They say they are listening well they need to be listening because they have not learned as much as they think. I am glad they are allowing flying from the beginning, what I do not like is locking out crap that is not needed.
Add the new feature and let players do the quest line traing their dragon etc…reward them with the mount. Let those that are not interested in it just fly on the mount they want. Everyone is happy and Ion cannot time gate the process like I am saying he will do. Somehow this flying from the start is not going to be what it seems. Its going to be like a leveling process that takes a long time to finish. That is just another way of slowing players down when they want to play it the way they want to play. I can hear it now 1st week of expansion will be a love fest just like Shadowlands. Players will say how awesome Blizz is etc.
Then they will see the grinding and time it takes to get their one mount up to full flying abilities and the Blizz hate will begin again. The one lesson I want Blizzard to learn and hear is some of us want to play at the pace we like. We hate it when they do stuff to slow you down. If we run out of things to do we can quit for awhile. That is why I love Elder Scrolls and old Bioware RPG games so much. I got to play the way I wanted to play. Go through the main story or venture off somewhere out of curiosity and find cool quests to do.
I am simp,ly voicing my opinion on what I personally would like. I know some players want their hands held and rails to follow to show them how they are supposed to play. I hate that style:P