You got flight when you started your time at the level cap, and that made it all the more fun. Swooping in and out of zones you hadn’t yet finished all the quests in was a delight, and it was redoubled with the addition of more endgame stuff to be done for reputations and such. But who cares? Flight was still a fun reward, and it was a big landmark to reach level 70 and suddenly be able to take to the skies. Only a couple of map areas really even rewarded flying with access you would otherwise lack. Thus, we were told, one of the exciting ideas for the expansion was to have places you could navigate only via flight and how it was a natural response to the toppling landscape. They were a big deal, in no small part because Outland is a collection of islands floating in space. One of the big selling points for The Burning Crusade was the addition of flying mounts.

So let’s start by looking back at the expansion that started it all. In fact, I think part of it is that the designers now working on the game have forgotten how flight used to work and how it works now – and yes, if you’re thinking it still works the same way, you’re not entirely right. You cannot debate, however, that ever since The Burning Crusade players have had an expectation of hopping on the back of something airborne and taking to the sky.įlight has changed a lot over the years, though, and I think the ways that flight has changed says more about why the announcement of a new flying achievement for Shadowlands was met with exasperation rather than relief. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could argue that has been, too flight masters dotting both continents meant that people have long associated the game with flying from place to place, but you can debate over whether flying on a bat counts as a proper “flying mount” or not. Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed.

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