In the twitter interview, Danuser has confirmed Dragonriding will be the only way to fly - barring access to your own flying mounts - most likely IMO until the end of the expansion, probably last patch.
Also a whole bunch of stuff that sounds terrible regarding dragonriding - stamina bar, likely grindy system similar to cypher research.
Not happy.
bad xpac will be bad
Once again, GD chooses to believe the worst based on their own imagination.
Based on history and the constant war on flying - trying to limit it as much as possible, timegating through path finder etc.
Wait til beta and see if they make dragon riding fun or not before you start worrying about it. If the mount sucks and the grind to unlock it is in some way extreme or unreasonable, there could be serious issues with it. There’s not really a reason to assume that at this point. The ability unlocks could be totally reasonable to work on and the mount itself could be very fun to use.
Blizzard has a track record that makes a lot of people assume the worst, but there’s literally nothing stopping them from making it work well. Ion mentioned his miscalculation of the role of friction in SL, hopefully that means he’s realized that literally every surface in WoW doesn’t need to be made of coarse grit sandpaper.
When did we ever get flying on the last patch of the expansion?
It usually came with the first or second content patch.
I’m writing it here: subject to change
“Confirmed”
“IMO”
Learn the definitions of words, OP.
Remember when they first wanted to take away waterstriding because they wanted people to use their favorite mount rather than the one that allowed them to not be bothered by water hazards?
When did we ever get a core expansion feature specifically designed to timegate pseudo-flying behind a cypher-system?
Be happy you can move through the air from the start…
I don’t think it will be that big of a deal (I hope Dragonriding turns out well), but if not then yes it could be a BIG deal.
Correct me if I am wrong but these new zones are supposed to be MASSIVE. So without decent flying, it will harder to get around? Plus the new zones are more vertical right?
I am not gonna get terribly upset at this right now, but if DR turns out to be bad, then yes, I could see quitting over it.
Thank God. Now design zones and encounters that are fun to do on your dragon.
I’ve been listening, and that’s not what they said.
When asked ‘Will normal flying be available at some point in Dragonflight?’
Ion resonded by saying that yes, it will. So it is exactly the same as current expacs, but to bridge the gap we get a potentially fun new way to fly?
FFS, some of you really need to get a grip on reality.
I truly hope this is the case, but I will wait and see…
Flying should be limited. In what other game is such an overpowered thing just handed out for no reason?
I will confess, if this is like how GW2 did it, then I will like it. They made it pretty fun.
We are decided. the wife and I arent buying this expansion unless and until flying is activated for our flying mount collection.
IF its at the end of the expansion as youre saying, there literally isnt any reason for us to buy at all. We’ll just wait till DF is free with the subscription.
A goblin glider that can spin locked behind some sort of time gated research system?
If it’s even half as good as the GW2 Griffon it’s going to be litty lit lit. Diving down a steep cliff then using that momentum to shoot up past the cloud layer is so much fun.