Blizzard Took A Huge Risk That Will Divide Warcraft Players

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[@Sleepy.Time.]

now we can all roleplay as Marques Brownlee driving thru a school zone

[@martinmp19]

Lmao

[@MarcHeyer]

That is an unexpected reference under a wow Video 😂

[@StayTh1rsty]

Lmao

[@KrisCleans]

That should be an achievement

[@jonathansalisbury2764]

I always wanted to race the Thousand Needles race track before it got flooded

[@Nagria2112]

to bad you cant do that - as far is i understand its only aviable in Undermine

[@jonathansalisbury2764]

@@Nagria2112 They could put race tracks around Azeroth that you could join, I was thinking ahead if they decided to make it permanent

[@heramaaroricon4738]

Yes, I can confirm. I already hate everything about D.R.I.V.E and I hope it stays Goblin-streets only.

[@free29ct]

My hope is that unlike dynamic flying, this is just one version of dynamic ground mounts for any "mechanical family (car)" ground mount. And then they make more dynamic ground mount physics for say bipetal mounts and quadruped mounts. Like say four legged mounts run super fast and bipetal mounts can jump super high.

[@TrenchNerd]

Basically what GW does? I'm down with that because it wouldn't make any sense to have your regular mounts drifting and what have you

[@wvguy7238]

​@@TrenchNerdthe turtle mount with the rockets should 100% be able to drift.

[@free29ct]

@ Yeah that's why I said mechanical or car family? As someone who has never playing Guild Wars I have hear of their mount systems so yeah I hope blizzard copies it! I want ground mounts to matter gain. I don't play classic but there is this feeling that movement on the ground makes the world feel bigger.

[@TenereAMir]

pretty sure that's the plan: copy gw2 more.

[@JordanAndTrazyn]

If you love how you can be skyriding at max speed on a giant dragon, only to come to a dead stop because you clipped a twig, you’ll love DRIVE?

[@GloomSkullCandy]

GOD this. I swapped back to manual flight coz I got so gd tired of having the tip of my damn mount's wing catching on a single pixel of tree or something and stopping me dead with no vigor.

[@slyme369]

I do not play nor care about driving games, so I anticipate giving zero Fs about this new system.

[@GloomSkullCandy]

Just another goofy out of place game mechanic/system that takes the place of having anything interesting other than "hur hur go fast".

[@charlespickering2726]

At least one nice thing is if you don't like this new driving system at all just mount up on a normal ground mount and then proceed as normal. So the ground version of steady flight is already there at square one just grab a normal mount.

[@wolfengrim]

Yeah... and cling on to the remaining speck of original wow-feel while people are playing grand theft auto on the streets of Elwynn (which I'm sure will happen sooner or later)... can't wait... NOT. 🤮

[@OhNoTheFace]

@@wolfengrim Classic is over there grandpa

[@izaakhooper970]

Honestly i think this crazy new type of system only seems fitting for the Goblins patch. Only the zaniest system would work for Goblins. I think this will be a lot of fun. Especially since Blizz has put so much work into this

[@Kreiger19]

When they eventually implement Dynamic Riding, I think they should do something absolutely silly like making Kodos three times faster than the fastest horse. That would be hilarious from both a design and a lore perspective.

[@trdraven]

they are turning wow into ROblox mini game simulator. We have Fornite battle royale and now Temu Need For Speed

[@GloomSkullCandy]

Absolutely this. I was struggling to find the words on why these things feel so weird and out of place and theme-park, but you got it. Roblox minigames where everything is just randomly thrown into a blender.

[@kenpazaraki5781]

i hope this will be abandonned after the patch. it's just not working right in world of warcraft when you pc scream when you go to fast or when every tiny bit of iregularity in the terrain stop you.

[@brianecton7758]

I'll give it a try, but I'll likely be in the Thanks, I HATE it column...

[@Yajarobi69]

honestly the whole car thing looks so boring and just dumb. easy pass for me. I'm not really into the whole, "goblin" theme. unfortunate.

[@vipcesh]

Dude, your obsequiousness is exhausting.

[@Samyyb03]

i tested this on the PTR, and it feels like shit. undermine is way too small, literally five streets you can drive on and you hit a tiny rock you completely stop. its rough

[@HaskerHiemstra]

looked that way to me also, janky as hell. no thanks

[@eleriloki6275]

Flying isn't just getting from A to B faster - its also skipping mobs you don't want to waste your time killing.

[@daztora]

Need roadkill streaks

[@merix2741]

Tried it on PTR. It feels bizzare. Like... it doesnt belong in the game. Further driving my point that WoW is everything but Warcraft.

[@StayTh1rsty]

A 20 year old game needs to evolve to stay relevant. I love skyriding, and im looking forward to learning something new with driving.

[@brendanreicherter1493]

They should just fully commit to dynamic mounts - have anything that is visibly soaring/flying be dynamic flight and things that are more akin to "walking on air" be steady flight. Do it similarly for mounts - wheeled things could use new mechanics, legged things could use the old (or a newer version of the old). Would actually differentiate mounts somewhat.

[@shawnc292]

Easy Solution imo is just when it launches as dynamic driving make it less chaotic and max speed of 75% of this but increase the MINIUM speed by 20% so you have a easier time driving it while also minimzing the "oh no feels bad" factor

[@GeorgeNoX]

tried it on ptr, can't say im a huge fan of it. It was fun for maybe an hour at best and that's it, back to flying after that which i find much more enjoyable. That said, i could see this system possibly leading into ground mount system revamp which is much needed i feel. Or maybe they can build a new side activity out of this, something like CTR racing for instance. Goblins could build racing tracks all over Azeroth or even beyond and it could be fun thing to do against either NPC's or other players

[@SurpriseMechanics]

Blizzard should make things like lamp posts and other small doodads breakable so that we can drive our land mount through them instead of insta stopping the second we hit a bump.

[@deathweeler8028]

They should add in a thing to change from driving to mount speeds, like you can switch between dragon/skyflying, to keep people from moaning

[@goalgold]

I just love how people want innovation but always hate everything and argue with the "being forced" argument. Give options sure but make a game for people, not to silence every complaint

[@mikesmicroshop4385]

I have no problem with them introducing new things like this! AS LONG AS THEY DON'T FORCE ME TO USE IT! Like with dragon riding! I was FORCED to use it and have been FORCED to use it by making me UNLOCK a REGULAR flying! Being forced to use a new riding form that should have been an OPTION from the beginning is BS.

[@OhNoTheFace]

@@mikesmicroshop4385 Wow, that whining

[@mikesmicroshop4385]

@ Wow what coping! LOL get real. Not everyone is going to like the same things. Being forced to use a system that should have been optional is not even remotely rational!

[@GloomSkullCandy]

Innovation yes. Weird random theme park rides for a patch no.

[@frobischer]

It looks so fast, it looks like a ton of fun! If these cars are evergreen then it also suggests new vehicle styles coming in the future, with new fun movement types and abilities!

[@wmv8996]

Would be fun to try this with a controller

[@johnfischer2108]

Not going to lie, based on the fact that this is NOT an addition to any ground mount and is treated as a vehicle, something tells me that is how it will stay. That much like burning crusade added flying bombing quests which has made its way into every expansion, that we will encounter DRIVE zones, where you meet up with an NPC who gives you a drive quest and lets you use your car to do the quest. Would I LIKE to see the ground mount implementation? Absolutely, and I think blizzard should listen to feedback here on how to tweak it to work for ground mounts. I just don't see it as being the likely option.

[@VargThorsolf1114]

This is the new implementation for increase time played metrics via driving.

[@Gamepro5]

I like this. I hate colliding with a random piece of garbage and getting stuck.

[@NebiCarax]

Isn't this the Roller beetle from GW2 anyways?

[@The_TimeConsumer]

I love that Blizz go to all the effort to make a massively detailed world full of exploration, story, characters and things to do and then decide in their infinite wisdom to craft a system that, to all intents and purposes, shrinks the hell out of it. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't want to get from A to B in 30 seconds. I want to be immersed in a world like this, I want to see it and feel it and feel like I'm a part of it. I absolutely do not need a glorified Mario Kart in this game!!

[@gregpenismith1248]

Then go play classic

[@RetMagnetik]

Your immersion died when flying mounts became a thing, you can always walk around and look at things by yourself but its easy to see most people prefer to fly from a to b in 30 seconds... But at least you have a choice not to do it :3c

[@SiriusBlack135]

Kudos to them for experimenting! That being said, if I wanted to play Mario Kart, I would go play it. I don't care for more speed in Retail; if anything, we need to all slow down and smell the roses. Not denying it'll be fun but the clipping issues and motion-sickness are a major concern for me personally

[@GrimsleyAllyn21]

What happened to the “charged abilities” that behave differently based on how long its charged?

[@benjaminwilks5162]

I think dracthyr weren't super popular so it didn't go anywhere

[@GrimsleyAllyn21]

@@benjaminwilks5162agree that the popularity of the race is an issue but not so sure the charged abilities were a miss, overall…

[@daztora]

@@benjaminwilks5162 Earthern got an empowered spell too, how is that working out for them

[@MissildineWoW]

This thumbnail is a BANGER

[@atishalii]

Crazy Taxi ??? that game who drived me nuts years and years ago with Offspring soundtrack ??? nice remenbering ;)

[@TookyG]

This will be a gimmick.

[@TicoDK]

Wait, SEGA gonna sue Blizzard because of the pointing arrow while driving a car... LUL

[@fiddlestyx_rofl4756]

Ahhhhh yes, frogger reminds me of the safety dance in NAX or the hallway after Patchwork, hahahaha. I'm excited for this, I play a lot of different things games, every time there are fast cars or vehicles I end up just racing around like an ass and forgetting to do the quests.

[@kragronplaycemap]

The problem i think is the Car speed is to fast, why bring it so fast that u cannot see anything or react fast enough

[@zoft5128]

i absolutely hated when they got rid of flying, making you slowly unlock flying. made the zones feel small, boring and a chore. they do a whole expansion around making flying feel good only to have the next xpac have multiple zones where you cant fly? cant believe any of this got greenlit. just let me fly

[@random135246]

I dont know, I feel like the divisiveness is largely a result of of a large amount of WoW players not wanting to ever be engaged. They want a game where they can passively play all the time. And thats Blizzards fault for designing so much content to be meaninglessly trivial. I long for WoW to transition into less grinds and more engaging gameplay in the day to day. They could assist by doing a better job tutorializing but idk if you can fix that problem directly in the short term. I do also think they need to do some work on how objects interact in the game world. Its kind of weird that you just come to a dead stop without much feedback when you snag an object. The players have become an obstacle to a World of Warcraft environment that is highly interactable. Blizzard have to condition players another way.

[@Ventraeus]

I wanna drift around Azeroth holy moly

[@camoril]

blizzard stealing GW2 scarab mount before we got our hands on GTA VI it's just cazy =P

[@kevinllama6921]

For me i'm worried about my wife... she gets motion sickness and dragon riding really messes with her. There is no way she'll be able to do this. For me looks cool i'm excited!

[@chokonma3420]

okay grandpa go to bed

[@HaskerHiemstra]

Id say just have her enjoy her regular ground mount to explore the city! I agree, this feels pretty motion sickness inducing.

[@skark3918]

@@chokonma3420 🤣

[@albertgeorgy6827]

The core game sucks but yeah the racing cars look cool I guess

[@supermanspy5522]

How about a crash animation that kills your character to make people even more mad.

[@RaveMasterSRB]

cool, im still waiting for retail hardcore mod in that new mods menu. preferably without flying and maybe only normal mounts after like lvl30

[@GuruGodPlays]

Arguably, the embrace of dragonriding has vastly improved their level design on the whole. Zones actually look wild and untamed with absolutely crazy geography to them, rather than what looks like a series of plains and flat lands separated by hilly mountains like Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Being able to make the game look good from both their air and the ground is a welcome necessity.

[@mattklinghamer370]

“I live my life a quarter mile at a time.” - every fast and furious fan who plays wow 😂

[@ITSYABOYYHWH]

Now I want even more a Gadgetzan like in Hearthstone...

[@meowmeowmeow1243]

Blizzard stole the mount system from Gw2, now they want the jumping puzzles too? I love both games, i think it will be awesome!

[@SillyOne90]

No thanks....soon you will just be zooming everywhere and not seeing or experiencing the world. The game has taken a crappy turn. Its all about going faster and faster. Mythic + is a race...Raiding is a race...Devles are a race...and getting to each of these must go as fast as possible. The only thing that is going to happen is people are going to "race" to the unsub button this season. Record cancelations coming soon.

[@u31inked]

I bet you didn't expect you'd be customizing a car in a city in WoW when y'all were playing WOTLK.

[@wolfengrim]

Yes. And I totally won't.

[@HaskerHiemstra]

Yeahh no. I don't care about siren isle, plunderstorm or Drive. I might pop in to explore undermine once to get a feel for the city (since it's been a dream of mine since vanilla) but other than that I'm just not into it. I'll see you all at Midnight in the reworked city of Silvermoon.

[@FancyTophatDude]

If you think this is a waste of resources, this is clearly them testing dynamic ground mounts with a small limited set of mounts in a smal controlled area. They'll probably expand upon it. If you're just hating on them putting time into improving traversal... I don't know what to tell you man, just play classic, it's right there if you hate changes based on there being changes

[@zimattack9994]

I loom forward to driving through azshara on for wheel of fury

[@D2Mephisto]

ugh, mythic Imonar was horrible in Antorus back during Legion. I didn't have trouble with it, but the dumbest players in my guild sure did -_- I am upset you reminded me of those horrific memories lmaoo

[@GuruGodPlays]

I really feel like a lot of you people don't do upside down nape of the earth jet flying in GTA V for fun, which shows as to why you don't enjoy dragon riding. To be quite honest, if you're dragonriding or D.R.I.V.E.-ing and you get "caught by a twig" or "stopped by a light pole" it sounds like the minimum you could do is git gud. Though, this is the community that still complains about the swirly animation so much that Blizzard needed to change it. I'm casual as all hell now in terms of playing, but I have never once had an issue with these animations since I started heroic raiding in WotLK. To see and hear mythic level players complaining about problems I've never had is just wild, when you consider how many of these animations were in mythic SoO... Money's on it being these usual suspects that D.R.I.V.E. the disdain of these features.

[@Dafyrogue]

16:12 You might want to check out BDO's mount system, comes close to what you just described. :)

[@Drdank_235]

Yeah this looks terrible its probably cause never gave a shit about mario cart crash team racing or anything but why would you want this in wow.... it just seems stupid like sweet racing.... not dont get me wrong im glad they tried somthing new i just think this system is a waste of time and resources as of now im already planing on nver ever using this and using my ground mount not having to use the drive system will totally ne worth the lose of speed

[@liquidpebbles]

I'm looking forward to it. Does seem really fast tho

[@Tchernobog11]

My epiglottis is full of bees!

[@larther37]

This just looks like once again they copied GW2's homework

[@daztora]

It's the inconsistent framerate and the object pop-in of the game that just rips me out of it everytime, had similar issues with Dragonriding until either, it got better or placebo. But that's probably a me issue, aslong as other's have fun with it.

[@SaltyFrosticles]

Just speed up my ground mount and static flight style.

[@ckmuck]

Good Video. I am still seeing the same issues. Once again Blizzard is ripping off other games because they can't come up with something original. To make it even worse they have taken a Fantasy based game and changes it into a Steampunk esq platform. Much of which is not well liked. Goblins were not a great race when they were created, very underdeveloped and quite frankly I wish they would delete them or prevent anymore creation with them. I feel the same way about all these cookie cutter races. Why not combine them and just have one set race (one dwarves, human, gnome, etc.) that can use their choices in Creation. Let the player decide then. Blizzard is missing out on the atmosphere that made them great to being with. Exploration, working together as a team (not idiots running and doing it themselves, if I want to watch someone do that, I am better off watching TV). Blizzard is destroying their own creation and have been since Legion. They are looking for greatness by robbing other games and mechanics and implementing them into their game. And really, they are not for everyone, if they want to continue to do that then give us a work around so we don't have to deal with it. Blizaard truly needs to come to the realization that they have problems within before they give us a 2 rated copy of old content.

[@RogerMullan-h4i]

It would definitely appeal to Mario Cart fans but like Dragon riding it is not for me

[@Alucardd-tt8eb]

lol imagine being a mythic raider and not being able to play frogger.

[@EMAbreuLucas]

Oh no! I have set ASD as action bar keybinds for years now. It's not optimal to move backwards or steer on keyboard. But new ideas are always worth trying!

[@bootnscoot5265]

I remember way back when, i was playing tera and i saw this..ellen?..driving this goofy car around, I couldn't help but think to myself, "man, this kills any attempt at any immersion whatsoever". At least the goblin cars are thematic and for sure some cool stuff is gonna come from it but i can't help but look back and wonder, what if they took the other path with the game? What if they didn't hyper focus on the rewards but rather the game as a whole?

[@natcal4979]

Waiting for worgen drifting!

[@liquidpebbles]

I agree about needing physics when hitting an object. Looks janky

[@wewendela]

9:20 Sure your making that guide for "US" not so you have a reason to play longer with your new shiny race car.

[@zarmal]

Not for me, i already get motion sickness just by watching your video. 😉

[@Sly_404]

Idk it feels really scuffed on PTR atm.

[@zethkall]

Whats this going to do with WPVP?

[@Djynni]

I don't hate it, but I don't "enjoy" it either. I never played any kind of Mario / car game so I'm not good at it and I don't intend to spend enough time doing it in WoW (like skyriding). Minigames are not what I'm here for. I'm not mad they made it, I just won't be taking much advantage of it. Mainly to get from here to there faster.

[@Jo1kien]

That thumbnail goes so hard lmao

[@mikesmicroshop4385]

If they implement this game wide I will not be playing anymore! I cant even tell you how insanely annoying it would be to have people ripping around in all areas of the game!

[@Mictla155]

WoW players hate change and hate all the good ideas but embrace the bad ones.

[@Rune__]

I have never played a driving game

[@Grimlak1990]

Why are we driving cars in a medieval fantasy video game?

[@wm1573]

Relax Andrew

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

It stopped being medieval the moment dwarves got tanks and rifles.

[@omegajunk-n3e]

A medieval fantasy game with Pandas and space goats?

[@TheeGoober]

Saying this like the game doesn't have giant Titan built machines and robots lmao

[@thekillingjoke8474]

WoW is SCI-FI FANTASY, not medieval lmao

[@MeritRaXIX]

this a motion sickness on a new level. I cannot use dynamic fight cause my motion sickness, This seems worse.

[@metalhead375]

How are you going to say “it paid off” when it’s not even live yet lmao

[@T.R.75]

yeah im old, i dont need faster. its not for me, and thats fine. not a fan of dynamic flying either. not against devs trying new things. hope others find it fun. ill be slow and plod around.

[@Dax-D]

Nope. Lame content. I will probably skip this patch and play classic until the next patch.

[@orusandornots1915]

Ok so they do a bad version of pokemon that few like. Now a bad version of Mario Cart. Gee... How exciting. If you think there is no skill to dragonriding its because you didn't think about it. Skimming the ground close enough to regen energy so you can maintain 900-1000% speed takes a lot of skill when there are hills, rivers, forests etc you are dodging through and around.

[@ClapBurn]

I can't stand dragon flying, this is going to be the same for me. I do not care if it takes longer, I will not use it. Go ahead and add these things, but they really should not relegate the old travel methods into obscurity. These new systems should be side grades or slight upgrades to the old system that you use IF YOU WANT TO, without it making you feel like you are wasting twice as much time by not using them.

[@ZK-sz8vs]

i hope we get to drift on a horse

[@dansharpe2364]

I hate it already and won't use it.

[@GloomSkullCandy]

No one gonna talk about how the game is feeling more like a circus with various attraction areas rather than a cohesive mmo world anymore? Each patch brings some new "theme park ride" and its just.. has me less interested in the game than ever before. Playing classic you realize there was a shared world and story.. now it just feels like flavor-of-the-week themepark rides where you're just waiting for the next one. Goofy and lame imo.

[@russbakr]

Can't balance anything .. end game death spiral ... transmogs looking uglier and uglier ... the leveling adventure is boring with zero interest .... yea dont fix rhe important stuff ... make a bad mario cart wannabe ...

[@bertjones3010]

If I spent 60% of my time riding around I might like it more - flying, riding, driving - for me, the point is to go from point A to point B as fast as I can so that I'm spending time playing the game, and buried in wowhead trying to figure out what the ..ck the quest wants me to do. Why not just go play Mario Bros if that's you joy ride. Almost as useless as the warband load on screen scenes.

[@tymeixsell1241]

M+ should be removed from WoW. PvP can take its place on the vault. M+ is a mini game that has nothing to do with the Lore. Take it out of Azeroth and make it a mobile game. The poison spread throughout all group content due to the timer is immeasurable.

[@GloomSkullCandy]

No joke. Ive quit retail for the time being because it feels like Im on a mobile game treadmill instead of a cohesive world with lore and atmosphere. God knows everyone just wants to be sittin next to a tauren in yeti pajamas with a candycane sword drifting in on his goblin racecar to smack a rare mob before flying away on a broomstick. Immersion!

[@adamjones1115]

Just give us mount use in dungeons and raids. Don't care for this.

[@freakzila]

I tried this yesterday and i can say i hate this as much as dragonriding

[@OhNoTheFace]

Ok boomer

[@sayrebonifield4663]

GTA: Undermine?

[@jeffwhiting4237]

If I wanted to play an arcade game, I would. I don't. As far as "Just learn it, and you will like it", I don't have time to "just learn" a game mode that doesn't interest me, especially when I'm paying for it. This is true with Plunderstorm, and this Mario Kart console minigame. Wow seems to be vectoring off it's roots of an RPG at an accelerating rate.

[@damiencrossley7497]

If its like the new flying ill ignore it!