So, lately, I've been making a belated effort to obtain the Pa'Trolla badge, rarely and randomly found in the bonus rewards for making the quest circuit in under 20 minutes.
I have yet to obtain the badge. Wowhead shows the drop rate as only one in a thousand, but I believe this is faulty for a very simple reason: most of the players doing the dailies and opening the bags are the players farming the badge and have yet to obtain it. Once they obtain the badge, they stop doing the daily, whether they got it on the first or tenth or five hundredth try. Therefore, the bags that did NOT reward the badge are over-represented.
But that's not why I find the Zul'Drak daily rewards insulting.
So, the first day I did the daily, I got a green-quality, randomly enchanted weapon. Not so bad - I was able to sell it to a vendor for about fifteen gold, equivalent to a single quest.
The next day, I obtained some Distinctive Feathers. Not so good, but still, was able to vendor them for a few gold.
The day after that, I obtained...a Stylish Toe Ring. Hmm. The ring was clearly...stylish...but I have no real use for a toe ring, as my paladin, uh, doesn't have toes.
It did seem to me the daily was becoming a bit more...disagreeable. Finklestein seemed to be asking me to get obscure items present on only one side of the room, or on the hard-to-reach top shelf, quite a bit more often; I can't quite put it into words but I had an intense feeling that the daily route was becoming more...hostile. Not the mobs, the questgivers and such....they didn't seem as "happy to see me" there, doing my bit for the Argent Crusade.
The day after that I received another Stylish Toe Ring. Hmm....
And the next three days, I received...Scruffy Toe Lint. As if to highlight, "This is what you can never have - the filth between my toes. Don't you wish YOU had toes?"
At this point, it became vividly apparent to me that my paladin was being mocked for her physical characteristics. I found this extraordinarily insulting, as built-in high heels have major sex appeal.
My paladin doesn't deserve to be the object of veiled insults by the very questgivers she is striving to aid. Her persistence should be rewarded, not denigrated by receiving items that are blatantly discriminatory.
I demand action.
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