Eh… my main problem with the auto-shift through puddles is to do with combat. If I run past a mob and get aggro, then happen to dip into a puddle, auto shift forces me into aquatic form, then when I hop out I’m back in to travel form (cheetah for me), but… I’ve lost my “out of combat” speed boost. Previously I would’ve just swam through it as a cheetah and continued on my merry way at full speed.
This does annoy me to no end… Particularly when I’m out herbing in Tirisgarde.
That being said I still don’t think we should get water-walking with travel form. I just wish they’d take out auto-shift… Though they never will… despite the metric crapton of druids protesting the change.
I love how on the rare occasions that druids bring up something-- even when most are being reasonable-- people come in here and act like we’re entitled babies. Yet classes who whine on a consistent basis never get this treatment. Did we wrong you in another life?
Half, if not more, of the druids here have said they agree that mount equipment shouldn’t work for travel form. Stop being so hostile with such poor excuses.
“You have four specs!” Really? That’s somehow an argument?
I’m bowing out of this thread, because the only thing that angers me here is the vitriol spewed at people just for having a discussion about how they feel concerning this mount equipment-- and I’ll go off on someone if I don’t ignore this thread.
I am part of the half that does not agree with you. I have seen what Blizzard has done lately when they want to “improve” things. I do not want them touching travel form.
We would surely have to give something up in order to gain mount equipment. No thanks. I will just use mount equipment on my other mounts. Travel form does not need to be messed with.
Yeah, you’d probably need to give up gathering node interaction while in travel forms to be able to use mount equipment (this is also why the Sky Golem will not benefit from it) which is a trade I don’t think is worth it. Running Wild though really should benefit as it’s basically a normal mount in pretty much every way that matters.
My only issue is that druids can’t benefit from the parachute equipment, on flight form when we can be ‘dismounted’ by other players.
Either we’re mounts or not. Blizz needs to be consistent. Either we’re a mount to be dismounted from in flight form… and so should be given mount equipment. Or we are not, in which case we shouldn’t be dismounted as it’s not a mount.
Also we’re still salty about not having a class ‘mount’.
I don’t see the issue. You can still mount up and get the boosts as druids. You get an extra travel form for instant cast. And water walking. What’s the problem? I don’t use travel mode all the time same as the lunarwing form. Waterwalking is situational. You won’t need to mount all the time like now.
The very very best perk of travel form is that, when bored (which is often), you get to fly very very high and then drop, only to shift and save yourself from going splat at the last second. It’s very entertaining.
On the contrary, sir. All you have to do is purchase the parachute, summon a real mount, not flight form, fly off, and if you get dismounted, you can use that chute. You are not restricted from using mounts at all. Please understand that. It takes a couple of seconds to summon a mount and off you will go. Just hotkey it.
So basically… screw the one thing druids get that is unique? Can we remove the paladin and DK mount perks then? Would be fair after all… if druids can’t use travel form with equipment, why should others also get travel perks AND equipment hmm? Fair is fair after all… Or does your ‘fairness’ only apply to druids…
Also under this context… where is our class MOUNT? No I don’t mean the derpshift form. I mean an actual class mount we can use with mount equipment, and incidentally in CURRENT CONTENT?
Good heavens!!! You can summon mounts just like anyone else. So although our shifting is unique, it is NOT the only way we can move around. Druids still have the wow-given ability to summon mounts. We’re really not that special that we can’t handle simple tasks. And you have over 300 mounts to choose from.
I chose not to get the class mount. So I can’t answer that one. My only character to get the class mount was my Demon Hunter.
And everyone else had the option to use things like barding, and other craft items for their mounts… yet they’re getting mount equipment on top of that.
Point is though, why can we be dismounted from flight form if we are NOT a mount. I’m pointing out the hypocrisy of double standards. If we are not mounts, then we also shouldn’t be affected by dismounting effects. If we are mounts enough to be forcibly removed from flight form, then it is unfair if we also cannot benefit from the mount equipment in that form.
It’s the entire unique aspect of druid to use forms. Like mages can use portals, or warlocks can summon the closet etc. By making it pointless to use our UNIQUE skills you pretty much tell the druid class that the devs dont’ care about druids being fun.
Also to clarify on the druid derpform - it’s a skin for flight form, which means we have not been able to use it this expac except in old content that no-one goes to anymore. We also can’t use it in BGs, IEs, dungeons, raids or any other instance where you can use normal mounts. Also you can’t choose to use it one second and normal flight form the next, as you have to trek all the way to either moonglade or val’sharrah to turn it on and off.
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