My main character is Ackland, a level 50 Paladin. My standing, at 50, with Ironforge is about 3/5ths of the way to Revered (still only Honoured). How in the world am I ever going to ride an off-race mount?
I took my Paladin to 47 before "Real Life™" took over and forced me to leave the beta. At 44, I was able to afford an off-race mount, a good ol' brown riding ram. We had some good times, that Ram and me... "Beeest friends!" *cough*
So -- here I am, level 50 with only my summonable and very mana inefficient Warhorse. I liked the utility of having a free mount (which allowed me to buy a mount for my brother who plays with me) but I liked the no-mana-cost in-the-box ram better. It's much more useful for farming herbs. Now, the money is piling up and I have enough for my Druid (who really doesn't need it that badly -- 40% run speed for free with travel form and 30% run speed in cat form: I'm laughing). For neither of these classes do I want their racial mounts. Seeing as my reputation gains are at a pace to be revered in Ironforge by 60, I will be no where near exaulted, even in Stormwind, to get that Ram.
How on earth am I supposed to gain enough reputation with Ironforge to ride a ram? Same goes for the Druid -- Horses don't appeal to me, and an Elf on a Cat, big deal. I've heard of repeatable quests, but what are they for Ironforge, how hard and how many times would I have to do this? I've seen a screenshot of a gnome on a big kitty, so I know it's doable for the cats at least.
EDIT: Doh, can't fix typos in the post-title/header. :(
I took my Paladin to 47 before "Real Life™" took over and forced me to leave the beta. At 44, I was able to afford an off-race mount, a good ol' brown riding ram. We had some good times, that Ram and me... "Beeest friends!" *cough*
So -- here I am, level 50 with only my summonable and very mana inefficient Warhorse. I liked the utility of having a free mount (which allowed me to buy a mount for my brother who plays with me) but I liked the no-mana-cost in-the-box ram better. It's much more useful for farming herbs. Now, the money is piling up and I have enough for my Druid (who really doesn't need it that badly -- 40% run speed for free with travel form and 30% run speed in cat form: I'm laughing). For neither of these classes do I want their racial mounts. Seeing as my reputation gains are at a pace to be revered in Ironforge by 60, I will be no where near exaulted, even in Stormwind, to get that Ram.
How on earth am I supposed to gain enough reputation with Ironforge to ride a ram? Same goes for the Druid -- Horses don't appeal to me, and an Elf on a Cat, big deal. I've heard of repeatable quests, but what are they for Ironforge, how hard and how many times would I have to do this? I've seen a screenshot of a gnome on a big kitty, so I know it's doable for the cats at least.
EDIT: Doh, can't fix typos in the post-title/header. :(
"Yay! We did it!"
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*