Given that flying mounts are gonna be used in all the new zones (after clearing them the first time), will be twice as fast as ground mount, and we seem unlikely to have much reason to return to the original lands for extended periods of time...

Are we gonna see the wow thing all over again? Ground mounts become unused and useless, hard earned mounts never seen, and everything new flies for some inexplicable reason even if it just treads air somehow.

I like the idea of the floating continent, but I have a lot of misgivings about flying mounts and what they do to an mmo and the expectations them bring. Why farm the cool ponies, soon getting new themes, if we are just gonna fly instead after the first week?