Blizzard has once again changed its mind about World of Warcraft and the topic of flying.
Today a new part of the article series “Having a coffee with the devs” has been released. In it, Blizzard has revealed quite a significant surprise: Flying is allowed in Draenor!
The eternal back and forth – Now there is clarity!
“Flying is definitely coming.”
“There are no plans to allow flying in Draenor.”
“Flying will not be allowed in future expansions either.”
For a long time, there was great discussion about the topic of flying, and even Blizzard was unsure how exactly it should be handled. Now there is the nice certainty: Flying is coming to Draenor and probably also in future expansions! However, those who want to unpack their mount right away have to wait. It won’t be that easy.
The fundamental idea of flying in World of Warcraft has not changed. Many aspects are only exciting when completed on foot. A huge citadel seems much less interesting when you can just fly over it, and quest areas lose a lot of atmosphere. On the other hand, flying is an integral part of WoW. That’s why it is returning for all players who meet certain requirements.
Achievement as flight permission
With Patch 6.2, there will be the achievement “Pathfinder of Draenor“. This includes, among other things, the “Master of the Teachings” achievement, for which all main quest lines in Draenor must be completed. In addition, you must have found over 100 treasures, have “Securing Draenor” in your achievement log, and be respected among the three new factions of the Tanaan Jungle.
Those who meet all these requirements will then have to wait until a small subsequent patch (6.2.x) and can then fly in Draenor with all characters above level 90. This ensures that the developers make sure that everyone has at least “properly” explored the world once before they can skip everything in the skies.
When exactly the small extra patch will go live is not yet known, but players will likely be given several weeks to fully enjoy the new area before they can then skip it in fast flight.
