I mean I’m all for it. Normal mounts feel slow as fudge now so I’d only ever use it for hovering AFK when I can’t find a safe enough mountain to perch on. But if people truly are incapable of piloting a dragonriding mount then I’m fine with normal mounts being there as an accessibility option.
But good god why would anyone use a regular flapper to get around now unless some kind of disability was preventing them? Dragonriding feels so damn good, if you’re having issues grab an addon, get all the glyphs. Maintaining 100% uptime is easy. Play the game.
All glyphs unlocked and it’s still honestly a pain in the backside to the point even ground mount running is better. Honestly why they couldn’t have let us just have our flying mounts from day 1 is beyond me let alone wait until a future patch. Apart from world movement dragonriding is useless if you actually think about it.
You can’t DR or even use flying at all in pvp, dungeons or raids anyway. So unless they plan on introducing it in those aspects of the game which make up most of the content people do (Outside of crafting/gathering) it’s a gimmick and we’re allowed to have our opinions that it sucks while others are allowed to say it’s the best thing since the invention of the wheel.
At least not using DF I don’t miss things and actually see the surrounding area’s that takes up GB’s of space on my hard drive that the dev’s worked on. Unlike those who want to zoom everywhere at the speed of light.
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I’m glad you mentioned disability. I play with a laptop and I have ADHD so sitting still for long enough to play with a mouse plugged in is really difficult for me, I fidget far too much.
I’m really disappointed that dragonriding is mandatory. Its almost impossible to control with the touchpad of my laptop and I didn’t see any way of binding the up/down controls to keys or anything in the options, so I’m stumped. The only thought I’ve had is that maybe it can be bound to a gamepad somehow but that still isn’t an option for everyone.
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To be fair the revamped profession system in Dragonflight also eliminates the Druid advantage in gathering. I unlocked my specialisation for mining today and one of those talents unlocks the ability to gather while mounted, I assume herbalism will have one too. Looking forward to getting that and pairing it with fully upgraded dragonriding. Going to feel great being able to blitz around the zones mining every node in sight, feels like a perfect fit for my Dwarf.
You have me seal of approval
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I would like the ordinary flying as well, not because I dislike the dragonflying, but being disabled, I have a hard time doing the flyingabout with the soaring and what not. So unless someone want to sponsor me a mouse which can be made so that me as a disabled person can acess this easily then sure do not impliment it.
I can see it from the ordinary point of view, that it is a great feature, its fun for those who can do it, those who master it can have a highspeed, all respect to you. Otherwise make the gryphontaxies free of charge for the flying. Had to resort to childlabour to get the bareminium of the dragonflyingthingmadings done. But as far as I know, childlabor isn’t allowed due to some childlabour constitution from somewhere it’s not allowed is it?
Regardless, can we please have it back? Or can you sponsor me a fancyfine mouse so I can give it a go?
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Do you have any other compelling arguments? 
Looking at your activity this is all you write. Are you a bot?
At first, i hated the dragonriding. But after some upgrades, and improved skills, it feels amazing! but, i would love to be able to toggle between dragonriding and normal flying mount, on my cool dragon. why? Because flying around in tesla plaid ludacris-mode all the time, makes it stressful to actually just enjoy the new, beautiful continent. There are so much eyecandy here, that i cannot fully enjoy, because i cant hover, i cant slow down properly… Also, flying short distances feels like a sprint, with a crashlanding… And thats not good when i try to land on a mountaintop or small ledge or tower. If i miss, i have to wait for vigor to recgarge again to get back up, and hope i hit the spot next time. I wanna fly slow over this world, enjoy it, look a all the scenery, the cool mobs. And i wanna do “autorun” on my mount, so i can sit back, enjoy my cup of tea and just chill for a sec. So please, let us be able to toggle it on /off. But, no need to activate the other mounts i have, i dont need them. I just need my dragon to be more capable! 
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I agree dragon riding is not for everyone and that’s ok. Normal flying will come in with a later patch like it usually does, my only concern then is that people will complain that dragon riding needs to be nerfed because normal flyers can’t keep up. I know that Blizz likely won’t change it as it’s an expansion feature but personally, I’d like to see them carry it forward and improve it.
If they improved it and didn’t make it mandatory in future patches/expac’s that’s fine, I personally would like that as it gives those that do enjoy it that choice to use it while the rest of us can use our other flying mounts.
Yes normal flying is coming in a patch and i’l be going back to that even at 310% flight speed is more than fast enough. No one is asking for nerf’s to DR honestly keep it as it is or even as an idea let the player choose the speed they wish to travel at on their DR mounts within a setting in the options or via an in game customization option like you can currently if you want to take a passenger or not. It wouldn’t change or take away anything from the current DR system. and it’s not like they have to create any new animations or anything for a dragon going at a lower speed.
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I am almost pleased that all those mounts I have been farming for YEARS didn’t drop, it 's a shame to not be able to use them now ehh?
I do feel a little bit of sympathy for those folks that have spent half their lives farming them only to not be able to use them now.
I hope at some point Blizzard WILL let us use normal flying mounts tho, as with other things ingame, I would like to be able to choose how I play the game as much as possible.
That said, the new mounts are pretty cool to use.
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Dragonriding is simply a goof and gimmick way to control aspects of flying. These barely qualify as dragons, they can’t fly properly - they rely more on momentum and gliding. Very little actual flying is achieved when mounting these things (If any). It isn’t real flying as such as eventually (pretty soon) after you take off you’ll be grounded again, due to either no momentum or your dragon simply can’t be bothered to or move its wings.
Pretty much all that Dragonriding is: A GLORIFIED glider.
That’s it. Doesn’t matter about the fancy (not really but eh) “mechanics” involved, this is a dumbed-down way to stop you flying too much.
Pretty much like what they tried to do with Warlords of Draenor flying - tell the playerbase they don’t want flying, well the playerbase told them we don’t want your game then - and that flooped - hard. Regardless of what you want in game, the majority of players want flying and are willing to stop playing because of it. History has proven this.
To sum it up: Dragonriding is a cunning manner to more control flight in game. It’s lazy in its design, it’s a terrible system, and not enjoyable whatsoever. It is NOT flying, it’s simply a glider - a more “advanced” glider.
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If it was another expansion you wouldn’t be able to fly at all until a few patches down the line after completing pathfinder.
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I have a works-injury in my arm, which makes it very painful for me to use a mouse for any length of time, and even after only a couple of days with dragonflying, I am ready to cancel my subscription and give up altogether on World of Warcraft. I have tried controlling the dragonflying with my alternative to a mouse, but it is very haphazard. Why should I be forced to hurt myself by someone who has not taken such considerations into account? Some of us are physically challenged in RL, and this needs to be taken into account.
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People should be gratefull we can even glide lol. Imagine if we were stuck on ground mounts like all the expansions since WoD.
It is taken into account. The leveling and end game can be done even without the gliding but without it you are stuck to your ground mount and the flight paths as always. You know Blizzard never is releasing flying with the start of expansion. So the gliding is just of convenience for those who want to use it.
The zones in my opinion are the same size as WoD and people did all that expansion grounded. I don’t see any difference between WoD and DF if you don’t want to use the gliding.
Lots of players get motion sickness from dragonriding. That’s a good reason to unlock normal flying now. And all the other expansions was made so you could do all the quests with a ground mount. Dragonflight is made for flying and you can’t get on top of a pillar without flying.
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The trouble with DF is if you have even the slightest lag, it becomes a bit difficult to navigate and regenerate. I often find that even if I am at an angle I am not regenerating and end up crash landing. And I would like normal flying too, simply for farming reasons. As I said before, they can restrict any DF activities to dragon mounts only. It is really that simple, and should have been a choice from the start!
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I suffer from motion sickness. I also feel sick when things on the screen move or flash at very high speed. Dragonriding should be optional and there should be normal flying too.
In various groups it’s mentioned that this is one of the most disability-unfriendly expansion so far.
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Exactly. Flying normal mounts is much easier and we can control them much better.
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