Quote:Damn, now I *have* to buy 70 stacks of runecloth this weekend to get horse riding before this goes into effect...
Is that going to work, though? If you buy the riding skill now (but not the mount) will you get to keep it?
AKA...will my epic mount cost go down b/c I've already trained riding?
EDIT: More information from: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...212767&pageNo=3
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.
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