Feedback from a new player

[Tankymctankface]

Web site to find an FC:
My only problem here is that the posts made in each FC introduction is sorted in reverse order by date. The oldest posts are at the top. It made me think that the FC I wanted to join was dead because the "last" activity was over a year ago. That should be sorted latest post or comment at the top. Luckily one of the mods in NN was also an officer of the FC, so that got sorted quickly.

Mounts:
I really appreciate not being able to fly in new zones. I've played too many MMOs where flying happens too soon and you miss everything that was worked so hard on by the devs. And you can't not fly, because you'll be at a distinct disadvantage behind everyone else. So that's a really nice touch.Wow certainly grabbed that idea from XIV for Dragon Flight.
And the mount speed coupled to pickups and quests is truly awesome! It keeps older mounts relevant, so you're not just always using your fastest mount.
I will say though, that dragonflight changed they way I would see a flying mount forever. If your mount runs out of stamina, you float to the ground and run, until you have enough stamina for take off. Would love to see a mount stamina kinda thing developed, with skills that influence how you can recover stamina while flying. Along with quests and pickups to level certain aspects of your mount. Stamina regen rate, flying low or diving steep to regain stamina, or just increasing your mount's total stamina. That really changed a flying mount from just a way from point a to point b, to minigame in itself with it's own skill building.

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[Ishe-P]

I will say though, that dragonflight changed they way I would see a flying mount forever. If your mount runs out of stamina, you float to the ground and run, until you have enough stamina for take off. Would love to see a mount stamina kinda thing developed, with skills that influence how you can recover stamina while flying. Along with quests and pickups to level certain aspects of your mount. Stamina regen rate, flying low or diving steep to regain stamina, or just increasing your mount's total stamina. That really changed a flying mount from just a way from point a to point b, to minigame in itself with it's own skill building.

This really stood out to me; I like the idea of a flying mount minigame with this level of immersion, but unfortunately the open world doesn't seem to have much value beyond the MSQ and that seems to be the holding pattern at least for now. Yeah you can fly out there and do stuff, but there is a point where you'll find it isn't valuable to do so. Your mileage may vary of course, I think the open world holds more water when you're not max level everything. But if they implemented something akin to Dragonflight's flying system, I think that would certainly make things more interesting. It wouldn't have to be flying mount changes per se, but to do a little more with the open world than what they have been could really freshen things up for the old timers.