Here’s something I didn’t see coming. From the patch notes for the 2.4.3 Public Test Realms:
- Mounts at 30?! Yes, it’s true: Apprentice Riding and mounts are now available at level 30. Training costs 35 gold.
- Summon Warhorse is now available at level 30.
- Summon Felsteed is now available at level 30.
Unfortunately I don’t have time to investigate any more right now — I’m already late getting on my plane. But I’ll post more as soon as I can!
Tigole posted today in the WoW Dungeons & Raids forum that the Amani War Bear mount from Zul’Aman will no longer be obtainable after the Wrath of the Lich King expansion launch.
Tigole says:
I wanted to give a very early head’s up to all of you Zul’Aman raiders out there:
Once Wrath of the Lich King goes live, you will no longer be able to obtain the Zul’Aman bear mount by saving all 4 prisoners in the timed run. The Bear Mount will be replaced by a very good, epic item that is level appropriate for people doing the zone. To be clear, the Zul’Aman bear mount is supposed to be an item of very high prestige. We want players who have earned it during the appropriate era (aka before the level cap gets raised) to be recognized for their accomplishment. We have absolutely no problem with higher level players (above level 70) going back and doing Zul’Aman after Wrath of the Lich King is live. We just want to preserve the accomplishment of having saved all 4 prisoners at the intended difficulty level.
We will most likely do something similar with the titles “Hand of A’dal” and “Champion of the Naaru” as well.
Please don’t panic! You still have plenty of time to complete these feats! Wrath of the Lich King is coming along great but is not ready yet! In fact, we’re not even in beta yet! So have fun adventuring for your bears and titles but please consider this your early warning.
You’ve got some time yet, but if you want a War Bear you’d best start working towards it soon!
Also hidden in the game files of Patch 2.4.2 (but not mentioned in the patch notes): two new mounts!
Well, maybe. Keep in mind that just because a spell shows up in the game files doesn’t mean that it’s going to be in the game. And even if it is, it might not be something you can get your hands on!
But so long as you are keeping that in mind, let’s go ahead and get excited anyway. *grin*
Both MMO Champion and World of Raids are reporting spells and models for the following in Patch 2.4.2:
The Headless Horseman’s Mount has two other associated spells: ‘Headless Horseman’s Mount, Ground’ and ‘Use Headless Horseman’s Reins’. All together this would seem to me to indicate some sort of holiday event, but it’s a bit early for Halloween. I guess we’ll see!
I can’t seem to get my Model Viewer to show me these, so while I keep bashing on it you should head on over to World of Raids and check out their model screenshots of the Swift Zebra and the Headless Horseman’s Mount.
