So there’s no merit to the argument that old flying shouldn’t be allowed due to it being superior for gathering and we’re back to Blizz just wanting to force engagement.
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I previously said there’s no reason for both to not be in the game at the moment. DR is superior to normal flying for all practical purposes to the point where I people will still use DR over normal flying due to the speed.
It don’t need an argument. You must do pathfinder like always part 1 and 2, happy gaming!
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Guide for those who are having issues
Thanks for the reply, but I still think the mechanic is buggy af. I had a moment where I crashed while trying to reach the glyph from a certain angle. And then proceed to crash 4 more times after entering the game at that same spot. My character was in a hotspot 
anyhoot. The weird part is that I will fly straight down (nose dive) and my speed won’t kick-in sometimes, so I end up on ground level again, and it sucks. But after my crash & reset, I got the speed buff quickly and was able to hit the glyph.
Nice!
The game is a bit buggy, I had to log off for a bit yesterday due to insane lag, I guess it’s normal for many.
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i mean its ok we are all used to not having things go the way we would like for them too so as ive stated to others ill go back to classic watch dragonflights story unfold on youtube and wait till their like “let em have the old one” then i will come back and finish the campaign on retail
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Alright. Stop.
This thread was never meant to be about disabled players or your personal opinion about the system. I was offering an explanation for why regular flying wasn’t included with the expansion because I kept seeing a bunch of comments that misconstrued simple facts about its exclusion. Dragonriding’s progression systems are about using dragonriding to reach places that regular flying would trivialize if it was also in the expansion. That is why we have absurdly high peaks and towers with glyphs situated at the top or glyphs that have been placed in tight-knit areas that force you to be precise to maneuver through, because the game is literally designed for you to capitalize on these systems rather than overriding them and rendering them pointless.
I am so tired of bad faith trolls like yourself coming in here just to skew the narrative to your liking. My post literally didn’t even mention disabled players once. I have vocalized my sympathy for disabled players and have even vouched for Blizzard to add accessibility options to the game that accommodate them to enjoy dragonriding more. But that was never the point of the thread and it’s utterly disingenuous for you and the many other commenters to come in here and make it about that.
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I honestly think a lot of the issues with disabled players could be solved if there was an ability to pre-plan your DR flight path in some manner, almost more as a macro where you plot out the path in advance than a direct reaction (think of it as a custom FP). All of this is in-engine, so in theory it’d be possible, but WoW’s also ancient, so…
Well that derailed very quickly. The vast majority of comments here appear to be from people who don’t give a rats about the original post and my response to it. Hence the frequent use of the word “Troll”. I for one never said “get rid of dragon riding” I said that for me, it’s near impossible to do how it’s meant to be.
Yes, I can use it for very simple faster traveling distances, and to a degree, ups and downs. But I’m unable to do it as has been intended.
My PERSONAL gripe is that it’s almost unavoidable, and that’s it. I know of friends who say the same as me, but we are no doubt in the minority, and these forums in general can be a very toxic environment.
To those who “don’t get it” or “can’t understand” I say, not everything is for everyone. If you can handle it, good for you, if you’re enjoying it, excellent I hope you continue to do so.
If you don’t have any physical and/or mental issues then I envy you. Just please be tolerant of those that do.
Those who do see how the game could be played as long as people like myself have, then I can’t explain it, but it’s true.
Like and dislikes are mostly a personal opinion, and let’s just leave it at that.
I for one won’t be bothing with following this anymore … too many trolls.
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I notice while valdrakken was lagging that animation and momentum states are dependent upon latency; you may have trouble if your latency is fairly high.
Barring that, use skyward ascent to launch; then use it again to gain the speed visual effect. watch your vigor and use it again as soon as it stops recharging. make sure you keep your camera and movement orientation completely vertical. I had to stop half way up the mountain
Clause (i) is literally impossible to implement.
“(i) Operable without vision. Provide at least one mode that does not require user vision.”
On that alone every VIDEO game would fail to meet that standard. Id also like to see where video games are specifically required to meet these standards. Also i imagine there are also limitations much like the ADA requirements of reasonable accommodation. If not thats a pretty badly word law.
There are settings to help with that and im sure more to come
I call BS. DR is not that sensitive for one and two, you dont fall and die when your dragon loses steam. It just glides down to the ground.
So in other words Blizzard learned nothing from the past expansions. They should be developing the game with the things players like in mind. I HATE it with a passion! The rest of this expansion sounds great, but I Hate that you are forced to play it the way they think it should be played. I am not buying it until regular flying is enabled. Screw em’ if they want to design it that way they can it is their game, but they are not going to get my money the way it is and that is for damn sure. I am not addicted like so many players are that take it up the _____because they do not have anything else to do. That is another reason the last 3 expansions were so bad. Players hand over their money regardless if it is bad or not. They know this and that is why they keep sweetening the deals to get pre-orders. Man every gamer out there should stop pre-ordering games. I am sure this is probably an awesome expansion and I think I would love it if I were flying on my mounts I worked hard for. I could care less about going any faster than what I am used too. Besides this is not some new thing Guild Wars has it and that is probably where Blizz got the idea.
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Make things like the glyphs only able to be picked up with DF, thats all there really is to it. Having both flights allows people more freedom and options to play how they choose to play and I’m all for it.
I’m also ok with waiting a few months to get it. I’m a HUGE fan of dragonriding but there are times where I want to fly my new kitty mount and be lazy. Options are GREAT! thats what makes WoW so good and they’ve outdone themselves this time.
Way to go Blizzard, I haven’t been this happy with an xpack out the door for a long time. Kudos
The reason we don’t have regular flying has nothing to do with dragonriding.
Dragonriding and flying have nothing to do with each other.
If we didn’t have dragonriding, we still would not have regular flying.
We never have flying at the beginning of an expac, and we don’t have it at the beginning of DF either. Can’t really blame that on some new, unrelated feature. Yes, you physically can’t do both dragonriding and regular flying at the same exact moment, so in that sense they compete with one another, but unless we are at 10.1.5 and blizzard still decides not to introduce regular flying, until then we can’t really say it’s dragonriding’s fault. It would be dragonriding vs. ground mounts/walking right now.
Imo, Dragonriding is a huge improvement for early expansion gameplay over riding your ground mount.