Mommar here.
Let's face facts. Having a large pile of gold is a good thing in a game such as World of Warcraft. It opens up a lot of options for toons. Gearing a toon quickly to raid level just requires a quick visit to the Auction House and perhaps a few visits to players with select professions. Want a pet? Buy it from the AH. See something you want from someone, drop a few pieces of gold and it is yours. When it comes to gold, if you have you you like it, when you don't you want it.
Mists of Pandaria brought into the game one of the best mounts when it comes to usefulness. The Grand Expedition Yak was introduced and quickly sought after by gold goblins everywhere. The ability to not just buy basic provisions and sell your gray items would have been awesome just by itself. Being able to drag along a Reforger for all of your gear changing needs was icing on the cake. The 120,000 price tag without any time of discount was definitely a kick in the gold teeth. But once you had it the usefulness was apparent.
With Warlords of Draenor and saying goodbye to the Reforging utility the Yak loses a little bit of its shine. It hasn't been revealed just what will happen with this multi player useful mount. But as my mind was rattling along I came up with some possible suggestions to the powers that be:
1. Portable Forge/Anvil Carrier
This guy only has one purpose in life. Lug a 200 lb Anvil that on request drops a combination forge/Anvil for all your Blacksmithing needs. Basically this would be a free version of the Thermal Anvil.
2. Portal Carrier
Ever wanted your own pocket mage? One that can make a portal to certain cities and zones? Even if the portals were on an extended cooldown just being able to occasionally zip from one area to another would be very useful. Being able to create one that party members could use would be even more valuable.
3. Mirror to your Garrison
This would be much trickier to pull off. One of the things with Garrisons that we know of is that you will be able to level up your minions/followers to cover professions that you do not have on your characters. Unless they have a high level access point the odds are that you will have to return to your garrison to have access to these professions. What if your friendly neighborhood yak could give you access to them? Set up a vendor that allows you to set your professions on their missions, collect the gear and even have them craft something for you on the fly.
There are many options that can be done with the traveling yak circus to replace the usefulness of the Reforging ability. Hopefully Blizzard will reward the players who sank the money into this awesome mount and encourage players to return to the plains of Pandaria for their own thundering yak of usefulness.
Good Luck and Good Profit Hunting
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