Iād actually like to see high arakkoa have no less than three different racials related to flight. One would just be running wild for flying. Having to cast can even make sense as having to use magic to summon winds to be able to fly that fast or far.
Another would be gliding. Should work like DH gliding, but without the double jump, doesnāt have to have a great glide ratio (though that would be a plus), I mostly just feel like an airworthy bird person ought to be able to manage that and it would be silly for them be dying to falling damage (hopefully this wouldnāt be considered to overlap too much with Zandalari.).
The other is tricky, as Iām not sure how exactly it would work, but Iād like some form of instant flight thatās limited in some, preferably fun, way, maybe jump would get replaced by flap to gain altitude and youād keep moving forward? (I played a lot of Joust), or a short cooldown āpushā like emerald winds that plays with the gliding. I donāt know, I enjoyed flying as a harpy for the occasional underbelly potion daily in Dalaran, but I think something more fun could probaly be done.
So in other words, you want a Flappy Birb racial. XD
I think that would be busted for BGs since not even mages would be able to stop you from just swooping down into the flag area, nabbing the flag and just flying off with it.
Iād be okay with it only being usable in areas where I could fly anyway. I think the draenor orc hulk toy probaly got the jumping removed because it was too much of an advantage in no-fly zones.
And if need be, it coul be limited to out-of-combat, which would pretty much turn it into a convenience racial, though if some suitably nerfed form (maybe just a cooldown limited jump) worked in combat (or even where I canāt ride my flying mount) that would be even better.
Which is the other thing about the racial flying ability. Even if you couldnāt fly, you could still use it as a normal mount; you just wouldnāt be able to get off the ground without jumping over a cliff and it COULD give you the same sort of floating effect Druidās āFlapā does.
That wouldnāt be bad, and shouldnāt be game breaking since various classes can do some version of that.
Edit: I consider the DH-style glide to be at least as important, though, being able to recover from running off a cliff really feels like it should be there.
WoD was the deal sealer for me ā it expounded on so much of the lore that was missing, some of which still needs some explaining here and there, but also gave us a look at what the Arakkoaās home USED to be.
Spires of Arak remains, to this day, my favorite zone in-game and the BEST Leveling Zone in the game.
Iām in for arakkoa race, I would prefer the option for both forms (I prefer the standing tall ones which are more true to rukhmars original creation, the hiers of Arak) so people can choose technically what is the equivalent of the orcs hunched/straight option.
Not sure what you mean, was just making an offhanded remark that given the bird like look of the form it would have been very fitting to the arakkoa had they made it a race in Legion
(P.s: you can still unlock the hidden form now even after Legion, just check the guides on Wowhead)
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it is a hidden skin you can unlock by going to the class hall 