the economy.