Running Wild is indeed the new racial "mount" for worgen. Functionally the ability works exactly like a mount. This does mean the worgen are not bringing faction mounts to the table which other Alliance races can access. This is also of course very different from the original Plainsrunning implemented for taurens. We have no plans to try and bring that ability back in any form.

Ultimately, we feel Running Wild fits very well with the nature of the worgen race. Rather than getting a physical mount, they get down and sprint on all fours. When you're playing a worgen, it just feels awesome. :)

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8 pages of QQ and wahhhhhh taurens got ripped off waaaaah. Blue comes in and confirms it and now its the best thing that ever happened to the game.. You people make me sick.


PS, Complete laziness from the dev's part. Make a !#@*ing racial mount like every other race already.

This isn't a matter of saving time. The animations still had to be made in order to make this feel cool.

It's a matter of preference and creating an immersive gameplay experience. Giving the worgen a distinct creature to ride just didn't feel right, but they can still ride other mounts if they meet the criteria. Right now we're okay with the fact that this particular race is different when it comes to mounts. We feel that makes it interesting, even if the Alliance gets less racial mounts as a result. There are plenty of mounts out there and we can always add more.

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But still for the sake of customizability and uniqueness, Goblins will most likely get 3 different color variations for their 60 and 100% speed mounts yet Worgen only get the exact same animation just moving slower/faster -.-

Well, if you look at it from that angle then every customization option of the worgen character model would be a different mount look. That's more than three variations. :p

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I'm not getting the "all fours" animation, just a sped-up version of the walking animation... bug I assume?

The animation might not be implemented in this build.

Q u o t e:
I understand you don't empathize, but Blizzard does. It's weighing that empathy one way or another that leads to successful design choices.

I'm not going to "stop whining". Believe it or not, Blizzard does want to hear from people. Even people who you think obsess over an achievement or goal you dislike. Get over yourself.

Q u o t e:
I think people are taking our complaints the wrong way. We're not trying to get the design decision reversed. I love Running Wild. We're just trying to cling to a "trivial" achievement that a portion of the population does care about.

Just to chime in given the tone of the debate here, I do not think your concerns are trivial and appreciate you raising them in a constructive manner. :)

We're listening. That's all I can say.