Death From Above!

Like the mighty eagle stalking a young salmon, no one is ever prepared for the flying gank! The flying gank is a side effect of the flying mount that I did not anticipate from BC (I wasn't in beta). I'm not talking about hot flying mount on flying mount action, but about low level players (60-69) being preyed upon by 70's in the sky.

When leveling from 1 to 60 most PvP server players learned to be aware of our surroundings (X & Y axises). Checking your back before grabbing another mob was not that hard. With the introduction of the flying mount in BC though, the dreaded Z axis has come into play. Unless you play from the ankle cam there isn't really an opportunity to see your attacker before it's too late.

While I am all for ganking and have been both ganker and gankee on many occasions, the flying gank seems like it could get out of hand. The average player has not hit 70 yet and the number of players on flying mounts that most players see is low. As the general player base slowly hits 70 though the more flying ganks there will be. I won't even get into epic flying mounts, most people I see currently, are on the standard mount and getting away from them is like getting away from an acer seed. Epic flying mounts will own it and by "it" I mean your soul if you are not 70 yet.

I can't wait to hit 70 so I can start owning noobs from the sky,

Jafer