I've read the original article multiple times and I cannot see where it says that either 1) You won't be able to use your other mounts for flying at any point and 2) All our mounts will act as ground mounts. Unless I've somehow missed something, the headline and start of this post are misleading and needs clarification.
The source article doesn't confirm that at all. The only time Jeremy mentions previous mounts is when he explicitly states that they don't want to invalidate old mounts.
Edited to acknowledge that others have pointed this out with varying amounts of detail.This is what the Wowhead writer put at the start of the article:"Blizzard has confirmed that you will only be able to "fly" in the Dragon Isles using the new Dragonriding system. Your broader mount collection will act only as ground mounts in the new zones."Wowhead, I think you need to add a link for this confirmation, because the Ausgamers interview that you linked does NOT confirm this.It does include this. I bolded the part I want to point out." And with that it’s worth noting that dragonriding is limited to the Dragon Isles. “We made these giant expansive zones so that it would work as a gameplay mechanic and for people on a variety of different hardware,” Jeremy Feasal says. “We don't want to have you fly into a bunch of creatures and then have them pop up around you. We're designing the whole outdoor game world with dragonriding in mind. Also, we don't want to invalidate all of the many hundreds of mounts that our players have collected up until now.” "The meaning of "invalidate" is certainly open to interpretation. It almost certainly means that you will still be able to fly outside the Dragon Isles with your current flying mounts. Does it mean that you will be able to fly with your current flying mounts within the Dragon Isles? That is what we need to know. It is not confirmation that we can't.
heres hoping for a cloud serpent-like skin, that kind of doesnt have wings.
Yeah I don't know if they will stand behind this at launch. People want to have regular flying be an option. Dragon riding sounds cool, but just like anything in a video game, it will be new and fun for about 2 weeks tops, then people will want regular flying. I think this idea is on a crash course with passionate player feedback..
Nowhere in any interview has blizzard said that old mounts cannot be used. The article Wowhead links also doesn't mention this. Im unsure where Wowhead is getting this conclusion from
i see alot of comments saying "they havnt ruled out regular flight" ... but they have ... the last four xpacs have all started without flight ... WoD legion BFA SL and now this ... will all start without flight ... that has become the standard ... they tried to offset the always common outrage that comes with removing flight from the main area of the game by putting in this dragonrider deal w.e you wanna call it ... they have said "we dont want to invailidate all your other mounts" ... but if this dragon is faster and better and all this other stuff ... there is no other option ... there is no choice ... this is THEE only way to move around at that point ... its like do you ask a mage to go from SW to IF or do you ride the tram ... back in the day i rode the tram all the time ... but nowadays i ask a mage instead because its just faster and easier because thats what i want ... not a hassle ... but im getting off track here ... back to what i was saying, the speed of the dragon, how much work you have to put into the dragon to get it to the top speed and w.e else ... all of this is a problem.... then you have areas restricted off this system... which i view of as a massive issue... the first few people to reach these areas will exploit them to the maximum and everyone else after them will be left eating scraps b.c thats how it always works in the game ... they will go and find this exploit or w.e and it will be patched that same day but the damage will be done and most of the time it is not reversed unless it is a major thing that alot of people took advantage of... soo id like to not see this happen because it WILL happen, and it DOES happen almost every time a new zone is put into the game, the frontrunners win out and everyone behind them just eats it. (for examples ill point to korthite and progenitor essences ... if you spent time in the begining farming as much as possible you made out much better then those who came afterwards .... as for an exploit id have to point back a lil further to the end of BFA when everyone exploited the one chest and they took the rewards away from MOST of the people (not all)) .... im all for improving the game and making old systems newer and updated ... but why fix something that isnt broken? why try to round a wheel?
Wait.. what? Dragonflight isn't "mount equipment" we can apply to any of our mounts? I wanted to see my turtle get grabbed by a dragon and flown around!Boo!
What about Druid flight form? I like being able to interact while still flying.
They made mention that Dracthyr would be able to perform "dragon flight" under their own wings. Any word on whether such courtesy will be extended to demon hunters and druids?