A̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶ ̶W̶i̶t̶c̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶3̶-̶t̶y̶p̶e̶ ̶e̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶o̶W̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶d̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶m̶o̶u̶n̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶f̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶u̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶z̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶m̶o̶u̶n̶t̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶a̶i̶t̶.̶
The mount-summoning spells were implemented in Vanilla, when Scorch-type “castable while moving” spells were not castable while moving.
Realistically, whistling our mount to come over and pick us up is perfectly castable while we are running. In actual medieval combat, it was also a common practice to whistle a charger to come in while running or sidestepping.
In time-constrained contents like M+, making mount-summoning spells castable while moving will also make the gameplay a lot smoother.
(This will not hurt the experience of PvP much, because the mount-summoning spells still require out of combat to cast, so we won’t see ninja mounting while players are engaged in PvP combat.)
What do you guys think? Do you want to be able to summon mounts while running?
Yes, I would appreciate if this was possible but the priority on this item to the devs will be extremely low I believe
This will inevitable come at a cost, most notably to your movement abilities. What you’re effectively asking for is a Divine Steed ability for everyone that doesn’t expire until you click it off and I just don’t see that happening; at least not without loss of other things.
No. Divine Steed is castable in combat and indoors. “Castable while moving” mount-summoning spells, however, can only be used out of combat and outdoors.
In addition, Divine Steed is instant cast, while mount-summoning spells are a 1.5-second cast.
Summoning your mount should be instant like the broom mount during the Halloween event. That won’t happen though because some mounts would have to get rid of their fancy summoning animations.
That would depend on how they’re coded, but if the player simply gains the movement speed buff immediately on the start of the cast, and the cast can happen while moving, the animation can continue to happen while the player gets to move at mount speed instantly.
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