THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A JOKE.
Sorry for falling for it. It really did sound to good to be true.
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Take this with a generous helping of salt. Someone was claiming they had found a feature list for EQ2: Rise of Kunark, and it included these things:
Beast lords
New look for Iksar (closer to EQ1 models)
New gnomish mounts
Levitate for mages
Mounts that can attack
Sounds more like a wish list than a feature list, and I suppose we’ll see what the truth is in a few more months.