Patch 5.2 interview with Dave Kosak
Inside an old alt's vault
The latest patch 5.2 news
All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsBreakfast Topic: The price of flight
by Amanda Dean 
Mar 21st 2008 at 8:00AM
As recently reported, Kharmen EU Talnivarr has reportedly paid 20,000 gold for the Amani War Bear. Kharmen reportedly raised the cash for the enormous land epic ride on her which raised questions about how much gold grinding would trigger a gold farming alert.
The 20,000 price tag seems pretty outrageous considering I'm still puttering along, like many others, on my regular Windriders on all of my 70s. If the Artisan Riding Skill were important to me, I'd make more of an effort to save the 5,000 gold for the mount, but I find it to be low on my priority list. There is no indication that the cost of epic flight will be reduced in the future.
The cost is high, but achievable, especially with daily quests available for easy gold. I've known plenty of players who have been much keener than I am on getting fancy flying mounts. They grind and save for weeks or months, and proudly announce their epic acquisitions. I'm sure there are a lot of other people who take the easy way out by buying the gold to pay for the skill.
Do you believe that the cost of epic flying mounts leads to gold buying?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Economy, Breakfast Topics, Making money, Mounts
Reader Comments (Page 6 of 6)
Matt Mar 22nd 2008 12:16PM
Yes.
guck Mar 22nd 2008 12:31PM
I don't see why you describe an epic mount as "fancy". It is an essential part of the progress of the game in my opinion. It is no more fancy than going from walking everywhere to getting a mount in the first place. And by the way, if you have a mining or herbalism skill the epic mount will make the money back after a while by allowing you to farm twice as fast. Not to mention just making the game alot funner and less time consuming. Nothing fancy about that but you keep your regular mount if it makes you happy, more ore and herbs for me!