Why Can't We Upgrade Mount Speed?

[Rissq]

I don't think it's really important enough to need. We got flying mounts, those are already faster than ground mounts. That's the speed increase, we already have it.

In the case of WoW, which you brought up, they started giving speed increases every expansion. First it was 100%, then, then 200%, 300%, and finally 350% before the WoW developers finally said "ok, you guys are just using this increased mount speed to skip over all of our content. It feels like you care more about finishing our game than you care about enjoying it." So then they took away flying all together, because they wanted players to enjoy what they created. But players didn't like that. And now they're struggling to find a way to bring flying back without having it become so game breaking. Just look at their forums, it's not working out well for them.

Increased flying speed is just a lazy perk that developers add to make you feel like you're progressing faster because they know it's an MMO and know that sometimes players value finishing the game more than they value the game itself. Which is fine, but you have to understand, the faster you're allowed to finish content, the more content developers need to create. Which means developers either have to think up something grindy and time consuming, or they have to go back and slow down your content progression rate. Increased flying speed is a cute idea, but it creates more problems than it's worth.