I don’t necessarily dislike dragonriding, I’ve been almost exclusively using it since was introduced, but I do wish they added a new speed bump to normal flying that you train/unlock through exploration/outdoor activities.
Dragonriding is fine, I just don’t see any extra thrill/challenge in pressing a button every 2-3 seconds or so and aiming the tip slightly downward to not lose momentum. Sometimes I just wanna aim the mount in the general direction I want to go to, or AFK mid-air in one spot without having to look around for a safe cliff. I probably had more fun doing some random drops - shapeshift mid-drop on my druid. And the second hand servers used to run WoW loading nodes and rare mobs after I already passed them don’t do any favors to dragonriding.
Maybe next expansion add a new flying rank that bumps speed to like 400-450%.
I agree, I think they should remove all mounts and let players interact with the world more.
Maybe have some grappling hooks, or introduce the ability to climb.