Highlights
- Skyriding in WoW: The War Within gets streamlined updates, making dynamic flying easier and more approachable than ever.
- Dragonriding remains popular among players with the new Skyriding mechanics and talents in WoW: The War Within.
- Blizzard might make changes in the Pre-Patch for WoW: The War Within, which is speculated to arrive shortly after WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria ends.
Skyriding, the new form of Dragonriding in World of Warcraft: The War Within, recently got some streamlined updates on the alpha. These improvements will make the dynamic flying system overhaul in World of Warcraft’s new expansion easier to use and more approachable than ever.
Though Dragonflight has been full of popular new features, none became as lauded among players as Dragonriding. With the announcement of The War Within, World of Warcraft confirmed Dragonriding would be carried forward as an evergreen mechanic, first naming the new system Dynamic Flying, and now Skyriding.
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Now that several builds of the World of Warcraft: The War Within alpha have been rolled out over the past couple of months, fans have first-hand experience of what Skyriding will look at. The new Skyriding talent tree is streamlined and straightforward, with almost half of the nodes, like Redirection, Dragonrider’s Initiative, and Airborne Recovery, having been removed, while others were baked into their base system. Players can access this new talent tree, as well as the ability to change between normal flying and Skyriding, directly from the Mount tab in the Collections interface.
Skyriding Talents in World of Warcraft: The War Within
Talent | Tier | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Take to the Skies | 1 | +1 Vigor (4 Total) |
Dynamic Stretching | 2 | Regain Vigor on the ground faster |
Second Wind | 2 | Activate to regain Vigor |
Thrill Chaser | 2 | Vigor regeneration at high speeds increased |
Restorative Travels | 3 | Regain Vigor on the ground faster |
Aerial Halt | 4 | Stop in midair, hovering briefly |
Ground Skimming | 4 | Regain Vigor when flying near the ground |
Dragonriding Learner | 5 | +1 Vigor (5 Total) |
Beyond Infinity | 6 | +1 Vigor (6 Total) |
Yearning for the Sky | 6 | Regain Vigor on the ground faster |
At Home Aloft | 6 | Vigor regeneration at high speeds increased |
Riding Along Enabled/Inactive | Free | Enable/disable Ride Along mechanic |
Whirling Surge/Lightning Rush | Free | Choice between two abilities |
World of Warcraft has also dramatically expanded the number of flying mounts that can be used for Skyriding. Previously, it had claimed over 440 World of Warcraft mounts could use the new flying system. However, as of its most recent build, only five World of Warcraft flying mounts can’t use Skyriding: the Golden Discus, Mogu Hazeblazer, Otherworldly Ottuk Carrier, Red Flying Cloud, and Sky Surfer. That said, the majority of these are new mounts from WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, so they will probably get Skyriding before The War Within launches, especially since several of them share models with ones that can use it.
Dragonriding Glyphs from WoW: Dragonflight can still be obtained around the Dragon Isles, but they are now only for achievement collecting, and no longer provide points to be spent on the Skyriding Talent tree. The new Skyriding Proficiency points are unlocked periodically throughout the leveling process; with 11 points required to fill out the tree, players will presumably get one every 5 levels from levels 15 through 70. Two nodes – one that enables the Ride Along feature, and another that lets players choose between Whirling Surge and Lightning Rush – require no points to learn.
Removed Dragonriding Talents
Talent | Effect |
|---|---|
Airborne Recovery | Regain Vigor when using Aerial Halt at high speeds |
Airborne Tumbling | Whirling Surge evades Wingshredders and dismounts players |
Dragonrider's Initiative | Deal damage to nearby enemies when landing at fast speeds |
Ohn'ahra's Gusts | Surge Forward evades obstacles in races |
Redirection | Surge Forward improved at low speeds |
Skyrider's Compassion | Gain a movement speed and a damage shield when landing |
Skyrider's Cultivation | Regain Vigor when gathering |
Skyrider's Hunt | Regain Vigor when defeating enemies |
Players can expect these changes to come in the World of Warcraft: The War Within Pre-Patch. Many speculate this content update will arrive on August 20, the day after WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria ends, so it may only be a few more months until fans can take their favorite mounts into the skies.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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.
- Franchise
- Warcraft
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Released
- November 28, 2022
- Developer(s)
- Blizzard , Activision
- Publisher(s)
- Blizzard , Activision
