Serdude.6513

Thanks for the replies everyone. I fear that I might've given the impression that I was ignorant of how the mounts in this game work. Im fully aware that they have specific functions instead of looking pretty, and I'm even willing to admit they might seem to be the best implementation in recent memory. I'm more so coming from a place of bitterness because I enjoyed that this game had an emphasis on exploratiom but made you do it all on foot so you could appreciate the scenery and the journey, but then PoF comes out and flat out forces you to use mounts if you want to play at all. I dont ever look through the forums or anything so to me it seemed like a blindside. I begrudgingly finished the first few story quests and then never touched that xpac again. Anyways TLDR is I might have to accept this gane isn't for me anymore and move on. Thanks again for the replies though.

I don't know how I didn't think of the wiki. Thanks friend.

The tldr version is: I don't need them. I've played this game since beta, my buddy let me make a character on his account to play while he was at school and I loved it so much i eventually bought my own game to play at the same time as him. We both ran around and (at the time) 100% the map together. No other MMO made exploring feel this good, and it was all done without mounts, which in other games just served to clutter the world and trivialize the journey (in my opinion). So when PoF came along and flat out made it not possible to progress without the mounts, I resented that. And before anyone gets upset that I want them to take mounts away, it's the natural progression of an MMO to grow and add ways to traverse quicker. I just want the option to explore the world on foot. Even if it ends up being exasperating and frustrating.

Returning player here, havent really played since PoF came out and i was very disappointed with that expansion as a whole because it isnt possible to progress without the mounts. (But thats beside the point of this post) So far based on what I've read it seems that I might be able to enjoy this expac as someone who really doesn't want to use a mount at any point. But basically I'm trying to determine if its worth paying for an expansion that i may end up regretting like PoF. Any insight from someone more knowledgable than me would be appreciated.