Celestial Steed: Blizzard Store debuts new WoW horse

The Celestial Steed, a new World of Warcraft pet, has just been released. The Celestial Steed will act as both a land or air mount – depending on the mount skill of your WoW character. The Celestial Steed could be used to increase your character’s speed by 310 percent. The Celestial Steed digital download will set you back about as much as no faxing pay day loans – $ 25.

Celestial Steed Blizzard Store pet

The Celestial Steed was released today in the Blizzard Store Pet Store. At first, the “flying mount with wings of pure elemental stardust”, the Celestial Steed was accessible in World of Warcraft, but the chances of finding it were very low. Rather than waiting for the .5% chance of getting the Celestial Steed, players can now purchase it. You must have a Battle.net account for the Celestial Steed to be activated. Each license of World of Warcraft involves a separate purchase of the Steed.

Watch the Celestial Steed in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvDDFi0Fuo

Is the Celestial Steed going to be making a donation?

The Celestial Steed is not the first pet accessible within the Blizzard Store. When the Pandaren Monk was released in 2009, the Blizzard Store donated 50 percent of all sales from the pet store to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Pandaren Monk made over $ 1 million for the foundation. Thus far, there has been no talk from the Blizzard Store of donations from the Celestial Steed.

Celestial Steed reactions from players

Though the Celestial Steed is proving popular in the Blizzard Store, not all players are happy. Some players are expressing frustration on the World of Warcraft forums. Some are saying the Blizzard Store is trying to drain WoW players of money, first with cards, then with pets and now with servers. Some players have expressed worry that they have to take out payday loans no fax just to keep their game accounts active. Others are lauding the Blizzard Store, saying that by offering “low-probability items” for sale, Blizzard is reducing the monotony of trying to get an unlikely piece of loot.