The War Within Alpha - Flight Switching, Portals, Warbands, UI Changes

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The War Within Alpha - Switching Between Skyriding and Steady Flight
In The War Within Alpha, you now have a spell called “Switch Flight Style” that allows you to switch between Skyriding (Dynamic) and Steady (Regular) flight.

• You must be on the ground to cast this spell.
• Switch Flight Style has a 5-second cast time.
• Switch Flight Style dismounts you.

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The War Within Alpha - Dornogal Portal
The Dornogal portal can be found in the Stormwind and Orgrimmer Portal Rooms on The War Within Alpha.

• These portals are not finished.
• The Alliance version is in the second portal room and occupies the first spot on the right. It is the same room as the Bel’ameth Portal.
• The Horde version is in the basement portal room to the left of the Shattrath portal.

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The War Within Alpha - Warband Character Select Screen
Today we are looking at the new character select screen in The War Within. This campfire scene allows you to select up to four of your favorite characters to be showcased, but all of your characters on your account belong to your Warband.

Lots of things are shared across your Warband:

• The War Within faction reputations
• Warbound items (until equipped)
• Unbound items and reagents
• Transmog appearances
• Flight paths
• Some achievements
• Delve progress
• Warband Bank - Holds items and gold, costs 25,000 gold to unlock
• Potentially some currencies when it makes sense

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World of Warcraft: The War Within Alpha - UI Changes
There are a few UI changes to The War Within, including Arachnophobia mode and a work in progress update to the spellbook.

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