Flying mounts

I feel like we have seen gliding mounts in action before, but I don't remember the stream exactly. They were fighting sky themed demon things on top of a mountain or something and Steven was riding a griffon (could have been a flying kind though he didn't fly with it that stream.) He jumped off the arena mountain and glided down kind of like a hang glider. Any one else remember what I am talking about?

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Ok?

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I'd imagine some super high value sieges (especially node ones) could involve enough high ranking players to see a few of them flying on mounts. And I can already imagine how fucking cool that would look, seeing two+ dudes flying above the siege, while several hundred people on the ground fight each other. That's something right from a fantasy story, which is kinda the point. If everyone's riding a flying mount - this interaction would not be special at all.

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As long as a castle-holder can register to attack another castle - they will. If they can't - they'll probably get their satellite guild to attack. In order to stay at the top you gotta put/keep others down.

And don't forget about the plain dropped flyers too. Those are the reason why I mention "high ranking" players. If we can trade eggs (or whichever form the drops will take) - people will sell their flying mounts to the highest bidder, as long as they don't need it themselves. And an important upcoming siege is definitely worth of becoming that highest bidder.

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If L2 could do it all the way back then, I definitely think Intrepid can do it now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRZfwDgSQAQ

As for other players trying to combat them - siege weapons. You think the other side might have a few flyers? Prepare for them by allocating resources to specific siege weapons that help you kill them. Could be operated by a lowbie (to include them in the siege) and would also be real cool to see a flyer come down because their mount got hit with a hugeass arrow or smth.