HOLY FUCK!!!!!! Ok. I just got done from SW, checking on how much it will take my now Level 56 Rogue to fly in Azeroth. It will cost me 440g.
200g for the License, 200g for the training, and 40g for the mount. I can afford the training and mount, but Benie will have to give me the 200 for the license.
EDIT: Hit Level 60 today (April 22nd)! Hit it in Un’Goro. I had over 500g when I got to SW, enough to afford everything. When I got there and talked with the flying trainer, I noticed that the Flight Master’s License requires 225 riding skill and Level 70. I raged quite a bit (due to knowing I’ve seen Level 60’s on flying mounts in Azeroth), then felt like a total idiot when I realized something. Getting the training gives you the 225 riding skill, and I completely screwed up my thinking with the Level 70 thing. That’s the 280% Flight speed increase (which unlocks Netherwing rep). Bought the training, then saw I could buy the license and did, and bought a Golden Griffon as my flying mount (like Benie did).
Also noticed, that you can get Cold Weather Flying (flying in Northrend) at 68 instead of 78. This will help greatly once my Rogue hits 70.
Anyway, I FP’d back to the Blasted Lands to do more questing — killing Hyenas for their blood for a Blood Mage. I just got finished killing one, and about a second after I looted the corpse, I… died unexpectedly.
I wanted to say “What the fuck?”, then I noticed I had gotten an achievement. The “Stood in the Fire” achievement. My eyes suddenly lit up, then I looked up and saw Deathwing, burning the area just northwest of me. After I hit the Release Spirit button and ran back to my corpse, I wanted to scream bloody murder “I GOT IT!! WOOT!!!”
This is the second encounter I had with him. First time was in The Fungal Vale in the Eastern Plaquelands. When he showed up, the sky and the ground got red, and I saw him on the horizon. But he was too far away for me to get a screenshot.
This time, he was nearly right on top of me, raining down death with his constant fire breath. I wasn’t alerted of his presence (the ground is already red, so I couldn’t tell). But I saw the sky, and “Deathwing’s Molten Flame instantly kills Beniehowl.” in my Combat tab. Never got the 10% broken gear penalty for dying.
He flew south, and the sky went back to normal.
So, only I got it, like Deathwing was hunting me down since the first encounter. He put the ‘Mark of Death’ on me but never did the job until now.