'World of Warcraft: Legion' Features News: Includes Flying Mounts (VIDEO)
Blizzard Entertainment has recently announced several new features for their upcoming "World of Warcraft: Legion," including flying mounts.
After fan protests earlier in the year following reports there would be no flying mounts in the next "World of Warcraft" expansion, Blizzard Entertainment has done an about-face and announced players will get to fly with the "World of Warcraft: Legion" expansion.
The Irvine, California video game developer presented "Legion" last Thursday at the GamesCom 2015 in Cologne, Germany. Several features were announced, including new weapons, additional areas, and the ability to fly over The Broken Isles.
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The sixth expansion to the MMORPG will feature the comeback of the Burning Legion, brought about by Gul'dan's opening the Tomb of Sargeras gateway and unleashing the demon invasion.
Players will be introduced to The Broken Isles, a former Night Elf civilization that now resembles a graveyard. To defeat Gul'dan and save Azeroth, players will have to find the Pillars of Creation on The Broken Isles, where six news zones: Val'Sharah, Stormheim, Azsuna, Highmountain, Suramar, and Dalaran, will be opened up for exploration.
Players will eventually get to fly over the newly opened areas as soon as they reach level 100, and have explored all of Draenor to unlock this achievement.
Providing flying mounts may have been Blizzard's concession to protesting fans after it took away airborne travel following 2007's "The Burning Crusade" expansion pack, based on the reason that it all but decimated outdoor exploration experience.
Flight has been restored via the "Warlords of Draenor" Update 6.2, from which players can begin preparing for flight from Update 7.0. Players will start seeing flying mounts just before the release of "Legion," giving them incentives to hit the required level cap, and then pay for a flight license to take to the skies.
Blizzard has yet to announce the release date for "World of Warcraft: Legion," but a closed beta is expected to arrive later in the year.
