http://www.polygon.com/2015/5/22/864...mo-pc-blizzard
Polygon recently did an interview with Ion Hazzikostas. One notable segment was that flying will probably not be in any new zones or expansions:
When Warlords of Draenor first hit, some fans were surprised to discover that even upon reaching the new level cap of 100, they couldn't fly with their air-based mounts in the new zones. Initially Blizzard expected to patch in flying at some point, but now it has changed its mind.
"Having looked at how flying has played out in the old world in the last couple of expansions, we realized that while we were doing it out of this ingrained habit after we introduced flying in The Burning Crusade, it actually detracted from gameplay in a whole lot of ways," Hazzikostas explains. "While there was certainly convenience in being able to completely explore the world in three dimensions, that also came at the expense of gameplay like targeted exploration, like trying to figure out what's in that cave on top of a hill and how do I get up there."
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This makes me both happy and angry.
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-The positive part: is that since flying was introduced in cataclysm (World Wide) WPVP and ganking has felt a lot more "Meaningless/less fun"
I remeber these days i could out run a lvl 70/80 Player on my 40 paladin because i had aura and avoid being ganked. "That was removed when flying came"
As well i always been enjyoing walking through the beautiful world and some of the sweet created zones when i headed to a dungeon on the other side world or doing some WPVP.
-The negative part: I have farmed a lot of mounts "Just because it's a flying mount and it looks awesome flying" not flapping around on the ground.
It also makes me farm less mounts when i know i can't even fly with it even if it is counted as a flying mount. OK i can fly in the older zones but i want to have it with me all the time and not feeling "forced to be at a place to use it"
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This is what blizzard recently posted: 2015-05-23
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Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
The team will not be adding flying to Draenor.
Moving forward, new expansions are also unlikely to have flying outside of specific zones or expansion ideas.
The team will continue to improve flight paths.
Being able to fly added convenience, but removed the ability to add things like targeted exploration of the world and made the world feel smaller and less dangerous.
lack of flight has kept me from battering the word pet trainers and quit archeology months ago.
This kind of feedback is awesome, btw - things that aren't fun in a world of no flying and need to be improved.(Muffins)
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." or similar is often attributed to Henry Ford.
And the point of that statement is that there are often solutions to a problem that are not always a direct continuation of what you expect
So when you think about flying/not flying today, try to think about what you like or miss in specifics rather than the blanket feature
Like: I miss flying because I enjoy looking at the world from a high vantage point, or I don't miss flying because the world feels dangerous
It helps us when you can give feedback about the feelings and emotion you have or don't have, and how that affects your behavior.
Yelling at us and telling us we're dumb for making a decision doesn't help.
For example, it could be argued that the command table is a stronger tether to keeping you in the garrison than lack of flight.
Try to dig past the initial feeling and reaction and tell us why you feel the way you do. That's the feedback that makes the game better.