ho'kay, Sho.
Posting this under Wow-General due to it being theory, not an exploit or guide.
If you do use this for a cool exploit... thank me.
There is an NPC on the edge of Searing Gorge named "Sharon Boomgetter" Who is involved in the quest "The Bogpaddle Bullet" Link is to horde version. apparently there's an alliance version too... though why idk, the quest allows you to quickly skip redridge, an alliance zone where alliance would be safe. o_O whatever. anyway. ho'kay sho
So, i took the Flight. when i landed, no NPC's spawned or Ore/Minerals. not sure if it was a Desync or what, but once a min my character would flash like Xrealm zoning. this would interrupt mounting.
i ran around the zone a bit thinking i'd check to see if minerals were up, and after a while, mobs started spawning. and the node i was standing near spawned as well. (course i was in the middle of a nest of them when i finally sync'd back up. Dat luck.)
after, i checked my combat log. i was getting attacked during that time by "John J. Keeshan". Dunno how, or why.
While researching this, i discovered if you are in combat when you ask the NPC for the Flight to Blasted lands.... she sends a rocket without you.
so i wonder what would happen if a group of people spam sent rockets, if that's possible.
Hopefully better minds than mine can have some fun with this