I would rather have the ability to choose between whirling surge and lightning rush honestly, as with how lightning rush works you barely get any use of out it and even then its extremely hard to control.
EDIT: I should add the method to gain stacks is also pretty bad too, having to hug walls to gain charges is not ideal at all when flying around in a lot of zones, ohn’ahran plains is a prime example of this. Making the mount just feel like a worse version of what we already have, and making me lean towards not using it because of this mechanic.
(Also modified post to match how it actually works, thought it was based on vigor charges initially but learned it was walls.)
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Yes, please and thank you!
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I theorize that the zones in TWW will be better suited for Lightning Rush. Will it be better to use then? Up to the player to decide.
My overall stance is that its simply a nerf to how dragonriding mounts work, as I am working on tindral currently with my guild. In which not having whirling surge is essentially a nerf, and means I cannot use the mount of the fight which kind of sucks as I do like it. Yet without surge it does slow you down a bit, not enough of course to be the end all be all, but still its present when it shouldn’t be.
Yeah, I had to move my Stormrider because I kept accidentally hitting it instead of a regular dragonriding mount. The move certainly was not made with Tindral in mind.
Agreed, the way things are currently, i get almost no use out of this “special” ability.
Any speed advantages you get from lightning rush is negated by the indirect path you take to build up the charge, finding a wall to skim rather than a direct path.
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And the other issue is that once you hit Lightning Rush… you better hope you don’t need to turn. It’s like trying to turn in a pool of Jello.
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You can be close to the ground and can get charges that way
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I ground skim all the time and never noticed. Probably having too much fun.
There is a single use for lightning rush… straight upwards. It’s almost worth the time spent dragging your face along a wall.
Same… Love the mount. Hate the lightning rush ability.
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