wow First Non-Dragon Dragonriding Mount, Fire Owl in Action (Video)

[Staff 1,489]

 

Blizzard announced that we'd be getting our first non-dragon/dragonkin Dragonriding mount with patch 10.2. It will drop from Fyrakk Mythic in the Amirdrassil raid it's a shiny Fire Owl! We saw the image of it in the patch reveal video, but now we get to see it in action with some Dragonriding animations as well!

This Mount that drops from Fyrakk is just.. WAUW!! AMAZING! #worldofwarcraft

Mount Name: Fire Owl
Drop: Fyrakk (Mythic)
Description: This owl will burn your backside harder than you burned down Fyrakk in P3. (PH)

The description made me laugh too much for some reason lol pic.twitter.com/ECVvayN2Iv

— Leyst (@LeystTv) September 8, 2023

That really looks great and gives us a glimpse at how other mounts might look with the Dragonriding animations. Obviously this one has wings so there's still plenty of issues with getting all mounts updated to Dragonriding, but it's a start!

[SpilledStars 71]

As someone who in other lands is a Sentinel Owl, I'm looking forward to this meaning all class-mounts from Legion get the dragonride treatment.

[Starseed 113]

11 hours ago, TheRagingwolf said:

If it's not a dragon, then you're not "dragon" riding.

That said, I'll be glad to get to the next xpac if it means dragon riding is no longer a thing.

then you wont be glad at all cause we might lose the word dragonriding but the new system will come with us to the next xpac 

[Arcling 898]

17 hours ago, SpilledStars said:

As someone who in other lands is a Sentinel Owl, I'm looking forward to this meaning all class-mounts from Legion get the dragonride treatment.

How would that even work? Some mounts don't even have wings, they also have different model skeleton. This would look weird with something that doesn't resemble a dragon. In many ways dragonriding system can be way slower than regular flying, especially when you are flying around collecting some resources, small treasures etc. For example, having to constantly fly up and down then stop means you quickly deplete your vigor and have to wait a lot for it to regenerate.

It's also a bad idea, because suddenly the way these mounts work would change. There are a lot of people who never signed up for this type of gameplay. They would suddenly have no choice. In addition, there are people with various disabilities who were fine playing with previous flying system, because it didn't require any agility, but suddenly they can no longer play this way. I would add that this game has several issues with mobility creep/arcadey stuff being added, like movement mechanics of demon hunters and evokers.

[SpilledStars 71]

On 9/9/2023 at 7:41 AM, TheRagingwolf said:

Horrible idea. Restricting mount movement to abilities and gating it around a ridiculous energy system make zero sense. If it is to be a separate option from regular mounts, sure, sounds great. But applying restrictions to mounts that have always been open is not okay.

You seem to have it upside down.

Blizz is saying that in 10.2 people will...

1. have "dragonriding" on many, many more mount types (these are in datamine/pre-PTR status now)
2. have "swim-through-sky standard flight" on regular mounts for the Pathfinder they plan to add
3. have a toggle option for it (this has been discussed as Accessibility, toggle)

I have no idea how you got the redonkulous idea that swim/flight the old slow way was going to impair your regular dragonmount

and you already are impaired (edit to add: completely impaired, as in, they cannot be summoned) for any old world mounts (including "class mounts" earned in Legion xpac content) on the Dragon Isles at all.   Plus, they do not really count as "time gated" and "anyone could have them".

Quite the opposite I was trying to say, about bloody time people can get some new power on old mounts they busted (ahem) their tailfeathers for.

I'm provisionally willing to grant that a new flight system that wasn't accessible to all was a less than perfect idea but it clearly excited many folks so we're stuck with it now, and that has zero to do with achieve taxing to get other powers.

Edited September 11, 2023 by SpilledStars

[SpilledStars 71]

On 9/9/2023 at 12:22 PM, Arcling said:

It's also a bad idea, because suddenly the way these mounts work would change. There are a lot of people who never signed up for this type of gameplay. They would suddenly have no choice.

I am viciously and vehemently agreeing with you;  I paid for dragonflight the xpac, and my hands have been paying the price for its flight style ever since.

They already lack this choice.

Blizz is making noise that they'll introduce the choice, and pardon the bird reference but I really hope they don't chicken out on it.

[SpilledStars 71]

TL;DR I am looking forward to many more types of mount being usable in The Dragon Isles.  

I am VERY MUCH looking forward to "normal flight mode" coming to the Dragon Isles in a form that isn't a single model while I'm flying as a corpse back to my body.
 

[SpilledStars 71]

The claim is it'll be an option.  Optional is good.  Optional means you can turn it off.   That's... a thing you want, isn't it???

The desire from a lot of players is, we have hundreds of mounts, but for months have been stuck on anywhere between 3 and 6.   

I'm sure the gold farmers with their /follow on flight are looking forward to all this too.