Well from someone who bought GW2 when it first came out, but then didn't play it until a couple of months back, and was a mount collector in WoW, which I played for 10 years I would like to see the flying changed in GW. I like the idea of not being able to zoom across the maps without controls, but I think the present processes for the flying mounts could be simpler. I saw one comment here that suggested a stamina bar that allowed you to fly at the same altitude but would require some way of resting to replenish the lost stamina, but if you overplay your time and run out of stamina, mount disappears and you need to glide to safety to remount. That way you could fly up to where you wished, to the glass ceiling, and didn't have to keep losing altitude without using the present convoluted dives and awkward switching, to gain a little altitude, at the same time requiring the player to find roosting places to rest. I had mounts from the very beginning in WoW as soon as I qualified and only left in the summer of last year as the content became more and more cinematic watching, and less playing my characters. I experienced many times over, the story lines of both factions, as I had a large number of characters with different skills. I never felt leaving WoW had anything to do with allowing flying and in fact had over 250 mounts in my collection as well as continually replaying the story lines. Yes you can skip content but you only really do that with your high level characters who have completed it, while your younger inexperienced characters tended to fly to quest lines and npcs quest givers, missing out the continual fighting, interfering with your ability to carry on the stories as you build your character, thus avoiding the repetitive killing required by not being able to fly. So to wind up here I would like to see doing away with the rather, in my humble opinion, convoluted and unnecessary design of the present flying mechanics, and introducing a stamina based system which would require resting at chosen spots while your stamina replenished before continuing, running out of stamina could vanish your mount and you would need to enter the glide mode to go somewhere safe if possible. Failing that a slower loss of height as you fly with the Griffon mount as it exists. I cannot speak for the Skyscale as I have as yet to start on that what seems a longer and more tortuous path to master than the Griffon.
Well from someone who bought GW2 when it first came out, but then didn't play it until a couple of months back, and was a mount collector in WoW, which I played for 10 years I would like to see the flying changed in GW. I like the idea of not being able to zoom across the maps without controls, but I think the present processes for the flying mounts could be simpler. I saw one comment here that suggested a stamina bar that allowed you to fly at the same altitude but would require some way of resting to replenish the lost stamina, but if you overplay your time and run out of stamina, mount disappears and you need to glide to safety to remount. That way you could fly up to where you wished, to the glass ceiling, and didn't have to keep losing altitude without using the present convoluted dives and awkward switching, to gain a little altitude, at the same time requiring the player to find roosting places to rest. I had mounts from the very beginning in WoW as soon as I qualified and only left in the summer of last year as the content became more and more cinematic watching, and less playing my characters. I experienced many times over, the story lines of both factions, as I had a large number of characters with different skills. I never felt leaving WoW had anything to do with allowing flying and in fact had over 250 mounts in my collection as well as continually replaying the story lines. Yes you can skip content but you only really do that with your high level characters who have completed it, while your younger inexperienced characters tended to fly to quest lines and npcs quest givers, missing out the continual fighting, interfering with your ability to carry on the stories as you build your character, thus avoiding the repetitive killing required by not being able to fly. So to wind up here I would like to see doing away with the rather, in my humble opinion, convoluted and unnecessary design of the present flying mechanics, and introducing a stamina based system which would require resting at chosen spots while your stamina replenished before continuing, running out of stamina could vanish your mount and you would need to enter the glide mode to go somewhere safe if possible. Failing that a slower loss of height as you fly with the Griffon mount as it exists. I cannot speak for the Skyscale as I have as yet to start on that what seems a longer and more tortuous path to master than the Griffon.