When I say the Beta is a wicked ride, you better believe it.  Here I am cruising with my level 80 drood past the Org bank on my sweet new pimpcycle.  During the last push, a whole load of peeps were able to get the new Mechano-hog for free in Dalaran.  Unfortunately, I missed that, but since I have made such an obscene amount of gold doing inscription, plopping down 5,ooo gold for one of these was no problem.

The hog is made by engineers, and looks pretty steep as far as the mats are concerned.  Expect to see a ton of these around before christmas, but also expect the price tag to be large.

If you have an engineering toon at 375 with mining, this will be a monster money-maker if you can be one of the first ones to go to market with it.  It’s the most fun anyone will ever have on a land mount by far.

Vanity mounts like this one and collectible pets even have achievements attached to them.  There are an unlimited number of non-combat pets and mount slots.  I bagged the penguin for a pet and the cycle.  It’s a whimsical and fun new twist to the character tabs.

The hog looks really cool and is very different from the animal mounts.  It actually seems to turn a bit better, so riding it around in the buildings in TB seems easier on the bike than a raptor (and certainly more so than a kodo).

The sound leaves a bit to be desired, more like a wicked lawnmower than a harley, but good enough.  It even has a dismount button named “leave Vehicle” that pops up when you get on the thing.  It took me a bit to figure out how to get off of it the first time!

But perhaps the coolest feature is that another toon can ride with you!  All you have to do is group up and you’re ready to go for a cruise.  This could come in really handy for those times where you are powerleveling an alt through instances.  Your main can just party with your alt (or anyone for that matter) and then speed off to the instance portal at epic land mount speed.  It will really cut down on running time for low level toons.  Imagine everyone asking you for a ride all the time (ack).

Lawbringer and I have been grinding away at some really serious things in the beta, but the hog stands out.  Inscription is going to be even better than you can imagine, and the new Naxx raids are amazing.  It’s good that we will at least get the inscription profession in the next patch.  Keep your eyes on your email box in the next few days for more on inscription, we’re almost ready to tell you all about it.

The hog is a great example of just one of dozens of really cool things that stand out in the xpac.  And DYS is going to keep you ahead of the rest of the WoW players out there.  The info is going to come fast and furious as the beta gets into the final stages, so stick around for all the tasty tidbits.  I guarantee you, if you will read the articles and get to work on the information, you really will Dominate your server - and the last word - will be yours . . .

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