Some folks in the GW2 sub thought you may like this. This is one of the flying mounts and is very fun to fly. The physics are kind of momentum based, meaning you need to start from a higher area to dive down and gain speed. Once you gain max speed you can maintain it indefinetely with some practice. But the only change made to the base game when PoF was released was to add areas where mounts could not be used so they didn't trivialise some of the jumping puzzles and mini dungeons. They didn't remove any of the things which made it possible to get 100% map completion without mounts. Calignos-perenolde December 8, 2022, 2:16pm 20. The dynamic turning radii make the GW2 experience superior. Gives a genuine feel of weightiness to the flying and other mounts. Also the vertical wall-grabbing with Skyscales makes resource management more skill-based rather than just waiting on a timer. Skyscale. Leap into the air, then summon and mount your skyscale . Recharge Time: 180 seconds. Can Mount in Air. Can Mount in Combat. — In-game description. Skyscale is a mastery skill that allows mounting the skyscale mount in combat. Unlocking the skill requires the Combat Launch mastery, available through the Secrets of the Obscure mastery I don't remember where I heard it but they mentioned there would not be any flight in Guild Wars 2 at all. The reason being, if you can just fly over everything, the land and monuments lose their scale and meaning. Flying really devalues the traveling experience. That aside, with map travel, I dont really see a need for flying mounts. I just wrote a piece looking at the upcoming gliding feature in Heart of Thorns in view of World of Warcraft's recent troubles with their removing… On flat, relatively level ground, raptor will leave jackal in the dust. If you are moving up a hill though, jackal will take the lead. Raptors leap is trash uphill, which allows jackals natural speed to take over. There are tradeskill flying mount rewards later in the timeline. You can also buy a low/no cost flying mount from the armor equipment dealer in the planes of power and later expansions. Those are the dealers that bring you up to the minimum level equipment to fight in the zone basically for free. S9ywi9.