This sucks. I worked hard to get a 310% mount. :(Worst of all it's only 5000g which will be nothing in Cata. Even worse they'll probably make me pay for it in order to ride my 280% mounts at 310%.
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Just as a finale so people can stop QQing about it:If you already have a 310% mount you DO NOT have to pay to have the rest of your mounts upgraded. It is given to you.
5000g to fly 30% faster? No thanks. Utterly pointless at that price. 1000g like cold weather flying would be acceptable but charging people the same amount as the already EPIC flying skill is just pathetic.
Added some clarifications to the original blog with speculation on whether or not players will be able to receive Master Riding for free.
Gief current 310% mounts with 340% or 350% instead. We worked hard to get those mounts, and they're special, so they should stay special!
5k for an extra 30%? During BC it was 5k to jump from 60% to 280% in flying. I know this has changed, but it's still 150% to 280%. This is an awfully expensive skill to learn considering they are basically handing us 310% flying mounts by completing the holiday meta achievement. No thanks. I'll save the 5k gold and just ride my Violet Proto-Drake.
I already enjoy 310% speed and have no problem paying to use any epic flyer at 310% (assuming every 280% mount will be able to increase to 310%... I can't see any reason to train otherwise). 5,000 gold for every epic flyer at 310% isn't bad considering you currently either attend a year of events, or defeat every raid boss (in that instance) under unique, and often difficult, circumstances. In fact, i'm surprised they're not charging us for some kind of 'Post-Apocalyptic' flying or 'Deep Sea' riding. For those of you without a 310% mount who don't like the price... don't get it. If 5,000 gold is a lot to you, then going 310% instead of 280% isn't worth the expense. The only times I notice the speed increase is over long distances, or if i'm flying along-side someone with 280% (Two things which don't occur often for me, at least). I suppose it would help for harvesting/mining, to outpace the competition... but then again, if you're serious about node hunting at all, you already know a good time to farm when there is little to no competition anyway.Edit: Yes, i'm aware Algalon isn't required for the Ulduar drakes, and that there are others (Al'ar, arena mounts... etc?).
Well, even though 310% mounts won't be "unique" anymore, at least we won't have to pay another 5000g to get the skill!As for me, I got a Violet Proto-Drake during the Midsummer Fire Festival... So it looks like I've saved myself a lot of money! :-)
Eh this kinda sucks. I like flying around in a pink dragon but if I had the choice to get ONE flyer that goes 310% speed, or pay 5k and save a year's worth of annoying achievements and ride ANY flyer with the 310% speed, I know what Id get in a heartbeat.5k is easy to get starting now at 0g and just doing a few quests every day til the expansion. I almost feel like a sucker doing a years worth of holiday achievements, when everyone will be riding the same speed as me in their own mounts day 1 of Cata. Its not so much that everyone will have access to the faster flight speed, its just that it will be painfully easy to GET it. Even the motorcycle and Mammoth cost more than double that,and they dont even fly.
I have 2 310s already. Hopefully I will not need to spend 5k on my main. I only saved 20kg for cata.Also I liked that the hard earned mounts were faster. It was hard enough for most people to get their first proto drake, but the only guaranteed way to get a 310%(other than paying for a badass run) was to do the seasonal metas, which takes at minimum one year.I know people who got a violet drake faster than a time-lost drake or green proto drake. But at least they were also rewarded with a 310%.Anyways, back on tract, hard work should mean a worthwhile reward. A status symbol and improved flight speed worked well.I do understand that blizzard may want to even the playing field when it comes to farming. Otherwise the AHs will be dominated by dedicated players and raiders with 310s and anyone who has not been raiding or hitting those metas every new holiday will have to deal with farming slower.
Agreed.
I'll enjoy flying around on my Twilight Drake with 310%.I hope the same kind of scaling is done to normal ground mounts, so that all ground mounts can go at 100%, and all flying mounts can go at 310% - and by that, I naturally include the "ordinary slow mounts".
Maybe just because it is a work in progress.There are bits of the guild levelling UI and items being introduduced slowly with many of them still not available or working, so it is entirely possible that the training atm is only to test the mechanism, not the gifting.
hmmm not a bad price tag, same as cold weather flying.....thought it would be more....suppose the economy wont be so different then!