This won't happen. Why would blizz start selling mounts, give a flying mount out to people purchasing Collector's edition only to say "Fuck you, were removing flying all together!"
I dont really mind not having flying around for the first 6 months of the expansion. But after that when you have seen all the content and things are starting to get less exciting to watch, thinking about trees and mountains etc with the cool looking zones etc. I hope they bring flying back at some point, there is alot of mounts Ive worked my ass of in order to get so I would want to be able to fly around with them. Walking with them on the ground takes away half the point of having "flying" mounts.
I'm fine with it either way.
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Actually they already said something in response to bought mounts. It was along the lines "we are not disabling flying. You can still fly in old areas like pandaria or kalimdor. Just not in Draenor. No flying in Draenor doesn;t mean there is no flying at all".
So going by that they see it as fine.
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See ya.
Afterall flying is all that matter right?
Well you might be right, but they are screwing over people who bought flying mounts. Most people will spend the majority of the time in the new expansion, so why make a flying mount for the collector's edition, when it will be barely used? I know that I don't go into the older zones very often.
Idd I do not understand this thread at all.
The video said ZERO, NADA, NOTHING about not flying the entire xpac.
Just the typical MMO-C Rage and knee jerk reaction over absolutely fucking nothing.
This is why the community is a toxic piece of shit which is terrible for the game.
What a complete and utter waste, we could use the forum to better the game through constructive criticism but all we get is utter total drival like this.
So disappointing.
I guess +1 internetz for MMO-C.
They aren't screwing anyone over. I personally think you're just getting overly worked up. There will be flying in 6.1. And for those who actually didn't watch or pay attention to the video, I'll say it again. Watch at around the 5:50 mark in the video. No flying at ship. That means no flying at launch, not for the entire expansion. It is a good choice to make because it actually forces players to actually explore there environment, that so many artists put so much time and effort into instead of skipping everything.
So, once again, you will not get screwed over, and you will still get to use all your favorite mounts....
...once 6.1 hits.
:-)
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This thread is based entirely on a misinterpretation by the op. The video actually did mention flying. I believe it was something to the affect of "At ship we will not allow flying, in the expansion, at all." The OP took that to mean throughout the entire expansion there would not be flying, instead of just right away.
"When past and present collide, the fate of all worlds hangs in the balance." -The Prophet Velen
Good news, but
a big BUT
Make the ground mounts faster for gods sake. They are so mindnumbingly slow. When you ride a tiger it doesn't feel like riding a tiger, but more like riding a turtle.
Praise the lawrd!!
This means Blizz will continue to put effort into the zones, making questhubs closer together and adding loads of wonderful details like they did in Jade Forest, for example. The fact that they're designing the zones with the thought that we'll be on ground mounts through them instead of just zooming past everything on a flying mount. Hyjal and Twilight Highlands are both silly questzones designed with flying in them. And they bloody suck compared to Jade Forest (designwise. Say what you want about the quests)
So... it's going to be the best expansion ever then?
They should copy one of the upcoming MMOs.
Remove flying, but make roads give a speed buff so traveling is faster.
Welp, barring it till the first patch was already hard to swallow, but if this shit goes through... I'll still keep playing. I'll be angry while I do it, but I'll play.
Now you see it. Now you don't.
Possibly won't even play wow another entire exp (first one was cata)
He did say "at ship". But if there was no flying at all through the xpac I wouldn't quit i'd just want to get the money I spent on my iron skyreaver back.
If they do that I will officially declare Blizzard has lost their fucking minds.