NetEase Celebrates 20 Years of WoW with Chinese Exclusive Flying Spectral Tiger Store Mount
wowhead.comIt's a bird… It's a plane… It's a flying spectral tiger! That's right, China is also celebrating World of Warcraft's 20th Anniversary with a slew of announcements, including a Xal'atath navigation system voiceover and a Classic-only Flying Swift Spectral Tiger mount bundle for the low price of ¥1888 ($265 USD) or a discounted price of ¥588 ($82 USD) for owners of the original!
The Chinese exclusive promotions include a Xal'atath navigation system voiceover pack for Baidu maps and the Flying Swift Spectral Tiger!
Classic Swift Spectral Tiger Promotion
Being an extremely rare TCG prize, there aren't too many owners of the original mount in the west, though it's actually much more common in China. Prior to last years' shutdown, NetEase sold the elusive Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger as part of a Burning Crusade Classic bundle for ¥1,688 (around $267 USD at the time), and is now allowing players who bought the previous bundle to upgrade to the new one for a discounted price. The new bundle also comes with three Halloween-themed toys: the Grim Campfire, Imp in a Ball, and Spurious Sarcophagus, the last of which is still fairly rare and at least somewhat compensates for the otherwise exorbitant price tag.
The exclusive Flying Swift Spectral Tiger is identical to the original in every way, except it can «fly» through the air at 310 speed.
NetEase Celebrates 20 Years of World of Warcraft
NetEase announced WoW's 20th Anniversary with a slew of new promotions.
The flying tiger was one of several promotions revealed last week during a player and press conference with NetEase and World of Warcraft managing sub-studio Leihuo, which highlighted the upcoming release of Classic Era and Classic Hardcore realms, an Ulduar speed run tournament (note that Chinese servers are still progressing through an accelerated version of Classic Wrath before progressing on to Cataclysm), a Warcraft x NetEase music app event, and even a Xal'atath navigational voiceover for Baidu maps
