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Fiskrens
12-05-2006, 04:39 AM
I'm closing in on 40 now, and have just about enough dole to get a mount (won "the Butcher" in a greed roll: 55g into the pockets :grin:). But I'm wondering if it's worth it, with only 10% speed gain from travel form, so I'm thinking of waiting till I have 90g to "waste".
How many of you bothered getting a mount right away?
DruidsRock
12-05-2006, 05:20 AM
It is up to you. I, personally, deleted my main to fund a mount. I was fed up of running everywhere in travel from and wanted a Sabre (Night Elf FTW) of my own to ride. Personally speaking, I don't think the Kodo's look like they are moving any faster until you get an eipc one. Obviously, i know they are - but it doesn't look like it.
Getting back on topic, i say that if you are thinking of waiting, then do it...in the worst case scenario, you try and live without one and you don't like it. You know that you have something to save for :D
(Edit: Spelling)
Kromas
12-05-2006, 08:14 AM
I love my Kodo Mount.
ghortje
12-05-2006, 08:57 AM
i wouldn't just skip normal one and go for epic
Aflat
12-05-2006, 09:30 AM
Get the mount. It doesn't seem like 10% is a big deal until you start running from place to place with your friends. You get outdistanced quickly, and they always have to wait for you to catch up.
Plus, it might take a while to get your epic mount, there is a big difference between 90g and 900g.
lumbergh
12-05-2006, 11:11 AM
Get the mount. If you're going to run a lot of instances, some of them are _very_ far away from the gryphon point. Then the 10% increase will make a noticeable difference. The NE mount is the best of the four races, on top of that.
You won't even notice the 90g. The higher lvl you are, the easier it gets to make money. :sumo:
warasena
12-05-2006, 01:11 PM
While it's true that the higher level you are the easier coin comes I didn't buy a mount until I was 55. I stuck with the travel form until then and didn't notice any problems. I don't do BG's very often but found that I was either in cat form or travel form once I grabbed the flag it wasn't even a choice.
If you find yourself grouped with your friends a lot then you'll notice you lag behind but if you do a lot of PUG's then it's a non-issue. Most PUG's have people going on their own to a spot to meet up, You'll be doing Ulda and ZF for awhile and they aren't very far from the FP.
I found it more useful to use the coin to buy my spells! The prices seemed to jump pretty quickly around that level.
Veriden
12-05-2006, 03:11 PM
I could have swore it was a 20% increase (Travel being 40%, and Mounts being 60%). Personally, I bought it right away. I'd been playing WoW for months, and I REALLY wanted a mount. *shrugs* You can obviously wait if you want. It really comes down to what you want to do with your gold. Basically, it's just a matter of preference, as you have Travel Form and all.
dingodog
12-05-2006, 03:33 PM
I waited until I had about 95g (at level 45) and then bought my mount. I'm glad I waited, that bit of extra gold was just the cushion I needed for repairs and spells. Having said that, the higher you go the quicker that you seem to get gold.... It took me 45 levels to get 95g, and now I'm level 48 but already have 70g again. So you wont be skint for long if you get your mount. :)
Dingo
Greldek
12-05-2006, 03:55 PM
Don't forget that an easy quest for your level range in Zul`Farrak boosts your mounts speed by another 3%, which once again, doesn't seem like much but you outdistance those without it quite easily. Just like the runspeed to boots enchant, doesn't seem like much till you're running along side someone with out it.
lumbergh
12-05-2006, 11:48 PM
... the higher you go the quicker that you seem to get gold....
yes, that's what I said. :elfbiggri
Tiniane
12-06-2006, 01:52 AM
I never bought the level 40 mount - travel form suited me just fine. I saved my gold and bought the epic mount at level 60.
I don't do PvP at all though - that's the only place I think the level 40 mount would be better.
Hugs,
Tiniane.
Rockwell
12-06-2006, 06:22 PM
It is a 20% speed pick up. Up till 2 patches ago waiting for the epic mount atleast saved you some gold... now since you have to buy the level 40 Skill in order to buy the level 60 Skill... you just save 9 gold.
I say buy the mount. Gear you replace every few levels, the mount will last till level 60.
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