World of Warcraft Patch is Live

After a long wait the latest WoW patch is here bringing with it the long awaited ability to get player ride-able mounts at level 30. It looks like Blizzard is intentionally making the game more casual friendly through the leveling process. Since the level cap will very soon be level 80 I think it's a step in the right direction.

It used to be that leveling from 1 to 60 was a Herculean effort that took months for the average person. In the old leveling structure players were not able to get their first mount until level 40, which always seemed a bit odd given that the next tier of mounts was available at 60. Now in the new patch as soon as your character hits 30 you can visit your local riding trainer and pay the 35 gold to learn how to ride your racial mount of choice. There's no excuse now for folks not being prepared to explore the frosty snow covered regions of Northrend in "Wrath of the Lich King" this fall!