09-20-2006, 11:32 AM
Quote:Hm... so is this our chance to get cross-faction mounts without the reputation?
Just have a guildmate buy a swift mechanostrider for my Dwarven rogue, for instance, and hang onto it. When the patch hits, he gains the higher riding skill and can suddenly use the mount.
Am I missing something?
I have the same idea for my NE Druid (I hate the NE battlecat), and that may be why Blizzard hasn't said anything about it. Security in Obscurity, anyone?
They can't require exalted to use the mounts (ala BG gear) because that would prevent people from being able to get their own race's mount at 40. They could do something to not grant epic riding skill to people who have an unused epic mount (without another epic mount). So the maximum risk seems to be that you'll have to pay for the epic mount and the epic riding skill (~1600g total?), but you'll have dodged the faction grind.