As more information about the Patch was being released one major question was still left unanswered. " Would there be flying in this expansion?"
After much consideration Blizzard Dev Ion Hazzikostas in an interview with Polygon announced, "Having looked at how flying has played out in the old world in the last couple of expansions, we realized that while we were doing it out of this ingrained habit after we introduced flying in The Burning Crusade, it actually detracted from game play in a whole lot of ways, while there was certainly convenience in being able to completely explore the world in three dimensions, that also came at the expense of game-play like targeted exploration, like trying to figure out what's in that cave on top of a hill and how do I get up there."
The summary is a big fat whopping, "No."
This drove the community mad, forum posts from angry players started to pile up. Players were commenting on the amount of content they had already seen versus what they had now and could not see the same viewpoint. Mmo-champion which has been a website dedicated to major MMO's for years had its comments section on the initial news release flooded with negative comments from players who were just plain upset. Some stating that they never even left their new garrison because they couldn't fly.
Apparently this amount of backlash had not gone unnoticed. As of a more recent post to the Blizzard forums, Hazzikostas come forth saying that they will now be implementing flying. However, it's only for those who earn it.
By earning I mean, completing a series of achievements and grinding out reputations with in-game factions.
As for me, I'm going to be spending my time leveling my fishing. See you in a few years.
As Always,
~Tisnight