Oh. Thanks for the info, I haven’t gotten into those yet. I was really confused where everyone was finding the walls in the old courses to build enough charges.
I expect theyll be 8-9 different mount types and each one gets a button. Some will provide improved handling / gathering QoL, some will be for speed, some might shoot you really high in the air, there’s lots of options but as you say the third ability isn’t one you need to do anything anyway.
Maybe one might even give you extra vigor back on a cd.
Whirling surge is a waste of vigor and should never be pressed. It does nothing except give you higher burst speed which basically never matters, except maybe ZC farming. Just use 2 surge forwards or 2 ascents with a flick.
I know how to use it, and I still do not really like it. Using it during the races to achieve gold (not hard) was a bit annoying if you screwed up the timing on using the ability. Which, I guess, is the whole point.
Oh well, I figured it out after trial and error during those races. Also, those races were long as heck.
I like how it’s unique and different ability from the other Dragonriding mounts but I can’t tell if Lightning Rush is bugged with not being able to turn while it’s active or if that’s intentional. I kind’ve hope it’s a bug because it’s a bit clunky but I have a feeling it’s not.
The mount looks amazing though and I’m loving the customizations for it so this is only a minor gripe for me.
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I do wish the limited handling portion was included in the Lightning Rush tooltip and not just in the buff when you use it
The limited handling is fine for open world flying and courses that specifically encourage it.
The issue is in how you build up static out in the open world, like in Ohn’ahran Plains where there’s almost nothing to ‘skim against’ to build charge.
And when things are near, you have 4 seconds to make it to another surface before you lose a stack.
If you could skim the ground and/or the buff simply didn’t fall off (it just builds to 10 as you’re able - there is a cooldown to the ability already to prevent spamming) then riding the Algarian mount in worlds would make more sense. As is, it’s slower than default Dragonriding in open zones or any place you aren’t going out of your way to ‘skim’.
It’s the same speed because whirling surge wasn’t useful for speed in the first place.
Having done the races, I really miss whirling surge. I hope they don’t have a bunch of gimmicky surges for mounts.
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I am kinda sad they didn’t add that animation. Makes me want it less.
Wait what? The new ability to replace Whirling Surge isn’t just a different animation of the same ability??
Well that’s just false. I use it without issue and always have vigor.
I feel like the skill would be a lot more useable in the open world if you built static charges by skimming over the ground or water and not ‘just’ walls
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whats this about lightning charges? i need to do an extra minigame to fly it around?
Instead of whirling surge it has an ability that charges up when you fly near objects / walls. It’s completely optional to use as it still has surge forward and skyward ascent which are used to 99.9% of your movement when dragon riding anyway.
I did all of the flying challenges on the new mount, and while the ability itself doesn’t bother me, not being able to properly turn after activating it is rather aggravating.
I would rather have an option to utilize the one that the dragons do, much more easy and reliable.
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Second this like only ever gotten lightning rush during races like have literally no idea how to build these stacks at all.
Flying in close proximity to walls / objects. The 3rd ability is mostly flavour the same way it was with whirling for the dragons. You get good opportunity to use it in the gryphon specific races but not the regular dragon riding ones.
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I use my mouse to pick the direction of where to fly and have run into that bug others have mentioned. When you click lightening rush its doesnt want to respect where im trying to fly the mount using the mouse and goes straight. Which means i crash land into stuff all the time. Very much prefer swirl from the dragons.
Or they could make it more usable for those that shelled out extra for it.
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Whirling Surge was a bait ability anyway, hitting Surge Forward 3 times in a row gives you more speed and more distance then Whirling Surge. A well aimed Skyward Ascent is even better, but you can’t always pull up and sometimes just need that forward only movement.
Lightning Rush is amazing: Doesn’t cost vigor, so can use in addition to the above abilities. And I love the cost benefit of working out if you can afford to not be able to turn for the next 5s. Charging it up is annoying, but they had to do something since it didn’t cost vigor.
I want the reverse of the OP. I want this on all my mounts and to get rid of Whirling Surge.
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Just fly along the edge of something - you dont have to get that close, and unlike whirling surge it doesn’t cost vigor.
It’s pretty decent once you get the hang of it.
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