World of Warcraft: Dragonflighthas launched to the chaos that befits aWorld of Warcraftexpansion, and if there is one feature that players seem to be passionately obsessed about, it’s Dragonriding. Ever sinceThe Burning Crusadeintroduced flying mounts to the game, they have irreversibly altered the way outdoor content was designed inWorld of Warcraft. For example,Wrath of the Lich Kinghad zones accessible solely by the virtue of having Cold Weather Flying, andWarlords of Draenortried to lock its flyingbehind the expansion’s patch and content progression.
Dragonflight, on the other hand – in keeping with the name – not only embraces flying mounts, but it transforms them through Dragonriding into a much more engaging and dynamic experience. It is no hyperbole to say that many players consider it to be thebest featureWorld of Warcraftimplementedin over a decade. It is earnest and pure in its design, and there’s no grand scheme to its existence. It’s just fun. Coming from the bloated “systems expansion” that wasShadowlands,Dragonflightis refreshingly simple by comparison.
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World of Warcraftplayers are posting their impressions across all social media, and a thought pattern that accompanies their excitement is loudly emerging: Dragonriding makes legacy flying inWorld of Warcraftobsolete. After coming back from the Dragon Isles and finding themselves in the old Azeroth zones, players find the experience so lackluster by comparison.
A video prophetically posted by Rigman on the officialWorld of Warcraftsubreddit is no less true today than it was seven months ago, and with players hoping that Dragonriding mechanics make their way into the rest of the game, the path forward seems clear. Blizzard Entertainment will have to find some way to implement Dragonriding across the board. Just as The Burning Crusade opened Pandora’s Box when it introduced flying mounts, so too didDragonflightirrevocably change the game with its Dragonriding. There is no going back –anyWorld of Warcraftexpansionthat comes after will have to build its zones with Dragonriding in mind.
To get the most out of Dragonriding on the Dragon Isles,World of Warcraftplayers will need to collect all forty-eight glyphs scattered throughout the zones – with each zone having twelve glyphs for players to find. Luckily for them, the community is rife with guides on how to accomplish this, and for the truly elite,defeating Raszageth in Vault of the Incarnateson Mythic difficulty will award them with a Dragonriding skin in her likeness.
