Quote:Druids cannot shift while in combat. Thus, the flight form, mechanically, is only advantageous over a normal flying mount in that you can cast it instantly rather than having to mount up, first. The draw back is that anything that enhances your speed while mounted (for exampled the crusader aura or the various +ride speed trinkets) will not work with flight form.Or you could have gotten only 4 new skills to begin with like Paladins and Warriors did.
Essentially, once you get to 70 and can get a flying mount, flight form becomes little more than a niche skill that is only better than owning a mount in some very limited cases, it saves you a space in your inventory, and you saved 1000g for training the 225 riding skill. The epic flight form just means that the skill won't be quite as bad compared to a normal epic flying mount. And, again, I will point out that flight form counted as one of the new Druid skills in TBC. They could have gotten a new nuke, heal, melee, or snare attack, but they got flight form instead. :)
There is no real need for Epic Flight form, as the increase in utility from obtaining one is almost nonexistant, while in return you have to do an undoubtedly long and difficult quest chain. Good job Blizzard, adding a small amount of flavor to a class, many players of which will probably not even bother/be able to enjoy, instead of focusing on other classes that require more attention.