Please allow normal flying in War Within on Day 1

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@Fluffergyrl-dalaran

Except Daddy Blizz still being a spiteful jerk of course. So refreshing to see a lead game designer still throwing a tantrum after nearly 10 years.

Some children never grow up.

[Tuffgeye-area-52]

@Orctang-area-52

I will take made up stuff for 500!

I see you didn’t watch the Q&A where Morgan Day explains why they opted to have TBC flying unlock after the story.

[Turgan-cenarion-circle]

So we don’t get flying on day one if we have to complete to main storyline and we all know they are going to timegate it.

[Fizzywinks-anvilmar]

Quit trying to make an issue out of it.

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@Tuffgeye-area-52

TBC flying allows manipulation of the questing experience in a way the developers think will leave players with an overall less satisfying experience than they would have with the less precise dragonriding.

Fancy way of saying, “We don’t want you to have flight” I don’t know about everyone else, but I have lots of fun swooping in with my Druid flight form and picking an herb, and escaping before the mob even knows what’s going on. Things like that. This is just a fancy way of saying we don’t want you to fly.

[Gelyn-trollbane]

I think I’ll just wait until all the time gates and restrictions have passed to buy TWW.

Shouldn’t take that long right?

[Hoopedy-area-52]

wait for it to go on sale, works for me…

[Daarrk-thrall]

@Turgan-cenarion-circle

I have lots of fun swooping in with my Druid flight form and picking an herb, and escaping before the mob even knows what’s going on

Fancy way of saying, “I want an easy game I can afk for rewards.”

[Hoopedy-area-52]

can I subscribe to your newsletter ?

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@Daarrk-thrall

I want an easy game I can afk

Yes. And since I never do raids or dungeons…or any end game stuff…it shouldn’t affect anyone. Especially since I solo.

[Daarrk-thrall]

@Lucrend-stormrage

How do you engage with content in a non-meaningful way? Regardless if you’re flying or not you kill the same mobs, you pick up the same quest items, you escort the same NPCs. What exactly are you missing out on if you get to fly from the start?

Like this…

@Turgan-cenarion-circle

I have lots of fun swooping in with my Druid flight form and picking an herb, and escaping before the mob even knows what’s going on.

@Turgan-cenarion-circle

it shouldn’t affect anyone.

But it directly affects everyone. The game is a shared economy. That is used for important crafts and consumables.

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@Daarrk-thrall

The game is a shared economy.

Exactly. I herb and sell on the AH.

[Lucrend-stormrage]

@Daarrk-thrall

Like this…

Fighting trash mobs is meaningful? How so? Serious question.

[Merpish-sargeras]

The first time through the world, I think you should be required to think about traversal. It’s a new land with new things to see, I don’t think it’s particularly heathy to just NoClip around the world only interacting with parts of the world you want/have to. Dragonriding, still trivializes a lot of traversal, but nuances like not being able to permanently hover do change the way you think about the world.

Rather than just hovering for 20 minutes while you do some chores, you might opt to find a safe vista or town to go to, this changes how you think about the world. That’s important for a shared world.

Also this is just a non issue. Most people will have completed the necessary requirements to unlock static flying within the first week of the expansion being out.

[Hardcorelana-bloodsail-buccaneers]

Sadly there are dragon riding bots as well

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

I see you made up stuff about exploiting quests.

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

@Emet-zuljin

We all know this restriction exists due to bots.

They all said dragon riding was going to remove the bots! So, much crap is said on the forums.

[Fluffergyrl-dalaran (Fluffergyrl)]

@Tuffgeye-area-52

I see you didn’t watch the Q&A where Morgan Day explains why they opted to have TBC flying unlock after the story

If DR is available there is no valid reason real flying couldn’t be. For 99% of gameplay scenarios flying is flying so the only possible reason is PURELY dev choice. And by that I mean Ion throwing a hissyfit.

[Envy-uldaman]

Whataboutism aka the hypocrite deflection

[Tuffgeye-area-52]

@Fluffergyrl-dalaran

If DR is available there is no valid reason real flying couldn’t be.

Why is that? Do you think that DR and TBC flying are exactly the same? If so, you don’t need them both unlocked and if not then it is entirely possible that there can be reasons why one is acceptable and the other is not.