Originally Posted by
StephenFromMarketing
"I'm flying through zones in a matter of seconds"
This is what the majority of the community wanted, so it's what we all got.
At least it's a gameplay feature that requires some involvement as opposed to pressing your wyvern key and holding down spacebar until you can't be touched by anything.
For what it's worth I think it's fine. Blizzard cannot, or doesn't want to make fighting random mobs fun or exciting so letting us skip them is the next best thing.