So are we going to get 600% flying speed next expansion? can’t imagine being slow again…
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Dragon riding = superior fast flying
Sky swimming = lesser slow flying
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I honestly hope so. I also hope that people who cry about not having an obsolete form of flying would shrink.
But then again.
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It appears we’ll have both.
And anyone insulting players that are having trouble with DRing should stop embarrassing themselves.
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We will likely have two versions going forward:
- Dragonriding for fast speeds
- Old air-swimming style for slower speeds
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As of right now it appears old flying, called “Static Flying” on the PTR, is going to remain super slow.
I would be 100% okay with this. Each of them has their uses. I would probably spend 95% of my time in dragonriding, which I honestly didn’t think I would like, and only use the slow flying for specific situations.
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there are definitely situations where I would prefer regular flying, such as hitting the autorun button in the direction I want to go while I get a drink or hit the bathroom and when im looking for minerals / herbs / specific enemies. having access to both is a good thing. plus **** getting disconnected when you dragon speed burst into a tree.
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There is no going back. And we love skipping the flight path guys and whooshing across the sky.
From what was found out via datamines, we have a choice to go with the original flying at its original speed, or go with “Dynamic” (Replacing the term Dragonriding) with its original speed across older content that it will allow. A toggle ability will determine this choice if you want to use the older flight method or the newer one, that is if the mount is compatible for Dynamic flying.
It was a while ago since I read this but it is supposedly coming to 10.1.5? But hearing conflicting stuff and reading the same thing from articles too. So, keep that in mind. With that said, this is going to happen WELL before Dragonflight is over, or at least towards the end of the expansion if what I said about the datamine is ‘conflicting’. So, either between 10.1.5 to the end of Expansion for flying choices.
If Im moving about the house here while playing I just hop on a flight path.
with normal flight Im very likey to be late coming back and find out I died out over the ocean somewhere, lol.
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Blizzard made an article confirming they’re working on Dragonriding in old zones, but that it won’t be coming in 10.1.5
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They should have both.
People who want old school flying will be stuck at 310% speed while Chad dragon riders should fly at 800-1000% speed.
Give them the option but make sure they pay for it in the long run.
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Gotcha, its been a while since I’ve read anything more on it and just told myself “Neat, I can fly quicker elsewhere now too!”
Glad that was cleared up. Even the internet is confused about it and hasn’t scrubbed that 10.1.5 is going to have dynamic flying while others aren’t.
Dragonriding is dumb for Druids and Evokers that inherently free fly. Or as you call it Sky Swimming. Players have a right to agency in how they want to travel. Dragonriding is boring AF.
Next expansion is an under water expansion. Everything is water mounts or inside without mounts.
Oh for sure, in its current form.
But I imagine that once Dragon riding becomes usable in all zones they would do the common sense thing of integrating the druid flight form and dracthyrs soar with it.
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Just imagine the crow form going at 1200% speed.
Speedy tiny bird (at least compared to the huge owl passenger form).
We will probably be “dragonriding” everywhere…
What if blizz makes it so you can actually dragon ride in flight form and soar? I wish they would do that, I’d play my dracthyr more often.
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