World of Warcraft just officially confirmed one of the most popular features from Dragonflight is sticking around. Though many fans expected World of Warcraft to make it evergreen, players are overjoyed to know it is staying nonetheless.
Dragonflight introduced dramatic overhauls to World of Warcraft, including Talent Trees, a new customizable UI, and changes to the crafting system. However, one of the most popular new features from Dragonflight was Dragonriding–the dynamic, physics-based flying system used on the Dragon Isles.
Now, World of Warcraft fans can rest easy knowing Dragonriding is staying for good. Blizzard is currently working on ways to implement the dynamic flying system into other parts of the game, and intends on keeping it in future expansions. Full Dragonriding won’t be done in Patch 10.1.5, but World of Warcraft hopes to have it fully implemented before the end of Dragonflight.
That said, Patch 10.1.5 will have a first taste of global Dragonriding. One of the headlining features for World of Warcraft's 10.1.5 update is the Kalimdor Cup–a series of 16 new Dragonriding races across the zones of the eponymous continent. Like the races from Dragonflight, the Kalimdor Cup will have Normal, Advanced, and Reverse variations, and will have achievements and special rewards associated with it. Dragonriding will be available during these races, but will otherwise not be active on Kalimdor until the full system is implemented.
Blizzard is also already working on broadening the number of mounts that can use Dragonriding. Hundreds of normal flying mounts in World of Warcraft have been given a new tag and animations that suggest they will be enabled for Dragonriding in the future. While most of these mounts have been drakes or other creatures that share skeletons with the current Dragonriding mounts in Dragonflight, World of Warcraft will hopefully enable the dynamic flying mode for other mounts like gryphons and wyverns.
Nearly every World of Warcraft fan is excited for Dragonriding to come to the rest of the world, but there are still some players who prefer the old form of flying. Luckily, World of Warcraft dataminers have discovered abilities that suggest flying mounts will be able to toggle between normal flying and Dragonriding. Though the exact details won’t be known until Blizzard starts testing the system on the Public Test Realm, it seems like World of Warcraft players will be able to soar the skies of Azeroth and beyond in whatever manner they wish once Dragonriding fully leaves the Dragon Isles.
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