Compared to druid forms and shaman wolf form that requires physical transformation, yet are instantaneous, it seems contrary to logic that Worgen needs a cast time just to run. I know worgen is a race and others are classes, but the skills are the same so what does it matter if one is a racial skill and others are class skills?
Logic and common sense dictates that this should be the other way around with druid and shaman requiring cast times to get into travel mode and worgen be instantaneous since they are actually changing forms, while worgen is doing nothing other than just starting to run without changing form.
The way it is now, worgen running is basically a non-ability since it does absolutely nothing different than just having a normal mount. It should be instantaneous as well as being able to be used indoors so that it has some actual benefit or utility.
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That’s kind of the point. It’s not supposed to be a massive game changer.
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There’s a penalty to druid and shaman forms though.
Druids are instant, yes, but they also get a decrease to speed if they’re in combat. Also inside a battleground.
Shamans ghost wolf is also instant, but also only a minor speed boost.
Mount time is your penalty. You obviously need to stretch those hammies before taking off on a run like that.
I’m not sure how many stupid threads about the druid travel form before people actually understand. ITS NOT AN INSTANT CAST MOUNT IN COMBAT. It’s only +40 in combat and its not flight form if youre in combat either so please gtfoh
Are you aware that druids have travel form indoors that breaks movement restriction through shapeshifting? That’s another subject, but that makes no sense whatsoever.
Why? It’s just there for fanservice, it’s more of a mount than a racial, initially Worgen didn’t even have racial mounts like all the other races, including Goblins.
It’s there for your wild werewolf roleplay.
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Blood elves had arcane torrent which was a game changer. How long did it take for them to remove it? If arcane torrent was given to Nelfs instead, there wouldn’t be such a huge faction imbalance.
It’s basically a racial mount.
…you mean cat form? Travel form can’t be used indoors. Never has as far as I know and I’ve had a druid since early 2005.
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Yeah, that’s what I meant, a perma-speed boost that’s instantaneous. I don’t see why they can’t do that for worgen running indoors, just reduce the speed.
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Wargen have two movement options, one is a mount and one is a sprint without cast. Druids and shaman can get some speed indoors as well.
Gotta stretch before running otherwise you’d pull something.
Because its just a mount. Same as every race gets.
But people in the Cataclysm beta complained then they added both Running Wild and the Gilnean horses as mounts.
Worgen need to stretch or pull a hammy!
Correct, because that’s literally what it’s supposed to be.
One might imagine that was the intended design for this flavour only ability 
Casting penalty is well worth the ability to run around like a beast haha it’s so much fun I rarely use a mount on my Worgen.
Also you get darkflight which is pretty neat.
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Stating it doesn’t make it moot.
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i really wish they reworked worgen traits
Imagine if Running Wild’s cast animation could be interrupted to run at full speed immediately, but with a 2/3rds chance of the Worgen falling over and gripping their knee Family Guy style cuz they didn’t stretch? 
Sss…AAAH! Sss…AAAH!