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Comment by 182073

this is uber!

Comment by link428

No more will we jump down to the gold mine in AB just to realize we are out of feathers!

...although i guess that stopped after we all got Ice Block.

Comment by 45315

Since its a Minor Glyph its clearly worth it, if it would have been a Major i would have gone for something else.

Comment by 178410

This could be great for PvP. Keep this up at all times for dispell fodder, to protect something more important, like Icy Veins.
And of course, for making epic jumps in AB...

Comment by danroe

Just bought this glyph today.

Bye Bye light feathers

Comment by Casterphile

Minor glyph monopoly = ftw. i got lucky enough to get this on my first cd of Minor Inscription Research and was, at the time, the only person with it on my server Hordeside. Needless to say, it's quite useful and every PvP mage wanted one. 2.5k gold in 24 hours ain't bad :-D

Comment by 121315

I find myself using this non-stop now. It is now hard to imagine I lived 3 years without it.

Comment by 151381

The feather market plummeted shortly after this glyph was introduced.

The days seem brighter for Plainstriders.

Comment by 116979

This is the best minor glyph. In every way, it's dispel/purge fodder.. Slowfall becomes really useful when you can use it all the time. Go to the top of Wyrmrest Temple and put on your rocket boots, set course for Warsong Hold and Swwooosh.

Comment by Veltheris

Also, this glyph is even better give in the new patch Slow Fall can be cast on other players.

Comment by 258919

This is by far the best minor glyph a mage can get. Any and every spec should have this.

It saves you an inventory spot, but mostly it saves you the hassle of having to get feathers which can only be found in certain places or the AH.

Slow Fall is used plenty in PvP - for example, jumping from the Lumber Mill to the Blacksmith or down into the Gold Mine in Arathi Basin. Without Slow Fall, you would only survive that with a well timed blink.

It's also useful for jumping down to Rutheran Village after having explored Teldrassil as a Horde player ;-)

Get it. Now. No excuses.

Comment by 202790

Lol, i totally see the usefulness of this glyph. But what if you are floating down from the Lumber Mill or to the Gold Mine And a DK has come just in time to Death Grip you to him? (DK's are pretty good at killing cloth wearers.) But still, a DK could DG you while you are still in mid air. There might be a few instant cast spells that you could use while still floating though :)

Comment by 438850

In my opinion, this is an extremely overrated glyph. I think there is maybe a place for it for AB fiends, you can definitely see the LM to BS hackery being very useful, but beyond that, its only strength is using it on other people, and I'm not really sure that I can think of a time when I've wished I'd been able to.

Every mage should learn the Blink-when-landing timing, which I think renders this glyph pretty much useless. Falling without Slow Fall is so much faster (duh), so you can mount up so much sooner. I don't think you cover much extra ground with Slow Fall. I think maybe the reason I'm so biased is that the Blink hax is so incredibly elegant that I want to see more mages doing it! Plus, I think it can only be a good thing to practice your judgement and timing in this way. It's blatantly a transferable skill!

Further, I think some of the alternative minor gloves do have more direct utility. I would even rate the Fire and Frost Ward glyphs as more useful than Slow Fall, and of course you have Arcane Intellect and, err... Penguin / Bear. Kinda difficult for me to argue that those two have more utility, though.

Comment by 442491

This is my favorite mage glyph! It has saved my life many times and is just plan fun to use lol. I love jumping off the pillars in thousand needles and jumping straight from Tanaris into the middle of Un'Goro :D

Comment by Muchestu

The only reason this glyph is considered the best one (and rightly so) is because all the other minor mage glyphs are completely useless (except for Blast Wave which has its pve purposes).

Comment by Westy543

Slow Fall is awesome. I was PvPing in Nagrand against a Boomkin who decided to Typhoon me off the mountain for an embarassing falling death. NOT TODAY! I used Slow Fall and escaped. Two other very useful situations - any raid bosses that cause fall damage, and any abominations that use the NPC version of Death Grip.

Comment by Aimsyr

OMS NOMS! Crunchable Glyphses
On a serious note, this is like the only really good/useful minor mage glyph. In fact it is probably the best one. On the other hand Polymorph: Penguin is cool, but it is only a cosmetic effect. Albeit an awesome one.

I think I will take... Both!

Comment by 336987

Insanely useful glyph. EVERY mage should have this. Prior to WotLK, I never used the spell (because I'm cheap). Now, with this, I use it all the time!

Uses include:

Slowfalling from LM to BS, like a boss!
Jumping off of really tall things while mounted to see how far you float!
Not having to pray to various gods that server lag will cause you to blink upwards 40 feet and refall to your death!
Saving yourself from fall damage in encounters, such as Archimonde and Malygos! No more grunting in pain like the unwashed masses for YOU!

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Save gold!
Own a bird other than a phoenix!
Free up an inventory space!

But most importantly, have fun! Featherfall is an iconic ability of the magi, and by god now that you have hit level 15 you are going to use it!

Comment by 441773

This is the most useful minor mage glyph in the game. Every mage has it.... get it.

Comment by Allakhazam

i need that! its so expensive in AH

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Glyph of Slow Fall

Item Level 12
Minor Glyph

Requires Level 15
Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.

Your Slow Fall spell no longer requires a reagent.

Max Stack: 20

Sell Price: 1

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