Why can’t we dismount the taxi service whenever we wish to do so, if something of interest pops up while traveling from a flight master to another?
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Because that would be a really nice thing to add and Blizzard does not want us to have nice things.
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You can interput your flight and go to the nearest flight point.
But thats all you can do.
Cus it would reduce the amount of time you play in the game. There is a guy at Blizz, I am sure that designs the flight paths to take the maximum amount of time. Why else would you circle a landing station when you could actually fly straight there.
Its just part of the game. Also if you logged out or disconnected during flight you would fall to your doom, instead of returning to the flight location, flying as you do. In Archeage when on the flying ship if disconnected you will fall to your death when you log back in. Not good I can tell you, but then you can also jump off the ship.
Because that’s not what the flight paths are designed for? If you want to stop on the way you can always walk or ride your own mount. Flight Paths are made to facilitate quick travel from point A to point B.
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People would dismount and glide to certain places, saving time and effort that you usually put into getting there.
That’s not reason tbh
You chose to take the leisurely option, so it accommodates that… you seeing a Rare you need for an achievement is usually a tease, as it’s not usually there if you retrace your steps; it’s usually just showing you where said Rare ‘would’ be, when it spawns.
I remember back in the day when this was asked in the first year, and one of the devs(Yes, they actually were on the EU forums replying to stuff) said that if a Taxi bird/Bat were to arrive without their passenger, they would be SEVERELY punished by their handlers.
That was the explanation given anyway =P
And it makes sense if you think about it, so there it is.
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It’s as good reason as any other. This is how it has been from the start of the game and back then they really were time savers. They’re essentially the more immersive quick travel system of WoW rather than outright teleportation like in the Elder Scrolls series.
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We could always leave a note.
“Yo, I jumped, peace.”
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You can’t exit a commercial plane while in flight…
The real reason is most likely so people can’t glide down from mid-flight to save time - historically wow wasn’t built for flying (fixed since), and not all of the world was fully built back in classic.
Gameplay wise, it would allow too much freedom from what the taxi service is meant to offer. It’s really that simple. They don’t want you dropping down when ever, and where ever you please without any restriction. They want some ground travel for you to experience content.
I think this is one of the compromises between letting us have a whistle until we achieve pathfinders to fly in content without the need for them.
in old continents where flying is allowed, let this happen. it can only mean MORE fun, MORE exploring, more RPG feeling and less TIME-SINK feeling
Just join arena or something and it will definitely dismount you in the absolutely highest point with closest spirit healer being only 4 resurrection sicknesses away …
“yo, he tried to eat me so i jumped off” XD
I have to admit I don’t pay attention to the game when I’m on a flight path. I tend to be on my other monitor looking at other things. At least when we get flying we can take off/land or simply go investigate whatever we want 
Then I’d never get anywhere as I’d leap from the gryphon every time I saw some Anchor Weed…
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