HDL

In the next major content patch, we intend to adjust mount requirements to further improve the leveling experience in World of Warcraft. In addition, cast times for summoning all mounts will be reduced to 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds. The following is a breakdown of the upcoming cost and level requirement changes we are making for each riding skill.

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 Honor Hold (Alliance) or Thrallmar (Horde)


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

-I find it fun that regular flying is now 150%.  Won't be so terrible now getting around in Northrend on alts.  Also a question.  Is the faction discount Honor Hold/Thrallmar, your home city, or Alliance/Horde?  And if its the latter 2, it makes doing the tourney dailies much more appealing.

Mark

There is no discount for training.

When is this patch supposed to come out?  It would be nice if those of us who spent a but load of gold could get it back lol  but you know that will never happen.

Dave, the blue post that Acree copied said there will faction discounts.  Hence his questions.

Snap!  I need to grind out some faction rep so I can get a discount on the 5K Gold price.  Maybe Capuloclavo will be a real grown up someday and get an epic mount instead of riding around on the WoW equivalent of the Barbie Big Wheel.
http://www.amazon.com/J-Lloyd-96106-Princess-Wheel/dp/B00160QDNQ

but at least mine has the handlebar streamers. 

HOLY SHIT if I could only have a Big Wheel in wow...

I want a Green Machine...