they want to keep the players on ground so everyone feels like there is a community when they are walking around. the places will feel more alive?

Dont feed the troll ..>.>

this is just my personal thinking XD thought i share. i like thinking!

Dont feed the troll ..>.>

 The devs have spoken about this at length ... they want people to experience the game in full

 I actually don't mind limited flying and think it's well implemented.  Only problem I have is some people can seem to fly where it says I'm not allowed and I can't figure out why.  The main city is an example.  Anyone know why?

Originally posted by Youpi

 I actually don't mind limited flying and think it's well implemented.  Only problem I have is some people can seem to fly where it says I'm not allowed and I can't figure out why.  The main city is an example.  Anyone know why?

You cannot fly in the main city because there is no fragment of the tower there. The fragments fuel your flight.

They arent really "flying" in town they are "gliding" in town. Find a ramp, hit space bar twice and watch yourself "glide"  to the bottom :)

yeah, they are just gliding, yo can do that anywhere

The worse thing about unlimited and unrestricted flying is that it detaches you from the world in the ground. No matter how the world is designed (good or bad), it becomes irrelevant when you can just dive bomb to the quest givers or to the mobs need killing. There is also the mater of course of not bumping into anybody in the ground.

Exactly. I recently got a druid to Outland in WoW. Now that you can fly at any level in Outland, I have been flying anytime I'm not fighting. Lemme tell you, I barely feel like I'm playing the game.

I've been grabbing quest objects while in the air with mobs right next to me, and on this one quest where I need to burn a building, I simply land on top and burn it, instead of fighting my way in and killing everyone inside first.

After that, I need to kill a few boars, so back up in the air, drop down, kill one, back up scouting for another.

It all indeed feels very detaching. While before it was a pain only having a land mount, at least I felt like I was playing a game.

I find the "flying is detaching" argument odd because in a superhero MMO you are flying, jumping, or otherwise speeding from here to there and it is not at all a break from immersion. I wonder why that is?

Originally posted by saikou

Exactly. I recently got a druid to Outland in WoW. Now that you can fly at any level in Outland, I have been flying anytime I'm not fighting. Lemme tell you, I barely feel like I'm playing the game.

I've been grabbing quest objects while in the air with mobs right next to me, and on this one quest where I need to burn a building, I simply land on top and burn it, instead of fighting my way in and killing everyone inside first.

After that, I need to kill a few boars, so back up in the air, drop down, kill one, back up scouting for another.

It all indeed feels very detaching. While before it was a pain only having a land mount, at least I felt like I was playing a game.

Can I just say that is is not possible to pick up a quest item while flying as this person seems to imply.  

Originally posted by Teala  

Can I just say that is is not possible to pick up a quest item while flying as this person seems to imply.  

This is why I don't post much. I guess you've never played a druid.

Originally posted by diruuu

this is just my personal thinking XD thought i share. i like thinking!

Thinking drives people insane. Thinking is trouble.

Originally posted by Xasapis

The worse thing about unlimited and unrestricted flying is that it detaches you from the world in the ground. No matter how the world is designed (good or bad), it becomes irrelevant when you can just dive bomb to the quest givers or to the mobs need killing. There is also the mater of course of not bumping into anybody in the ground.

Why couldn't they design the world 3 dimensionally to take the ability to fly into account? You assume that the world must be designed 2 dimensionally as though no one could fly, and then they added the flying.

Originally posted by saikou

Originally posted by Teala  

Can I just say that is is not possible to pick up a quest item while flying as this person seems to imply.  

 

This is why I don't post much. I guess you've never played a druid.

Maybe you should have clarified that then.   Because you cannot pick up things while flying on the back of a mount.   There is a difference.

Originally posted by Teala

Originally posted by saikou

Originally posted by Teala  

Can I just say that is is not possible to pick up a quest item while flying as this person seems to imply.  

 

This is why I don't post much. I guess you've never played a druid.

 

Maybe you should have clarified that then.   Because you cannot pick up things while flying on the back of a mount.   There is a difference.

He did say he had a druid read his first sentence.

Sorry if I sounded rude. I will add that druid does have the advantage of quest item snatching, which doesn't apply to the rest of the classes.

Originally posted by Cerra

They arent really "flying" in town they are "gliding" in town. Find a ramp, hit space bar twice and watch yourself "glide"  to the bottom :)

AH HA!!!  Thank you sir!  I was starting to get pissed thinking that people that bought the collectors edition get a flying advantage or something!!