Quote Originally Posted by 'rstokes',index.php?page=Thread&postID=57105#post5 7105
I disagree, because honestly, how much flying do you really do? I have 2 70's now, and quad'in some shammy's right now, at level 53...and I dont fly around that much at all. Sure, with the new expansion coming up, you may replace gear, but hell, YOU have to survive those few months I think gear is the most important issue for any character, and unless you're seriously farming your butt off, how often do you plan on flying? Also, even if you may have just rerolled, youve taken this much time to get these mages geared up, so what is your chances of immediately gearing these guys up when the xpac hits? As always, its just my opinion!! Gear > Flying on birds!
Actually.. unless all you do is pvp most people do alot of flying, especially if you have a gathering profession... mining, skinning, herbalism, even fishing you do plenty of flying for. And if you think of it this way, once you make the epic mage gear you think you'll never upgrade from it before the next expansion? I guarantee you'll upgrade it in the over 6 months you have till the next expansion.. you can't upgrade from a epic flyer.

Epic Flyer = faster outlands questing, faster dailies = more income and can then get the mage tailoring epics also.
You can farm easier, faster, great for helping friends, etc.

Flyer>gear, the gear will get replaced before the expansion, the flyer won't.