No Worgen Mount?

[Redith]

...................we are not amused...ok a lil. they better go on all fours

[Quin]

....O_o

Yeah, I'm doubting that's the final model.....

What a weird, weird bug!

[Kalliope]

That's pretty damned hilarious.

[Lisaara]

YES.

Right here.

I won't spoil it but OH DEAR GOD I want it and I want it now.

LMFAO! XD

[Moonlost]

Look im not going to lie, Im glad everyone is happy running on all fours but im not. Id like to have a mount. However it doesnt have to be a NEW mount. Im not saying they should start out exalted with a faction, but I think that the night elves could make an exception about selling their tigers to the worgen. Or even human could sell horses. Like I said they wont be exalted but they should still give the option. Hell even druids with travel form, and palis with warhorses have this option. I just dont like that they will make it like
"Hey want to ride something? Grind rep like everyone else"

Well, why should worgen be any different from other races? I absolutely hate the Draenei elekk mounts, so I had to grind up darnassus rep on my shaman to get jis frostsaber. I know a lot of people who have done the same thing with other races that have a mount that they didn't like. The only difference here is that worgen don't have a mount per say, just an ability that works exactly like one.

[Sorcha Ravenlock]

That video is hilarious!

I'm in two minds about this though. If Worgen really go on all fours and do a loping wolf run, that would be awesome, and if our pet stays out then that would be icing on the cake.

If it works like a runspeed buff where you have the normal running animation but then faster, I'd prefer to grind rep for a mount. Perhaps worgen could start with a slightly higher rep then everyone else with the nightelves since they share a main city? That way there won't be so much of a rep grind. I believe belfs start out friendly with the forsaken and neutral with everyone else, so it isn't something that hasn't been done before.

[Dare]

I actually love this implementation for the worgen "mount". It fits very well with the race itself. When they amble about, it almost looks like they want to get down onto all fours and take off sprinting, but restrain against it to adhere to society norms, if just a little.

Worgen are feral creatures. I honestly have no idea what a 'proper' mount for them would be other than sprinting as such. If anything it'd just be more blasted horses, and this game has more than enough, haha.

[ToxicCreed]

If it hasn't been posted yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R84OrJN0_Q

An example of what they are working on for the 'mount' of sorts. I'll admit, I died laughing watching this... XD

WTB, ACTUAL mounts kplzthnx

[Makoes]

YES.

Right here.

I won't spoil it but OH DEAR GOD I want it and I want it now.

O.o ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... OMG!!!

[FuzzyDolly]

What I want to know is if Worgen have a "mount" form, why can't my druid??? Epic travel from would sure be nice.

[Ariamodasu]

What I want to know is if Worgen have a "mount" form, why can't my druid??? Epic travel from would sure be nice.

Well to be perfectly honest, we'd abuse the crap out of it. It will be interesting what they end up doing about the whole "Dismount" thing particualrly in regards to things like flag carrying as I assume indoors will just be lagged knock out like now.

[MaximumOverdrive]

Quick question tho...

Do you need to train into riding skill even tho yer not riding anything? And how do you get this skill? Is there a "run faster" trainer somewhere to teach you?

I'm assuming you would pick up riding skill anyways since you need the first two tiers in order to get flying training.

[Rikaku]

I imagine you pick it up from trainer. My Worgen is stuck in lvl 6 zone because Lorna Crowley is totally broken and won't let me quest =/

But I have seen Worgen riding mounts too, so if you *really* hate this ability you can still mount up.

[Xota]

I expect they'll eventually add mounts to alliance somewhere to balance it out. Maybe lore in something for Worgen post curse in a patch, or just add some reskins to existing mounts (addressing the mount total concerns, but not the variety concerns). I know I saw a few mechanostrider skins during the Gnomer event that weren't in game yet. A pink slow mount (recruits could have one), a red/blue slow mount (Doc Cogspin's), and a swift blue mount (gnomish president rode one)

[Ellaran]

Just wanted to point out concerning the Worgen lore.

The Worgen were originally summoned to Azeroth by Arugal and the Night Elf woman whose name I can't remember at the moment. Arugal's attempt leads to disaster, he curses Pyrewood and takes the Worgen into Shadowfang Keep to mope and brood. From there and the surrounding land the Worgen and their dark malaise spread, reaching into Gilneas and causing the current crisis.

The Nelf woman, meanwhile, had better success, but noticed some of her Worgen had gone missing. She later put the Worgen in charge of guarding a place in Ashenvale while she went to investigate, and from then on she was lost to legend and the Worgen stayed to guard the place.

As far as i know, this is still the official lore. Blizzard hasn't changed it in any way since vanilla, the only addition was Arthas resurrecting Arugal and bringing Worgen to Northrend (using the curse/malaise, as the Worgen change between forms), and now in Cataclysm the Nelf woman has returned to aid the Gilneans.

As for the no mount thing, I think it fits the Worgen. They are wolves, animals renowned for their long-distance running and stamina, and while the giant boar things looked cool they would have looked so out of place in Gilneas. Just imagine how it'll be for Horde players. They're questing, doing their thing, when suddenly they turn aorund and see a bloodthirsty Alliance Worgen tearing toward them on all fours as fast as an epic mount. Battlefields are gonna be a fun affair if there's a lot of Worgen players, packs of wolf-people running and prowling around seeking Horde flesh to carve with their claws.

[cowmuflage]

No they changed that lore now they are long lost druids.

[Lazuly]

No they changed that lore now they are long lost druids.

How I understood it, was that they started as long-lost NE druids, but then Arugal magically manipulated their power and accidentally made it a contagious curse that ended up infecting humans? Or something? Kind of like how the BE Pallies stole power from a Naaru originally, instead of doing it 'the right way' like other Pallies... they used a shortcut. I guess Arugal wanted to make humans with Druid powers, without having them actually have to go through the training/beliefs?

I'm still not sure I follow it 100%.

[cowmuflage]

Nope they are just druids who got to into the hole staying in form thing and now for some reason give people curses.

[Raydex-of-the-dawn]

I think it depends on what group of worgens it is, maybe? I can't imagine the magic Arugalscythe worgens just disappeared.

[Gungnir]

If you would like to find out more about Worgen and the Scythe of Elune, there is a long-ish quest chain starting in Ashenvale that has some great lore. Goes all the way to Duskwood where worgen currently infest the southern caves.
http://thottbot.com/q1022


EDIT: also found this in the comments section of thottbot

The creatures known as Worgen physically resemble folkloric werewolves. They were first summoned into the world of Azeroth by a Night Elf known as Valinda Starsong, after discovering an artifact called the Scythe of Elune. With it, she was able to call the Worgen into the world under her command. She used them to fight the corruption of the Burning Legion in Felwood, but, eventually, the Scythe worked on its own, calling more and more Worgen to Azeroth. Valinda lost the Scythe, and it was eventually rediscovered in Duskwood by a Defias henchman known as Jitters. This summoned the Worgen into the area, creating one of the area's major infestations of evil. Jitters also witnessed the butchering of a farming family by creatures known as Dark Riders, who are rumored to live and be controlled by a dark master in the ruined tower of Karazhan. This master is seeking the Scythe, no doubt to call forth an army of the wolfmen.

A second influx of Worgen was summoned by the archmage Arugal during the beginnings of the Scourge in Lordaeron. Arugal intended to use the worgen as a tool to fight the Scourge, which proved to be successful, for a time. Ultimately, Arugal's magic was far too weak to control the Worgen fully, causing them to break free and wildly kill his countrymen. Arugal's failure and guilt over the death of his friends led to madness, as he began to think of himself as the "father" of the Worgen. His most recent experimentation has lead to a town near to Shadowfang Keep to be infected with a curse that causes the human residents of the town to change into deadly Worgen at night.

- wikipedia

That was from a post below, this is mostly right. I wanted to add a little bit more info though and correct some things... The first part is correct about Valinda, but then after the Scythe is lost, Jitters (leader of a Stormwind Army group, not a Defias Henchman) found it and pulled it out (that story is told in his journal in the Sven quests). Basically, he found the scythe, he was the last one alive, he brought the Dark Riders from karazhan to Sven's house where they murdered his family. Medivh is probrably the one that sent them, him or his spirit, if he was alive when this happened... The Dark Riders also consorted with Morbent Fel (who like Medivh is also a mage) and you must kill him as the last part of that quest chain.

There is also another looking for the Scythe of Elune, Morganth, the head mage of Ilgalar, tower in Redridge Mountains (as mentioned in another post below). This is on the side but he is another searching for it, although I can not find a connection between him, Karazhan, Medivh, or the Dark Riders, only that again, Morganth is a mage. So the question is, why is it that all the mages are affiliated with this power? Maybe there is more to it than summoning Worgen, maybe it's just the fact they want to summon more, we will never know...