Quote: This change was implemented after the latest revision of the patch notes was made available for inclusion into the 1.12.1 patch binary. It will be documented in a future revision however.

There will be effectively two riding skill levels, apprentice and journeyman. The cost for the riding skill will be significantly higher than it previously was, however this is offset by a drastically lower cost for the actual mount.

For current players with mounts there will be a seamless transition to the new system. You will continue to have your mount; you will continue to be able to use it, etc. What this change does for players who don't yet have a mount or an epic mount is take the emphasis off of the mount itself, and put it on the riding skill. This helps give players access to more variety without requiring a large monetary investment if they, for instance, just want to pick a different colored horse.

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Nice change overall as it will now allow me to buy yet another, different colored elite mount for 90g for my chars.

I hope, though, that Blizzard is aware of the fact that some people have already bought their level 60 mount in patch 1.12.0 before they become 60, and that these people will not be accidentially charged for another 900g for the new level 60 riding skill once the realms are patched:)

Quote:Not sure about this myself. Ideally, I'd like to be able to ride orc wolves, and lord knows I have to grind enough Orgrimmar reputation to be able to do that. This probably means I'll have to grind more gold than I would have...

Quote:It's much easier to get the wolf model under you by grinding Frostwolf faction (Alterac Valley Battleground rep). Not only is the mount significantly cheaper than a normal epic, but there are other perks to getting exalted with AV... one of which is that you get quite a bit of Orgrimmar rep along the way.

There is a color choice, much like Henry Ford offered his first customers... you can have any color you like, as long as it's white.

Tauren look a bit "top heavy" when riding a wolf, but it works.

Quote:Bah Kodo are still the best mounts in the game. You will never change my mind on that. They follow the terrain other mounts just sink into it. That just makes them so much more fun to ride. I just love my kodo. Stampy for life!

Quote:It's much easier to get the wolf model under you by grinding Frostwolf faction (Alterac Valley Battleground rep). Not only is the mount significantly cheaper than a normal epic, but there are other perks to getting exalted with AV... one of which is that you get quite a bit of Orgrimmar rep along the way.

There is a color choice, much like Henry Ford offered his first customers... you can have any color you like, as long as it's white.

Tauren look a bit "top heavy" when riding a wolf, but it works.

Quote:Damn, now I *have* to buy 70 stacks of runecloth this weekend to get horse riding before this goes into effect...

Quote: I’m going to answer a few of these questions based on the information I currently have on these new features.

Paladins and Warlocks will receive the appropriate level of riding skill when they finish their quests.

When patch 1.12.1 goes live all characters who have a mount in their possession will receive the appropriate level of skill to ride it. If you have the riding skill but no mount, you will receive apprentice riding.

I was told the AV and PVP mounts were both going to require apprentice skill, but this may have changed, I will look into it.

All mounts will now be bind on pickup, and purchasing non-racial mounts will require an appropriate level of faction.

Quote:It's all just more of the conspiracy to make everyone PvP! :)

This change means that you have to get to rank 3 to get the discount on the riding skill to make the big savings instead of having your buddy who is rank 3 buy the mount for you. Really that is the biggest impact I see this having. I'll have to PvP with some of my alts to get the mounts cheaper now. Too bad WSG is the BG that I like the least.

Quote:I know you're joking around, but it is ridiculiously easy to get to rank 3 right now. My level 52 dwarf priest accidently got to rank 3 after two weeks of off-on PvPing after the last patch. I didn't even win any matches.

Quote:Yeah it's very very simple to hit rank 3. Probably even for an L39 looking to get that first mount cheaper as well. But with the change the big discount from the PvP rank can't be gotten for you by someone else you will have to PvP to get the discount on that toon. For the people out there that hate PvP this could actually be an annoyance.

And Blizzard wanting to get more people into PvP is good business sense. PvP content is easier to make repeatable and fresh than PvE content is.

Quote:How can you hate capture the flag...? :mellow:

Quote:So you might be able to game the system with the purchase of a non-faction mount pre-patch. Just get a friend to buy you that horse/wolf/whatever and skip the rep grind. Any idea when the patch is coming out? I might just get a mount from another faction for the heck of it.:D

Quote:Well, I've got a Commander's Ram who's getting very very lonely in my bank, while I've been slowly working on getting my IF rep up (did SW first for the horse). Guess I'll find out if that happens or not...

Quote:I hope, though, that Blizzard is aware of the fact that some people have already bought their level 60 mount in patch 1.12.0 before they become 60, and that these people will not be accidentially charged for another 900g for the new level 60 riding skill once the realms are patched:)

Quote:Am I missing something?