Polling for Mr. Pinchy : World of Warcraft General Discussions

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Register to unlock hidden imageBlizzard EU Community Blue Ancilorn has posted Register to unlock hidden link asking players about one of the more prickly pieces of loot in the game: Register to unlock hidden link. Usually with loot, Blizzard has been pretty good lately: if there's a piece that you want, there are usually a few different ways to get it, one of which usually requires grinding (i.e. picking up tons of Badges) rather than just getting really, really lucky. But with vanity stuff, it seems like they feel free to just put us at the will of the dice roll, and almost no other pet is more random than Mr. Pinchy. Not only do you need to level fishing (which, admittedly, is Register to unlock hidden link), and not only do you need to fish up a random item, but then, you need to hit a random choice of five different options. It's a slim chance on a rare chance on a nearly impossible chance.

Which explains why even those who have been trying for him for so long (ahem, me -- as you've probably Register to unlock hidden link) haven't picked him up yet. The biggest percentage in the poll (about 26% of respondents, as of this writing) says they've been trying a lot and haven't gotten him. But strangely enough, the lowest percentage says "an absolutely enormous amount" of effort went into getting him. Which suggests that the people who are getting him are underestimating the amount of time they're putting in -- just how much fishing is "a moderate amount"?

At any rate, it seems like Ancilorn is just asking to be asking. Mr. Pinchy is definitely as much of a vanity item as they come, and there should at least be some items in the game that are very, very rare. It does seem at times that every time I suggest Blizzard won't move on something, Register to unlock hidden link, but I'd say in this case Mr. Pinchy will stay as rare as he is.

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Author: Register to unlock hidden link (Mike Schramm)
Category: ancilornbadgeschanceeufishinggrindingmr-pinchypetspollrandomrarevanity
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EST
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