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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsCataclysm Beta: Worgen are their own mounts? [Update: Confirmed!]
by Gregg Reece 
Sep 18th 2010 at 7:00PM
There have been a lot of people anxiously awaiting the arrival of worgen mounts on the beta. Goblins have had their mounts for a little while now, and most people are still curious what the worgen mounts will even look like. With some of the information mined out of the most recent beta build, it looks like a worgen mount will end up being the worgen themselves.
A new racial ability called Running Wild has been added for worgen, with a 1.5-second cast time that adds the "mounted" aura to the player. The description says, "Drop to all fours to run as fast as a wild animal." However, worgen already have their own version of Sprint called Darkflight, which gives them a temporary speed boost, but this new racial implies mounted speeds.
If this is true, then it will mean different things for different groups. For worgen druids, you never have a reason to buy a mount of any type now. For those Alliance players out there, this might mean a lack of worgen racial mounts, which will probably be compensated elsewhere to keep the number of mounts equal between Horde and Alliance. For tauren players, yes, someone else appears to be getting Plainsrunning before you.
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Reader Comments (Page 10 of 10)
Philster043 Sep 22nd 2010 1:17PM
Probably because of the sight of many tauren running across the plains faster than locomotives - a bit ridiculous to say the least. Worgen makes more sense both aesthetically and logically.
adam_johnson Sep 21st 2010 1:41PM
So worgens get shape shifted mounts? Druids get stuck with 40% cheetah form...
C4G Sep 21st 2010 9:10PM
That is INCREDIBLY COOL, EPIC & BADASS!
zeig Oct 2nd 2010 1:48AM
On top of running wild, worgen should get "flying wild", which allows them to get on all fours and fly as fast as a wild bird(flying mount).
They should have it for tauren too.
LupusRex Sep 28th 2010 12:10AM
Just let all the other alliance races take the form of a "running wild worgen" for the Gilnean rep mount
Kinowolf Nov 18th 2010 5:37AM
Ohh! The Worgen racial mount is just getting bit with Curse Lite and turning into a Worgen to run. Nelfgens, Dwargens, and Gnorgens, oh my!
Kinowolf Nov 18th 2010 5:35AM
They'll probably include some race-less Alliance mount that looks like that crazy thing the Worgen was supposed to ride. At least I hope so, since it's the perfect mount for my Dwarf Warrior...
In other news, my Worgen Druid is going to transform into 20 different things, in 20 different configurations. "I'm just a guy who shapeshifts into a guy who shapeshifts into another guy... who runs faster than a horse."