Returning, thinking of pre-purchase SL

[Shaddiz-nagrand]

Me and my wife is thinking about returning to WoW after being absent for a while. Now regarding this, we’re thinking about pre-purchasing SL. Now in this matter, as one get a 120 boost token, Does anyone know what happens regarding flying in different zones?
As you all know, when a new expansion is coming, the older ones is more or less dead, leaving the new system for flying in dreanor, Legion, BfA an almost impossible task for one or maybe two players ( unless you start doing all this after you hit max level ).

So the question here is, are we getting flying in the older expansion when pre-purchasing SL of any of the editions? Or do we have to grind all, get rep … 100 world quests/bosses and what not ( that will show harder as they are build on more than one player )

[Fahratt-burning-legion]

You have to grind your pathfinder achievments all the way.

[Osangar-aszune (Osangar)]

To actually answer the question, I believe it is all going to change once SL actually hits which will make things easier.

If you are both planning on using your 120 boosts you’re not going to need to worry about unlocking flying in previous expansion zones so I am guessing that you’re possibly not telling us the whole truth here and that this is just another gripe thread about pathfinder in outdated expansions.

[Alewín-argent-dawn]

@Shaddiz-nagrand

we’re thinking about pre-purchasing SL

Remember there’s another 5-6 months of BfA, plenty of time to ensure SL appeals to you without offering extra money to Blizz just yet

I believe you will not get free flying from a boost; boosting to 110 certainly did not get me Legion flying. However, once SL launches, the level squish also seems like it will remove region-by-region flying unlocks. You’ll get it at 30, regardless of rep with the local factions.

My advice; don’t worry about it. 110-120 is very fast now, and you do not need flying in old zones. You really don’t spend enough time there for it to matter. Even in Legion, 5 levels can be done by following your Artifact, the other 5 can be dungeons, and now you’re never going back

Edit: and I’m a person who recently decided to grind 1500 Legion pet tokens without having flying in the Broken Isles. Even with the running around, it would not have been worth doing those rep grinds. I could never have saved enough time by having flying to make it worth the effort.

[Souldefíler-silvermoon (Souldefíler)]

I’m liking this purely for the fact that the OP has used the correct terminology, as in PRE-PURCHASE!!!

[Shaddiz-nagrand]

The thing is, as I have a 110, and it took me a loooong time ( I am very casual ) to get flying in Legion ( I got it after BfA came out ) … and our token is only for one char … we are planning to have a max level of each Alliance and Horde. And my wife doesn’t have even flying in Draenor, as she moved to EU from US, and had to open an new account here. Also, as my wife love collection mounts, we will most likely be stuck in older expansion for a while, and it will be harder without any flying…
So I have to tell you, that this IS the whole truth, and it’s not another gripe about pathfinder ( in what I actually had very much fin with in Draenor, but not so much in Legion, being very late to the party… ) As of that, I am worried about even being able to get it done at a later point…

[Critzer-mograine]

When Shadowlands comes out, you’ll no longer need Draenor or Legion pathfinder to fly in Draenor or Broken Isles.
Once you hit lvl 30, you get expert riding and that will teach you Draenor & Legion flying as well.
You will need BFA pathfinder to fly in BFA though.

Flying Update in Shadowlands

With the major changes coming to leveling characters from 10-50 in Shadowlands, we want to make sure that there is a navigational parity among all of the different expansions you can choose while questing. In the next version of the Shadowlands Alpha that will appear this week, testers are going to see an intentional change coming to Shadowlands for a couple of older Pathfinder achievements. Specifically, the flight training rewards from Draenor Pathfinder and Broken Isles Pathfinder, Part Two …

[Shaddiz-nagrand]

I did not find that info lol. Thank you so much for pasting this one in.
Now we can chill, and hopefully do the pathfinders at leisure … as the mounts is something she wants lol
Again, Thank you all who replied, for info you have given!

[Dranaio-terokkar]

@Shaddiz-nagrand

And my wife doesn’t have even flying in Draenor

Draenor Flying can be done from 0% to 100% in a day if you buy reputation tokens from the Auction House. If you can afford them.
WoD Timewalking is coming soon, you can buy reputation from the Timewalking Vendors with Timewarped badges too.

[Shaddiz-nagrand]

hehe, we are way to casual to even have 50k gold between us
We play for the fun … not caring for the gold or anything

[Osangar-aszune (Osangar)]

Well I’m sorry then but you’re going to have to wait then as from what I recall pathfinder is staying until SL drops.

[Steamedhams-frostmane]

@Dranaio-terokkar

Draenor Flying can be done from 0% to 100% in a day if you buy reputation tokens from the Auction House. If you can afford them.

This saved me a bunch of time. Just finished the Pathfinder yesterday by buying 18 Medallions of the Legion for around 101k. Totally recommended if you want the achievement and mount without killing yourself with dailies.
The rest of the achievements aren’t too difficult to get, and I believe you can get around the assault timegates by buying the scouting missives (I think they’re called).