wow Amalgam of Rage (Diablo 4 Collector's Edition) Mount Hints in Patch 9.2.5

[Stan 5,019]

Update: you can now see all the features coming with each of the 3 Diablo IV editions here, which include the WoW mount.

Players who buy the Diablo 4 Collector's Edition will receive the Amalgam of Rage mount in World of Warcraft. The mount is currently not available for preview and was hinted at in the Patch 9.2.5 database files.

While the achievement table hasn't been updated and doesn't mention the mount, the Criteria Tree database table has 3 new entries in Patch 9.2.5, revealing "Reins of the Amalgam Rage" being awarded to players who buy the Diablo IV Collector's Edition when it becomes available for purchase.

• Owner of the Diablo IV Collector's Edition Amalgam of Rage mount.
• Reins of the Amalgam of Rage
• Amalgam of Rage mount

The data comes from wow.tools maintained by Marlamin and shows differences between 9.2.5 Build 42850 -> 43022.

Please note that this doesn't confirm any release date or pre-orders for Diablo IV. The achievement can sit in the game for a long time before Diablo IV is released.

[Dejo93 984]

Sigh.....

 

Remember the days when we didn't have this garbage and the worst scandal was the horse armor?

[Prophet001 543]

12 minutes ago, Dejo93 said:

Sigh.....

 

Remember the days when we didn't have this garbage and the worst scandal was the horse armor?

Gotta milk everyone now.

Can't be happy just selling a game.

[Hariko 1]

I've changed my stance toward pre-purchases since the Shadowlands debacle. As far as Diablo IV is concerned, I'm going to wait the few years until it goes on sale at 50% off if it passes review muster. Not only do I save the cost of full price, but I will gain a few years of patch cycles that address and hopefully improve upon the undisclosed early access pre-alpha state the game will be released in.

[Razortotem 32]

2 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

Sigh.....

 

Remember the days when we didn't have this garbage and the worst scandal was the horse armor?

I like how you have nothing better to do than throw your two cents on every post 

Weve been getting pre order mounts for *filtered* years

[Arcling 877]

2 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

Sigh.....

 

Remember the days when we didn't have this garbage and the worst scandal was the horse armor?

And they already said there are some plans for in-game shop in some form for D4. While they promised that D4 will be much darker, I wonder if some armor skins or mounts from the store won't break this immersion. After all, stuff that usually ends up in store is designed to stand out more from default, tends to be flashy and/or silly at times. So much for this game being dark if people gonna ride around on Mini-Diablos or Azmodans.

[Razortotem 32]

17 minutes ago, Arcling said:

And they already said there are some plans for in-game shop in some form for D4. While they promised that D4 will be much darker, I wonder if some armor skins or mounts from the store won't break this immersion. After all, stuff that usually ends up in store is designed to stand out more from default, tends to be flashy and/or silly at times. So much for this game being dark if people gonna ride around on Mini-Diablos or Azmodans.

Diablo 4 doesn't have mounts? This news is for World of Warcraft players mostly...

 

And to this point. Let's be honest. Blizzard games have always been secondary to immersion. WoW has a few pieces of material that don't fit the universe, like a flying mouse and footie pajamas.

Diablo 3 has the cow level, and other little mini pets that are a bit farfetched... Oh and Mercy wings. 

Embrace the weird, someone out there likes it and easy to ignore! Lol

Edited April 5, 2022 by Razortotem

[Prophet001 543]

36 minutes ago, Razortotem said:

Blizzard games have always been secondary to immersion.

Maybe they are now but not always.

[Arcling 877]

41 minutes ago, Razortotem said:

Diablo 4 doesn't have mounts? This news is for World of Warcraft players mostly...

It was in the context of microtransactions in general, but Diablo 4 is going to have mounts. It is known since the first announcement.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Arcling

[Razortotem 32]

On 4/5/2022 at 3:56 PM, Prophet001 said:

Maybe they are now but not always.

They always have though...

Easter eggs and out of universe stuff has been in literally every game theyve made. You can make a case that Easter eggs "break immersion" too. Just don't be easily offended by literal fun extra stuff in the game. 

[Scorch 0]

We've most likely already gotten a glimpse at what the mount will look like, by the way, or at least the D4 version. It's that mutated Cerberus-looking creature from the character art blog they did a while back: https://mythicdrop.com/guide/diablo-4-amalgam-of-rage-mount

This guy noticed that the screenshot of that monster that they included in the press kit released alongside that quarterly update called it the "amalgam." So it stands to reason that that is it. You can even tell that it has chains running up from a couple of its heads that look like they would be used to control it. Yes it's possible it's just some enemy's mount, but more likely that that "amalgam" is the mount one. Obviously the WoW version will look significantly different as it will be made from the ground up in the WoW graphics engine and thus will probably be more stylized and less gruesome.