I currently level outside the campaign, i.e. side quests and while not having reached level 70 I am rather miffed that I cannot use druid flight form.
Maybe it sounds too strong when I say that I feel cheated by Blizzard since druid flight form is an integral part of this class.
What would be your take on this?
I miss it more than anything else tbh. My dragons all look bad because I do not bother doing the reputation, and I only really like the Highland Drake, so I am double shafted.
I feel you, brother-in-arms. Dito.
There have been discussions on the forums regarding regular flying mounts and it has been suggested that these might be introduced at a later stage.
However, druid flight mode is so interwoven with its class that they can easily feel short-changed for not being able to use it.
Lets do a little questline and at the end we learn how to shapeshift into a draconic form; suited for dragonriding, without a dragon 
Man I loved the green fire warlock questline. Never understood why we didnt have more of its kind.
Nice idea, but Evokers might object to other classesâ poaching^^
Besides, as a Zandalari you should have the unique Bat Flight form, no-one else has 
I just see that my purple keeps its nice shine 
guess its a split 50/50.
I dont miss the amount of bots abused Flight form for Herbing.
I do miss being able to Zoom around as a bird without having to worry about dismounting.
While I agree with the points you raised I still see it as a particular disadvantage for one particular class, i.e. druids. In my book that goes down as sort of unfair.
Of course, an expansion that is so tied to a new class and its theme tends to curtail previous privileges which taken as a game strategy was not well thought through, imo.
But then again, I am the type of person that favours options and choices and I would have loved to see Blizzard offer the player two or three ways to reach level 70 without suffering any disadvantages. Just a thought
a disadvantage how?
We had a Advantage that we lost (Which is annoying, and sad yes, its been apart of druid for a long time)
weâve been made even with other classes, there is no disadvantage.
Druids should have a Dragon flight form. That other players can ride along with.
This means they can bring a pet priest along for the adventure.
I beg to differ, since DH can still glide which is right, because it is their special trait. To take it from them is serious meddling with their class. Same with druids, i.e. we can fly in various forms and so it should be.
For me, like those who play druid as a main character not an alt, it might be more disturbing. Flight form was one of its main attractions why I chose it in the first place. And now? 
just like Teldrassil: over and out?
NIce idea⌠and convenient, innit?^^ Mind you, Dragon flight form should remain the Evokerâs gem, donât you think?
well it is a little disadvantageous because of the shape shifting that is always involved.
How do ppl play the overwolrd outside of DF? You fly into a pack, press your aoes, loot, mount up, rinse and repeat; As a druid you fly into a pack, SHAPESHIFT, press your aoes, loot and mount up a little faster.
Now in DF you keep the shapeshifting disatvantage and lose the mount up faster âmake up for itâ. Ultimately putting druid at a disatvantage compared to every other class.
Its not an end of the world kind of thing. But imho this kills the flow and doing wq as druid is just way less fun to play than before DF 
I believe stuff like that will come back, just not in the first season. Itâs normal.
That said, I do, and enjoy every time I need to fly to the old dungeons
You are right of course.
and we have a Glyph which allows us to glide, glide isnt a advantage for DH, because it just mimics Levitate.
but. glide offers 0 Advantage im afraid, it just doesnt. its too widely open for other classes to pick up.
flight form, itself was overpowered, that isnt to say we should lose it, but u by default, will win in Gathering, full stop. the markets urs to dominate because theres no class in the game that can equalise in efficency as u could.
thats not a reason to lose it ofcourse. however theres no disadvantage at all.
Glide isnt Unique to DH, it isnt something you have to be a DH For. however, Druid is the only class u can bot farm with, aswell as its the unanimous winner across the entire board, to the extent we all have Druid alts to gather.
its not over and out though, like every other expansion since WoD, flightmaster, is introduced later into the expansion, weâll get normal flying, its simply curently in the period where it isnt active. i think the fact we got a form of flying from the start seems to have swayed image here.
flightmaster, still very much exists. weâll be waiting til the expansions a year old to earn it.
how exactly are u at a disadvantage?.. u Fly in the exact same identical manner to every other class, u lost a Pure advantage where u by default were the only choice in terms of superiority to open world farming. thats not being at a âDisadvantageâ. thats getting balanced lol.
Well, it is for me, e.g. when I am high up and want to âdescendâ without killing my char. I personally found it useful and I cannot recall any other class who has that option. And I mean glide not flap^^ Besides gliding can be far more target orientated than âslow fallâ could ever manage.
When I was speaking of disadvantage I did not even think of farming. Itâs a good point you raised, though, and a sad one, since bots should not really be part of this game. Never had one, never will.
Tanzbaer made an interesting contribution which I can but agree with.
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Other example: with druid flight form I cannot be dismounted by an enemy. On a normal mount I can. With druid flight form I can take damage (and usually complete what I came for) and just leave.
Furthermore, done right, I can pick up quest items real close to the enemy without interference. On a regular mount, you tend to trigger the enemy, take damage and with some rotten luck get dismounted too.
When I got my flight license so to speak in SL I deliberately compared the time my druid and my hunter did the zones. I think I do not need to tell you who was notably faster?
Bro you keep writing these very unintelligent responses and arguments:
1st, âI dont miss the amount of bots abused Flight form for Herbing.â - Bots do it the same way just in Dragonriding, they dont need to dismount in order to pick herbs or mines.
2nd , âa disadvantage how?
We had a Advantage that we lost (Which is annoying, and sad yes, its been apart of druid for a long time)
weâve been made even with other classes, there is no disadvantage.â"
Every class has its unique outdoor ability they cannot use in rated PvP, rogues got the jumping bag of coins and shroud, paladins have lay on hands and 2 extra mounts + aura mastery, warlocks also have 2 extra mounts + doom ritual, and so on and so on, fly form was what druids ALWAYS had.
3th âwe have a Glyph which allows us to glide, glide isnt a advantage for DH, because it just mimics Levitate.â
Do we ? or do you? you play boomkin, this is a boomkin trait. Also DH glide is completely different from Flap stop being ridiculous.
and lastly 4th:
light form, itself was overpowered, that isnt to say we should lose it, but u by default, will win in Gathering, full stop. the markets urs to dominate because theres no class in the game that can equalise in efficency as u could.
thats not a reason to lose it ofcourse. however theres no disadvantage at all.
Glide isnt Unique to DH, it isnt something you have to be a DH For. however, Druid is the only class u can bot farm with, aswell as its the unanimous winner across the entire board, to the extent we all have Druid alts to gather.
its not over and out though, like every other expansion since WoD, flightmaster, is introduced later into the expansion, weâll get normal flying, its simply curently in the period where it isnt active. i think the fact we got a form of flying from the start seems to have swayed image here.
flightmaster, still very much exists. weâll be waiting til the expansions a year old to earn it.
how exactly are u at a disadvantage?.. u Fly in the exact same identical manner to every other class, u lost a Pure advantage where u by default were the only choice in terms of superiority to open world farming. thats not being at a âDisadvantageâ. thats getting balanced lol.
I do miss flying about as a bird on my druid, picking flowers.
I miss ALOT
âŚinstant cast flying p00p is better than best looking mount existant with cast time.
I miss it terribly. But this is the expansion where Blizzard are taking a back seat with Druids.
The next expansion which is Emerald Dream based, will have a focus on Druids. They will change Guardian, make new forms, make flight form relevent again
We just have to sit this expansion out sadly and wait.
O god yes, the emerald dream here I come.