Patch 3.2 is here. For us causal games there are many changes going into the game. One such interesting change is the changes to mount speed and the earlier level you may purchase them at. Faster mounts equals faster leveling. Blizzard apparently wants you to get out of the old world and into the expansions as soon as possible. This is great news for alts and the new player that faces the daunting task of going from 1-80. Here are the skills with levels and cost, enjoy.
Apprentice Riding (Skill 75)
• 60% land mount speed
• Requires level 20
• Cost: 4 gold
• Mount cost: 1 gold
• Mail will be sent to players at level 20 guiding them to the riding trainer
Journeyman Riding (Skill 150)
• 100% land mount speed
• Requires level 40
• Cost: 50 gold
• Mount cost: 10 gold
• Mail will be sent to players at level 40 guiding them back to the riding trainer
Expert Riding (Skill 225)
• 150% flying mount speed; 60% land mount speed
• Requires level 60
• Cost: 600 gold (faction discounts now apply)
• Mount Cost: 50 gold
• Can now be learned in or Thrallmar (Horde) Honor Hold (Alliance)
Artisan Riding (Skill 300)
• 280% flying mount speed; 100% land mount speed
• Requires level 70
• Cost: 5,000 gold (faction discounts now apply)
• Mount Cost: 100 gold
Tome of Cold Weather Flying
If you have a level 80 in Northrend you can purchase The Tome of Cold Weather Flying from the exotic mount vendor in Dalaran. This is an account bound heirloom item that can be sent to one of your characters that are at or above level 68. The price appears to be same; 1000 gold. This will allow that character to fly over Northrend much sooner than the original level 77.
so, in reality, what does this FACTION DISCOUNTmean …. ? Convert this into numbers please … words are too vague and “talk” is cheap.
It means that at exalted with the faction ur buying the mount from u take 20% off the cost. So take artisan for example u would only be paying 4k instead of 5k for the training and 80 for the mount.