I Feel For Our Pets (and Mounts)

Mounts first: The Cenarion War Hippogryph (requires Exalted with Cenarion Expedition) finally got a ground movement animation this week. I recommend you stick to flying really low, unless motion sickness doesn’t bother you. It seems Blizzard perfectly captured the animation a camel would have if it were a WoW mount.

All well and good, I guess…but for crying out loud, Blizzard, let the damned thing land once in awhile!

Ever notice that Druids in flight form (swift or not) occasionally glide on air currents, rather than continually flap their wings?

Ever notice your flying mount never stops flapping its wings? (But taxi gryphons glide!) I can hear our mounts talking to each other in the World’s End Tavern: "I just flew in from The Stormspire…and boy! are my wings tired!" (Yes, I know that’s a tired joke…)

And what about our pets (I’m thinking primarily hunter pets here)?  Ever have one accompany you to the Auction House? You’re standing there for what must seem like hours, and they patiently wait beside you, slowly getting hungry. Cats stretch and yawn occasionally, but who ever saw a cat stand on all fours for hours at a time? 

Or you’re standing around in TK while the RL gives his (or her) interminable description of a fight you’ve seen a dozen times (tonight). Ever notice the players aren’t smart enough to /sit and take a load off? Might explain why you’re trying to kill Kael for the 13th time tonight.

At any rate, you can sit (or lie down) if you’re so inclined. What about your pet though? Shouldn’t there be a /rest animation for pets? Even if, say, cats go into the meatloaf position, or flying pets (I’m thinking of my chimaera here) simply roost and fold their wings? That animation could even be tied to /sit.

Something for Blizzard to think about, anyway.

So given my suggestions, what other kind of useful fluff can Blizzard put into a future patch? Something for the forum trolls to QQ about "Why in hell did Blizzard do this, instead of fixing my class??"