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World of Warcraftis removing Dragonriding Glyphs and Talents from the game inThe War Within, instead giving players all of their abilities for free. Rather than needing to collect Glyphs from across the Dragon Isles,World of Warcraftplayers will get all the traits and skills natively as soon as they unlock Dynamic Flying.
During BlizzCon,World of Warcraftrevealed The War Within, the first ofthree expansions that are a part ofWoW’s new Worldsoul Saga. The expansion will introduce tons of new features to the game, not the least of which is Dynamic Flying–the evergreen evolution of Dragonriding thatWorld of Warcraftis carrying forward fromDragonflight.
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However, it seems the new and improved Dynamic Flying system will be leaving behind a staple fromDragonflight’s Dragonriding.World of Warcraftcontent creator MrGM interviewed production director Michael Bybee and senior game designer Sean McCann at BlizzCon, during which he asked about Dynamic Flying. At the two-minute mark, Bybee confirmed Glyphs and Dragonriding Traits will be baked into the baseDynamic Flying experience inThe War Within.
“It’s just going to be part of Dynamic Flying. It’ll just be part of the kit. If you have Dynamic Flying, on any of the mounts that can use Dynamic flying–which is a lot of them, but not every one–you’ll just have all of those abilities, including the ones that are coming out in 10.2.”
Players knew Dynamic Flying was going to be carried over intoThe War Within, and thatWorld of Warcraftwas letting tons of new mounts use the new system. However, consideringDragonflightis becoming the new baseline leveling experience inWorld of Warcraft, most assumed players would still have to collect the Glyphs once on their account. The fact that all of these abilities–including thetraits added inWorld of WarcraftPatch 10.2–are becoming baseline features of Dynamic Flying meansThe War Withinwill be a great time for players who missedDragonflightto experience the full system.
It remains to be seen how new players will unlock Dynamic Flying afterThe War Within. Right now,World of Warcraftplayers automatically unlock normal Flyinguntil level 30, and Dragonriding inDragonflightat level 60. That said, since the new expansion may put characters on the Dragon Isles by level 10, it is possible players may be able to fly earlier inThe War Within, especially considering how hard traversing the Dragon Isles would be without it.
Either way,World of Warcraftfans can look forward to improvements to Dragonriding soon. In Patch 10.2.5,World of Warcraftis adding Dragonriding to the rest of the world, and inThe War Within, hundreds of new mounts, including Druid Flight forms, will be able to use Dynamic Flying as well. It seems traversing the skies of Azeroth will soon be better than ever before.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
