| | | | | significantly for high level alts. |
| LOL!!! Northrend Flying Mounts Changes were | | | | This change would be in line with the other mount |
| discovered on the Patch 3.2 PTR, let’s have a look | | | | changes that will be taking place in Patch 3.2. Blizzard |
| togather now. | | | | clearly has an aim here to make leveling alts easier, |
| A little surprise on the Patch 3.2 PTR was discovered | | | | principally by allowing various levels of mount flying |
| this evening. The Cold Weather Flying training, which | | | | sooner. |
| previously had to be purchased for each character | | | | We’ll keep you updated on any blue response to |
| that wanted to fly in Northrend is now available as a | | | | this very interesting development. |
| Bind on Account book purchasable at the exotic | | | | Update 1:15 a.m. EDT: |
| mounts vendor in Dalaran. | | | | Guess what! Zarhym responded just a short time ago |
| The Use text is a little odd in that it notes the “tome | | | | to a thread on the official forums clarifying the change. |
| is consumed when read.” To me that means that | | | | It looks like this could very well be making it onto the |
| the book is only a one use thing, which is a departure | | | | live servers. Zarhym said: |
| from current BoA items. And why have a level 68 | | | | Just to confirm, Tome of Cold Weather Flight is |
| requirement on this and not the normal Cold Weather | | | | actually a new heirloom item planned to go into patch |
| Flying training? If you’re 68 you’re likely to be | | | | 3.2. At level 80 players can buy this heirloom item from |
| able to get to Dalaran anyways these days. | | | | the Cold Weather Flying Trainer in Dalaran for 1,000 |
| But wait Did you see it? You might have missed it. | | | | gold and send it to an alt of the same realm, faction |
| It shows level 68 being the required level, not level 77. | | | | and account. The tome can be used to learn Cold |
| Did Northrend just become accessible to flying at level | | | | Weather Flying at level 68, consuming the tome in the |
| 68 instead of 77? If these PTR changes are for real, | | | | process. |
| then it just did. Of course this is the PTR so such | | | | Please note this feature is not yet in the newest |
| things are subject to change. Don’t go bugging the | | | | version of the public test realm patch notes updated |
| Blues and tell them that we said it was happening. It | | | | today. The item and its functionality are subject to |
| might very well not make it into the final version of | | | | change during the testing process. |
| Patch 3.2. | | | | Note that the cost shown in the picture (900g) is due |
| But with that said, one possible explanation for the Use | | | | to the faction discount. |
| text on the tome is that the book is intended to be | | | | So, here is the end of the article, Northrend Flying |
| purchased by a high level character and then sent to | | | | Mounts Changes. |
| an alt, thus speeding up the leveling process | | | | |