World of Warcraftis removing requirements for flying in several old zones in an upcomingDragonflightpatch. With this change, players will be able to fly in nearly every zone inWorld of Warcraftwithout any extra steps.
The Pathfinder achievements inWorld of Warcraftare time-consuming feats that require players to fully explore zones, defeat many rare spawns, and farm multiple reputations. When theachievement was first introduced inWarlords of Draenor, its completion was required to unlock flying in an expansion’s zones. However, in later patches,World of Warcraftremoved the Pathfinder achievement requirement for flying inWarlords of DraenorandLegionzones.
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Now, it seemsWorld of Warcraftis doing the same forBattle for Azeroth. According to the recently-releasednotes forDragonflightPatch 10.0.7, flying in Zandalar, Kul Tiras, Nazjatar, and Mechagon will no longer require theBattle for AzerothPathfinder achievement. Characters with the appropriate riding skill can freely fly in these zones once the patch arrives on March 21.
With this change,World of Warcraftplayers will be able to fly in almost every area without any extra steps.Flying inShadowlandszonesand in Zereth Mortis isn’t unlocked automatically, but the requirements are simple, especially when compared to the Pathfinder achievements. As of this patch, the only zonesWorld of Warcraftplayers can’t fly are old zones like Azuremyst Isle and Eversong Woods, and the Dragon Isles inDragonflight, where players navigate using Dragonriding instead of traditional flying.
Many players are relieved to see the Pathfinder achievements retired for the time being. While using them to prevent players from flying through new zones makes sense when the content is new,Battle for Azerothhas been out for almost five years. The zones are hardly contemporary, and gating flying behind a time-consuming achievement did little but deter players from revisiting the excellent zones from the expansion.
Of course, some players who already unlocked the Pathfinder achievements are frustrated that the requirement is being removed. These players spent a lot of time earning these achievements, so now letting all players fly in these zones makes some of them feel cheated. Luckily,Battle for AzerothPathfinder still awards the unique Wonderwing 2.0 mechanical parrot mount, so the hard work of these players still pays off in other ways. Hopefully,World of Warcraft’sfuture expansionswill remove the Pathfinder achievement as a requirement for flying entirely–especially if it decides to carry the popular Dragonriding feature fromDragonflightoutside the Dragon Isles.
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