Here we go… Blizz done it again, Congratz Devs!
Dragonriding(Skyriding) Messes up the effects of mounts. Their visual effects doesn’t work on air. Let me share some mounts that doesn’t work.
Ashes of Al’ar - Trails doesn’t appear, it completely removes when you fly with Skyriding.
Iron Skyreaver (Shop Mount) - Engines doesn’t work and the fire won’t appear, it stays static and doesn’t even rotate on Skyriding. And we actually paid for this.
Jade, Bright Foreseer (Old 6-Months Mount/Shop Mount) - Water particles and raining effects doesn’t work with Skyriding aswell. And we paid for this aswell.
Swift Windsteed - It has cloud underneath normally, it doesn’t work with Skyriding aswell. It removes when you fly with Skyriding.
Cindermane Charger - Fire effects removes with Skyriding. And they actually add some dissolve effects on it, i think it’s not a bug they just wanted to do this and we don’t know why.
Smoldering Ember Wyrm - Fire effects on chin doesn’t work aswell with Skyriding.
So guys the thing is as a Game Developer and Designer i know how easy to fix these things. Blizzard lost the passion on this it’s not just a small bug, believe me. It shows that they are not trying their best and this is so sad. They hyped us for different features in the past but we always see some hypekiller issues. Once you lost passion, it becomes this. My message to Blizz Devs, if you’re not enjoying what you do, please don’t interrupt our joys aswell. Do what you love, or don’t.
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Only logged in briefly, noticed my normal mounts were dragonflying now, does look a bit janky I have to say.
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Could it be that we are not actually moving when we use these mounts as dragonriding mounts? That we are just teleporting around the map and it is all a camera effect?
But I agree it kind of looks budget cutty. The polish is not there, I dont know how else to put it.
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well, they had a ton of mounts to convert to skyriding. TBH I think they did a good job of getting so many of them up in the air at superfast speeds!
Hopefully they are still working on the fine tuning when it comes to mount effects.
Personally my main is ‘riding’ a kite and its really good. The so called ‘janky’ movements just make you feel like a paper areoplane caught in an air current!
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You are right but this is not an indie company, there must be way to fix this. I am pretty sure that they just not care at all.
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Awhhh booo! The shiny effects are gone indeed 
Blizzard I demand justice!
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They owe us an explanation about the feature, we are not blind. I am agree with you, they did a great work. But if you promise for a feature you can’t take the feature that i already have for 10 years.
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Blizzard challenge to implement a feature without immediately breaking it, adding unnecessary limitations or convoluted conditions - impossible.
They have never once managed to do this.
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I mean, they would have to redo to effects to fit the new flying animations. That’s a lot of work.
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Honestly, It’s not really such a bad thing. Those trails such as the Al’ar ones would really cause a mess on your screen.
It’s for the best this change.
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If they solve this the company will see a new age and millions of players aswell.
They aware but just don’t want to see it. I am pretty sure that major changes are scary but it’s necessary for this company.
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The trails are actually one of the reasons i use that mount, it’s one of the things that makes it special and stand out from others.
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Felsteel annihilator doesn’t close its cockpit cover when flying with skyriding.
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I respect people find it pretty. But when you have all the other onscreen animations when using Dragonriding or whatever it’s called now, it will be a bit much.
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After adding this feature players can disable through options. Right now you can cancel some screen animations aswell. They just unsee it.
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they’ve been bragging about how much they worked on 100+ mounts getting dragonriding but it’s really underwhelming. another half cooked feature from blizz. icons are still dragon-themed even tho it’s called skyriding that bothers me as well as the effect issues. some mounts glitch , the worst one i noticed was the diablo 4 mount
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We can even hear Dragon Wings effect when we fly. I am flying with my mechanic mount and i hear dragon wings…
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Horse mount animations are kinda wierd. I don’t really like how they fly up.
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The flames on Trueblood Firehawk and similar mounts are messed up as well, most flames/polygons with flame animation are pointing in wrong directions. Looks horrible. Reported that over a month ago on beta…
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That is ridiculous 
This thing or feature needs a lot of polish…
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