The epic flying mount speed is great, but I think the normal flying mount speed should be at least that of the Epic land mounts. The speed gap just doesnt make sense. I would prefer to have payed 1500, or 2000g for a normal mount that has 125-150% faster speed. The 60% is just ....silly... What do you guys think ?

It's there to provide incentive to farm for the 5,000g one.

Which, by the way, is worth every copper. (Yes, all fifty million of them!)

its tied closely to the irrational fact that blizzard wont let u use ur flying mount on the ground in azeroth - thus u have to keep ur epic mount in ur back .... and if u have an epic mount for speed why bother giving the flying one speed too - its unnecesary

Blizzard devs have been following a twisting labrynthe of logic lately ive noticed.......
that being said a blue should be nice enough to post in the soviet outland post\\


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hmm interesting.

this is true, i did a chain of quests on my 70 that would have took about an hour to clear through all the mobs w/ a normal mount. took about 10 minutes and i made 100g. fly-kill-fly turn in quest. rinse and repeat

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People have brought this up before, but remember, flying mounts can save you time by being able to skip things you'd have to maneuver through on your land mount. I've also found it useful for saving time by letting me fly to a spot closer to an objective for a quest. What it lacks in speed it makes up for in convenience.

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We tested this and the ground mount is still faster.

I have a question about flying mounts too. I'll just ask it here instead of making another thread. Is the 10% discount available for being honored? And if so, is it with your native city or the alliance in general or is there another faction I have to grind rep with in order to get the discount? Sorry OP, not trying to hijack. Thanks.

In many places, you'll find 60%(70% with the crop) in the air is quite a bit faster than 100%(or 110%) on the ground.... no need to avoid mobs FTW.

Though, I do have my epic on my mage, and im half way to getting one on this toon too ;-)

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We tested this and the ground mount is still faster.

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Depends on where you are, and what is in your way.

Could we at least have the speed bumped up to 75% or 80%?

Also, if you hit the space bar for a normal mount you get a special animation. Hitting the psace bar on a flying mount that is grounded sends you aloft. Could we have a special animation for hitting the space bar in flight, like a barrel roll.

Another thing that might be really cool would be to change the mount stance of the player when on a epic flying mount. I'm thinking a more hunkered down aerodynamic pose, kinda like the one you see motorcycle riders adopt when they hit high speed.

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Depends on where you are, and what is in your way.

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In Shadowmoon Valley there is a mountain in the middle. We had one flying mount go over and one ground mount (100%) go around. The ground mount was still faster. Netherstorm was the only place that actually cut down time with the flying mount.

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The epic flying mount speed is great, but I think the normal flying mount speed should be at least that of the Epic land mounts. The speed gap just doesnt make sense. I would prefer to have payed 1500, or 2000g for a normal mount that has 125-150% faster speed. The 60% is just ....silly... What do you guys think ?

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as has been stated before. Flying mounts are not there to replace current epic mounts. They are there to allow access to content.

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People have brought this up before, but remember, flying mounts can save you time by being able to skip things you'd have to maneuver through on your land mount. I've also found it useful for saving time by letting me fly to a spot closer to an objective for a quest. What it lacks in speed it makes up for in convenience.

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The fact that people have brought it up, and keep bringing it up...well, maybe that should tell the developers something, hmm? ;)

I bought the riding crop for the 10% mount speed increase. It's not a major compromise, but it helps.

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In many places, you'll find 60%(70% with the crop) in the air is quite a bit faster than 100%(or 110%) on the ground.... no need to avoid mobs FTW.

Though, I do have my epic on my mage, and im half way to getting one on this toon too ;-)

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My god what is your secret to so much gold?

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EVRYONE agrees faster=better
What would you rather do....
Pay 500$ for a porsche.
Pay 2500$ for a dodge neon because it has an extra back seat added for convenience.
Exactly as i thought.

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If the Dodge Neon could fly?

I'd pay a billion dollars.

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We tested this and the ground mount is still faster.

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Totally situational, your tests fail.