The War Within 11.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Cheezits]

https://www.wowhead.com/beta/npc=351...ant-hippogryph
damn, they went with the old Wrath one

Guess they really aren't allowed to update High Elf stuff... YET.

[Lady Atia]

They added an HD version of the Scarlet Crusade horse from SoD

Good. We need more cool mounts from questlines, they are super underused for that. Better than locking them behind things 0,01 % of people will achieve or rare mob grind number 434646. Or the fucking trading post with limited tendies ...

[Nymrohd]

Guess they really aren't allowed to update High Elf stuff... YET.

Dude, give it up

[Lady Atia]

Dude, give it up

I mean, they could have easily used one of the two blue phoenix mounts instead if they really wanted to avoid the Veilwing.

Like, they respond to dumb feedback but not even in the right way, as NO one wanted the 5 pixel classic hippogryph there.

[Xilurm]

I mean, they could have easily used one of the two blue phoenix mounts instead if they really wanted to avoid the Veilwing.

Like, they respond to dumb feedback but not even in the right way, as NO one wanted the 5 pixel classic hippogryph there.

Consistency isn't dumb feedback. Ideally they should've updated the look of that hippogryph and gave it away as a mount too.

[Lady Atia]

Consistency isn't dumb feedback. Ideally they should've updated the look of that hippogryph and gave it away as a mount too.

I mean, they could have easily added a side quest explaining the Veilwings there. Would have been more interesting than an ugly classic mount.

And ye, I'm all for updating old stuff but it seems like they stopped that and just release new mounts going forward. I think BfA was the last time they replaced a mount with an HD texture?

[Raetary]

It's a Silver Covenant mount.
Change is good.

[Jaggler]

Whatever Silverglade Refuge/the High Elves there is/are, it's not important enough for them to create a new mount or update an older one. They wanted to take the "Dalaran Drake" route, but the community complained so basically the only option is some old mount, therefore the Hippogryph. Seems logical to me.

[Xilurm]

I mean, they could have easily added a side quest explaining the Veilwings there. Would have been more interesting than an ugly classic mount.

Just because they can do something doesn't mean they shouldn't. What do Veilwings have to do with High Elves?

[Lady Atia]

Whatever Silverglade Refuge/the High Elves there is/are, it's not important enough for them to create a new mount or update an older one. They wanted to take the "Dalaran Drake" route, but the community complained so basically the only option is some old mount, therefore the Hippogryph. Seems logical to me.

Again, one of the two blue phoenix mounts could have worked aswell. They both have silver armour, and are blue. Better than a super old classic mount that was always just a recolour of the other hippogryphs anyways.

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Just because they can do something doesn't mean they shouldn't. What do Veilwings have to do with High Elves?

They look cool, and they could have done a side quest explaining it? You know? Because we spend time in the Shadowlands, and you can even tame them as a hunter. Why shouldn't some high elves tamed some during Shadowlands and brought them over? Be creative.

[Cheezits]

I mean the bigger issue is that the Silver Covenant is barely a part of an expansion about saving Silvermoon and "reuniting elf tribes" which I guess was just Belf and Velf all along? Bizarre choice, especially considering Vereesa, unless it's all patchbait.

[Nightshade711]

What hippogryph are y'all even talking about lmao

[Xilurm]

They look cool, and they could have done a side quest explaining it? You know? Because we spend time in the Shadowlands, and you can even tame them as a hunter. Why shouldn't some high elves tamed some during Shadowlands and brought them over? Be creative.

Ok...

Felhunters look cool. Give them as their ground mounts. What? Just add a side quest explaining it, be creative lol.

[Schwert]

Good. We need more cool mounts from questlines, they are super underused for that. Better than locking them behind things 0,01 % of people will achieve or rare mob grind number 434646. Or the fucking trading post with limited tendies ...

What mounts are for 0.01%? Name them. Because even Gladiator mounts aren't that rare.

[Jaggler]

Again, one of the two blue phoenix mounts could have worked aswell. They both have silver armour, and are blue. Better than a super old classic mount that was always just a recolour of the other hippogryphs anyways.

One is a promotion mount and phoenixes aren't just some common mount used by everyone. Both seem way over the top.

They aren't gonna make a quest to explain that High Elves took something out of the Shadowlands that's native there, that's a story beat that is better not touched with a ten foot pole considering the implications.

The best choce for an HD mount would be a blue dragonhawk

[THEORACLE64]

Oh that login queue is going up very quick.

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Servers are up!

[Nightshade711]

Wait so it isn't even a new mount people are just complaining about a (likely placeholder) flight master taxi?

[Schwert]

Wait so it isn't even a new mount people are just complaining about a (likely placeholder) flight master taxi?

High Elf players complain about everything.

[Nymrohd]

High Elf players complain about everything.

How can people who don't exist complain?

[THEORACLE64]

Well, the lag has already killed it.