To all levelling people who havent yet heard this:

It seems there will be some major changes to mount costs and level requirements in the upcoming patch:

US thread: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17730154175&sid=1
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Q u o t e:
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)

o 60% land mount speed
o Requires level 20
o Cost: 4 gold
o Mount cost: 1 gold
o Mail will be sent to players at level 20 guiding them to the riding trainer


* Journeyman Riding (Skill 150)

o 100% land mount speed
o Requires level 40
o Cost: 50 gold
o Mount cost: 10 gold
o Mail will be sent to players at level 40 guiding them back to the riding trainer


* Expert Riding (Skill 225)

o 150% flying mount speed; 60% land mount speed
o Requires level 60
o Cost: 600 gold (faction discounts now apply)
o Mount Cost: 50 gold
o Can now be learned in Honor Hold (Alliance) or Thrallmar (Horde)


* Artisan Riding (Skill 300)

o 280% flying mount speed; 100% land mount speed
o Requires level 70
o Cost: 5,000 gold (faction discounts now apply)
o Mount Cost: 100 gold
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There you have it. So beware that this will greatly boost the gaming experience as you will now be able to get normal mount at lvl 20, fast at 40 and flying at lvl 60 (which also will get a speed-boost, making it possible to roar through Outland already at lvl 60).

Furthermore the cost will be nerfed for the lvl 20 one and faction discounts will apply to the rest of the mounts. So take that into consideration if you are about to go and buy a mount. You can save up to 500g by waiting.

Have fun and congratulation to the newcomers. You will be able to speed-level through the old and deserted content in a breeze and join the rest of us in Northrend a lot sooner.

Happy Levelling.

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Q u o t e:
Would be nice if we could get something a bit more Official.

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17/06 Upcoming Mount Changes ;-)