Did the daze mechanic get a stealth buff?

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I was basically forced to get the Azerite trait with a shield because without it, it’s literally every other mob will daze you.

We’ve killed Arthas and Ragnaros the Firelord, and countless other bosses, yet that little boar in Redridge Mountains will still daze you.

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I don’t know why Blizz is so adamant to make tiny aspects of the game so annoying…

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The pain is real and it never fails the instant I forget barding on a non tank toon, the 1st thing that happens is I get dazed, then I have a minor melt down, then promtly followed by flight whistle/guild bank visit/barding equipped/pick my mind back up :crazy_face:

:beer: /cheers

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Well, early in BFA, many pieces have a shield and that shields prevents you from getting dazed.

Now you probably have gear that doesn’t have that shield so you are actually getting dazed.

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It really wouldnt suprise me if they snuck it in now, many expect them to stealth buff it when mount equipment comes out.

If it has been buffed theyre trying to get it in unoticed so theres no notocable change when the equipment goes live

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/10 charac

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Not true. I was wearing the exact same gear as last week, and i’ve been getting dazed like crazy this week.

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careful you’ll lose your mvp status for not agreeing with blizzard.

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Kinda seems like it to me… I got chain dazed yesterday like 4 times in a row.

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Some people seem to value integrity over status. :confused:

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I think the daze mechanic was increased after they announced they will have mount slots in 8.2

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Hm… Blizz is adding a new mount equipment system soon with one of the first equipment pieces being a way to avoid getting dazed… Then people start to notice daze is becoming more prevalent…

I dunno I can’t see any reason why daze would be worse now than in the past. Nope, it must be in your head, OP.

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What next, they remove the tank ability to never get dazed?
Oh god Blizzard no I wasn’t suggesting—
dazed
dismount noise

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Well however could they peddle rep grind mount equipment if you don’t need it?

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But how is this at all good game design? Let’s create a problem, so people have to buy this new thing we have added to the game, that didn’t need to be there in the first place.

Typically with design you look to improve, streamline, or build upon existing systems. Not make something worse, only to make a new system that gets people back where they were. But I guess this is their new game design philosophy lately, take something that was perfectly fine, break it, then add a new in game system that you the player have to grind to return it to it’s prior state. Then have the audacity to slap a “feature” label on it.

I just think if they did stealth buff the daze mechanic, it’s a really crummy and cheap tactic. If this is their idea on how to make more mount equipment items viable, this is not the right route to take. It’s just shady honestly. Their creating a problem in the game, to get people to buy into their new system.

Honestly the whole mount equipment thing seems rushed, and not at all thought out. The fact that they are taking away passives from some mounts (aka the water strider) and not from others (herb mechs, but they can’t use any equipment items cause “reasons”) makes zero sense.

I almost feel this was a feature for the next expansion, but they decided to cobble and rush it into 8.2 to make the patch seem beefier than it really is. I mean think about it. Logistically it makes no sense to add it in 8.2, especially with flying being introduced in all the new zones (after path finder of course). It’s a feature that’s pretty much dead on arrival, so why even introduce it?

I know this might make some people upset, but the only real fix to the mount issue is to just allow all mounts to do everything at this point. Every mount can water walk, pick flowers, unable to be dazed(pve only), and ground walking mounts have the ability to fly. Boom, we just fixed the water strider issue, and no one is locked down to any one particular mount anymore, and we didn’t need to waste a bunch of developers time on making this unneeded system. They can focus their efforts on other areas of the game that need help, aka class balance and fantasy, correcting their reward structure to not being a big massive slot machine, within a slot machine, inside a casino.

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My alts have been getting dazed much more ever since about 8 weeks ago.

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It makes more sense for it to be PvE thing. We don’t need dazes in PvP because there’s already enough slows/stuns/roots/etc. going on.

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“Battle for Azeroth - You’ll be sorry you complained.”

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Because they do not have the skills to do anything else…

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The 30 second refreshing shield trait on Azerite gears that effectively works as a budget-Prydaz works wonders against dazing. I recommend taking it.

Also, y’all need to buy our barding off AH, throw us some bone here. It should be as essential item in your bag as Goblin Gliders!