I’m sure this has also been pointed out, but the mount does not work properly in aquatic zones OR benefit from mount equipment. It is still very slow compared to other aquatic mounts when swimming through water. I am also unsure why it wouldn’t benefit from mount equipment, unless that part of its coding it determining to be an aquatic mount which it looks like none of them benefit from mount equipment.
So, the issues of this mount are:
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Does not work properly in flying zones, per the mount buff text, you only gain 100% increased swim speed.
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Does APPEAR to almost work properly in flying zones, however if that flying zone also has an aquatic section where you can swim via your mount, the increased swim speed does NOT seem to be working as intended.
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Currently does not benefit from mount equipment, likely due to the mount code classifying it as an aquatic mount, as other aquatic mounts share this “feature” of no benefits from mount equipment.
Good to know it’s a known issue! Here’s to hoping they fix it quickly.
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For me, it does seem to move underwater at the same speed as my other aquatic mounts. I have an add-on with a mount speed meter, and it shows the Deepstar Aurelid moving at the same speed as my Brinedeep Bottom-Feeder while underwater.
It also works normally as a flying mount with the same speed as other flying mounts. The areas it is not working correctly are non flying areas like Oribos or ZM, where it moves half the speed of my ground mounts.
Way to go Blizz! Make a mount that players spend hours! LITERALLY HOURS! Fishing for Strange Goop so they can begin the trek to finding the rest of the required items to fish this mount up and whammo! You guys screw it all up by making it slow in Korthia, Zereth Mortis, Oribos and Orgrimmar. I’m sure more zones will be discovered, but that’s besides the point. The point is, we worked hard to achieve this mount and YOU screwed it up by making it slower than every single other mount in the entire game! Why?
it’s a bug and they’re working to fix it. yelling at them won’t get it fixed any faster.
Speed issue appears to be fixed, enjoy your mount!