Yesterday, when Tigole announced the [item type=“preload”]Amani War Bear[/item] will no longer be available after Lich King comes out, most of the community took the news quite badly, apart from the players who already have the mount of course 
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However, later on in the same thread, he also hinted at another possible future mount:
[blue=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=6417163760&sid=1&pageNo=3#44]Polar Bear sound cool?[/blue]
No one knew whether to take him seriously or not, as he didn’t give any more details than that. However, just now Bornakk has confirmed Tigole meant what he said in the post yesterday:
[blue=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=6440866066&sid=1&pageNo=9#177] Some accomplishments will have a limited time in where you can get them, yes, but generally speaking there are quite few of them in the game.
For players who are focused on romping around on a bear, there will be another one in Wrath of the Lich King
As Tigole put it, does a polar bear sound cool?[/blue]
That looks pretty final to me, Polar Bears it is then! At least that rules out all the other suggestions there’s been floating around like Penguin, Yeti and Walrus…
[QUOTE=Azori;4127060]Do you know if there will be a new riding skill required? Or just new mounts?
I’m on the way to 5k, but do I spend it now or save it for the expansion?
you know. for me, i’ll spend that money now, because it will allow me to do things quicker, and in the end, probably make enough money for whatever riding skill fee i’ll have to pay later on anyway. think of it as an investment. that’s how i see it. but to each his/her own.