Dragonriding Limited to 80% of Maximum Speed Outside Dragon Isles - Outland Cup Announcement

PTR Posted 8 days ago by Anshlun

Dragonriding is now available throughout Azeroth wherever flying is available. Outside of the Dragon Isles, Dragonriding mounts move at 80% of their maximum speeds.
Developers’ note: We are restricting the speed of dragonriding outside of the Dragon Isles in order to not make travel times on old world contents trivially short. We believe 80% dragonriding speed will strike a balance between giving players exciting and engaging traversal, while still preserving a sense of immersion. The Dragon Isles continent is pretty massive compared to some of our older continents, so we need to adjust speed accordingly.

Outland Cup

OUTLAND CUP

The Outland Cup is available for testing from November 16 through November 29. Mount up and rediscover the skies of Outland with a new Dragonriding racing event arriving on the shattered world.
Thirteen new races are spread across Outland and are available in Normal, Advanced, and Reverse courses. Hellfire Hustle, Coilfang Caper, Blade’s Edge Brawl, Telaar Tear, Razorthorn Rise Rush, Auchindoun Coaster, Tempest Keep Sweep, Shattrath City Sashay, Shadowmoon Slam, Eco-Dome Excursion, Warmaul Wingding, Skettis Scramble, and Fel Pit Fracas.

New rewards available for purchase with Riders of Azeroth Badges: Drake Racer’s Scarf, Outlandish Drake Racer’s transmog set, new dragon customizations, Valdrakken Accord Insignia, and Manuscript of Endless Possibility that randomizes mount customizations each time you mount up on a customizable mount.
Complete all Outland Cup races on Gold to earn the achievement Outland Racing Completionist: Gold, Outland Racer title, and Ruby Riders of Azeroth tabard.
Mount customizations will now be used when racing in the Outland Cup.
Players will be granted a maxed out Dragonriding Talent Tree when racing in the Outland Cup.
The introductory quest for the Outland Cup has been changed to require the player to complete all the races.
Players will now be rewarded with 40 Riders of Azeroth Badges for completing the quest.
Players that haven’t unlocked dragonriding yet will also be able to fly the race courses using loaned dragonriding mounts.
The Grotto Netherwing Drake and Flourishing Whimsydrake have been added to the list of available loaned dragonriding mounts.
Since worldwide dragonriding is now available, you will no longer be dismounted after completing the race if dragonriding is unlocked on that character. If dragonriding hasn’t been unlocked, you will be dismounted after completing a race.

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Comment by TomatoPhalanges80% speed is still super fast for dragonriding, and the old world zones are tiny relative to the Dragon Isles

This is fine actuallyComment by TOMRUSThis is so bad. Pretty much what you can expect from those incompetent blizzard devs...

Just keep it max speed. Who cares about size of old legacy content and if someone travels here too fast...Comment by nicocpossYeah maps are truly tiny for dragonriding so it'll be fineComment by ravenvoidI personally dont care but people bout to be madComment by NadajiThis is exciting news. Now if only all flying mounts could do Dragon Riding. I miss all my mounts.Comment by johnnyd2so to clarify. its not 80% flight speed right? Thought for a second it was slower than OG flying.Comment by couchpotato2013Oh boy this is gonna be good to see when people hear about it. And the news-aloof people get 10.2.5 when it drops.Comment by KirTyunWhy the hell should I use Dragonriding then? When its slower than the "TBC flying", then there is no real purpose for it. Yes, the mechanics and all are entertaining, but the speed is what it makes so fun to use. 800% (as we have right now) is to much okay, but why 80%? Why not 200% for example?Comment by SnagprophetI doubt it'll matter lowering it. I get the zones aren't designed for it but it seems like another pointless nerf.Comment by BashcutterDouble edged sword.
If it’s “20% is so small you won’t notice” or “it’s such a trivial amount of speed”
Then why even add it? If it’s so trivial and so unnoticeable, why change? It’s like people who add something to food you don’t like “but you won’t even taste it” yea, so then why did you put it in?Comment by GigabearAlready trivial content might be made trivial.

Stop the presses!Comment by DulcetSoundsThis is so bad. Pretty much what you can expect from those incompetent blizzard devs...

Just keep it max speed. Who cares about size of old legacy content and if someone travels here too fast...Comment by BashcutterWhy the hell should I use Dragonriding then? When its slower than the "TBC flying", then there is no real purpose for it. Yes, the mechanics and all are entertaining, but the speed is what it makes so fun to use. 800% (as we have right now) is to much okay, but why 80%? Why not 200% for example?Comment by DisgruntledJoeKeep it the original Dragon Isles speed. The reason for balancing between an exciting and engaging traversal, while still preserving a sense of immersion is silly. I imagine most players want to travel from place to place quickly for the sake of convenience.Comment by BlightyI genuinely don't understand why we have a speed tax...

Why look at the old world as individual zones and not an entire landmass, Kalimdor dwarves the dragon isles as a single piece. The reason people like dragon riding is because it's fast AF, I don't care about preserving some imaginary sense of immersion that I haven't cared about for the last 15 years.

This is the same dumb logic as when they nerfed Dracthyr flying in the old world, something something pet battlesComment by zlobnylpThis is exciting news. Now if only all flying mounts could do Dragon Riding. I miss all my mounts.Comment by LunaedgeWhen its slower than the "TBC flying", then there is no real purpose for it.80% of their maximum speedComment by FrozenSoulThis is exciting news. Now if only all flying mounts could do Dragon Riding. I miss all my mounts.updated animationsComment by couchpotato2013Why the hell should I use Dragonriding then? When its slower than the "TBC flying", then there is no real purpose for it. Yes, the mechanics and all are entertaining, but the speed is what it makes so fun to use. 800% (as we have right now) is to much okay, but why 80%? Why not 200% for example?Comment by KalamordisWhy the hell should I use Dragonriding then? When its slower than the "TBC flying", then there is no real purpose for it. Yes, the mechanics and all are entertaining, but the speed is what it makes so fun to use. 800% (as we have right now) is to much okay, but why 80%? Why not 200% for example?

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