Yah, that is definitely not how i remebered it, the first I recall them saying anything about flying was Afrasabi saying none at all, no big deal either way.
I donāt think thatās accurate. I believe initially the plan was no flying going forward.
Admittedly itās been a while since I last looked at this, but Iām fairly certain that the blowback to this news is what led them to change course and announce flying would come in a content patch.
The Tanaan Jungle patch was the āmajorā content patch, right? And that was a x.2 patch. I recall criticism of the x.1 patch being lackluster. Wasnāt that the āselfie cameraā patch?
Which in modern times would be considered an x.0.5 or something like that.
Internally, yes. The issue was that they told us that they wanted to try something new and hold flying back for a bit, people were unhappy about it but said ok, then when it came time to cough up, they came clean and said no flying at all. It was the deception that made a lot of people so mad. They should have marketed WoD as a non-flying expansion from the start if thatās what their plans were.
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I wish we could just pick out the mounts that should dynamic/static ride I like having both without extra steps.
Maybe just let us check mark mounts to let us choose the flight style.
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They gave us warbands and all class xmog learning. They figure there is a chance we might alt tab and do something else for 5 minutes so they have to put in that flight change hassle. 2 steps forward and 1 step back.
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Because not everyone plays the same! Some of us can switch flight styles by simply mounting a different mount and it is less than 2 seconds currently! Some of us switch between styles frequently during a playing session in my case as many as 30 times in an evening!!! So that means that some of us do not like the ADDED casting time that we will have to deal with over and over and over! Some of us like me have a disability that makes Dynamic flight frustratingly challenging at best and only use it to go long distances! Some of us are angry that we have to suffer through the beginning of another expansion with only Dynamic Flight as an option when it makes the game so much more difficult than it needs to be for just travel. maybe that will help you understand a little.
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1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand, 4 one thousand, 5 one thousand poof your style of flying has changed, that is not a lot of time. If you are changing back n forth so much between dragon riding and TBC flight you need to calm the heck down, if its adding miles of game playing time to your over all time spent playing the game.
I also can see if those who play druids are trying to beat losing all their flight power while flying in dragonriding mode, then quick changing in the air while flying strait to TBC fight style without even landing to break the mechanic or cheese the flight thing of running our of power, then it basically trying to find a way to cheat.
Blizzard should have it so that should not be able to be done.
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Look up the definition of āSealioningāā¦trolling.
I think thatāll help you understand that posters āconfusionā as to āwhyā anything in here.
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I know that people do not read previous posts, so they most likely have not read what has been disgusted to this point. Explaining again is often the only way that they will ever be exposed to an alternative reason for a comment that they are replying to! If people choose to not learn anything that is on them! I will do my best to help them take a step back and consider othersā situations as best I can! If they intend to just be harsh and unfeeling and ignore the point about being disabled, that is also on them, all I can do is continue to try to offer insight into other peopleās limitations and that theirs are not the only opinions that matter!
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A 5 Sec cast time to flip flop between one flight form ie, dragonriding and TBC style has zero to do with anyones disability. QOL maybe but nothing to do with a disability. If one can not fly period with dragonriding because of a disability, the fact there is a button you can switch between the two and that their is or is not a cast time doesnāt mater nor solve their issue in the least bit.
To those that think TWW zones will force you to use skyriding is a complete lie. All of the zones can be explored via ground mount or on your feet.
I put that poster you responded to on ignore a while back because of their trollingā¦just so you know youre dealing with someone who may be pretending to be having a discussion, but isnt actually doing anything but talking AT you, so its not always their intent to exchange ideas, but a number of them are just looking for attention and this is how they get it.
If they keep going back and forth and you see its not fruitful at all, know that you arent the only one who has had an issue with that one 
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Flying out of the portal room in Orgrimmar. Daily occurence.
Really should be a per mount toggle in collections imo like let people choose what mounts they want to be Static and which ones they want to be Dynamic.
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This is NOT a big deal, and itās not that big of an issue as you are making it out to be. I respectfully disagree. I donāt mind switching when needed. Your frustration over such a minor issue, thatās not even an issue at all, is a bit much and a little lazy tooā¦ Lol 
Either way, to each their own. - JJ -
Class fantasy of Druids should be honored IMVHO.
Stripping that away is not good for the game.
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Letās break this down better.
Currently:
- Land as dynamic flight
- 1.5 second mount time for static flight
Upcoming:
- Land as dynamic flight
- Open mount collections, click toggle
- Wait 5 seconds for cast
- 1.5 sec mount time for static flight
Again, as I said earlier, unless it somehow takes the system coding that long to swap the controls for all mountsā¦ there is zero reason for an added 5 seconds of time. It canāt possibly be a deterrent from swapping, seeing as how we currently have the shorter ability to swap and the game hasnāt imploded.
Swapping isnāt the problem. An added 5 second cast time is the complaint.
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The five second cast time is designed to punish aka friction, aka paint point to discourage people that like both DR and TBC normal flying.
I have said this 10000000 times but BlizZard is that donkey with its head down crashing into the wall thinking that is the only way forward and must be the only way forward.
Let people choose how to use TBC normal flying and DR. But BlizZard is afraid of giving player that choice in a MMORPG which is the ultimate irony.
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Having a cast timer is not a big deal and plus the button can be placed on your action bar anyways.
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I have enough things that take me too long to do the game I donāt need the game adding things that add to that it makes it much more frustrating to play so yes the 5-second additional delay for me is significant to my frustration level and my ability to enjoy playing the game! When you canāt move your hands and arms like a normal person ANYTHING that you do there depends on being able to do that takes longer, is more difficult, becomes infinitely more frustrating to accomplish! I play because it forces me to use my hands and I enjoy playing, but adding a useless delay is not helping me at all! So you may consider that the delay has no impact, but to someone with a Disability that you canāt understand does feel it to be impactful!
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