you only need the standard 75 skill to ride them, but if you start the grind as soon as you hit 58 you wont finish until midway through 60 (and once you hit 60 you need the speed to make the runs quicker).
I seriously thought about waiting until 70 and going from standard skill straight to epic flight (as i already have the cash for my current 5 man team) but the difference between the normal mount and epics is too good to pass up when you have to do the amount of traveling across the zone that this grind entails.
to add more speed, i also got the carrot on a stick for each character before staring (hey its only 3%, but every little helps :thumbup: )
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