Okay, so the issue starts with the fact that we ONLY get to use 1 measly piece of equipment for all our mounts collectively and the fact that there isn’t enough variety in the amount of equipment we have to choose from.
We can still have a water strider that walks on water WITHOUT equipment AND have a mount equipment system that helps players feel like they can ride ANY mount WITHOUT being bound to one mount for its perks!
HERE’S HOW! Each mount needs its OWN separate mount equipment slot, with a second slot being earnable, and once again, we need some more variety in mount equipment! I’ll list possible equipment ideas later on, BUT FIRST let me tell you why this will save ALL mounts with special abilities, such as all the water striders, sky golems and even vendor mounts!
Basically, the idea is that two equipment slots will completely eliminate the chance of one mount permanently being the best. Mounts like the water strider would automatically fill the first slot, and players will still have a second slot left to customize to their liking! Also, this can apply to the sky golem, just add a piece of mount equipment that can give any mount similar functionality and players won’t feel bound to only using sky golem for mounted herbalism!
UPDATE: I realized that buying equipment over and over again could be costly, maybe this should work similarly to essences, glyphs or talents, but have a built-in cost?
POSSIBLE MOUNT EQUIPMENT: Plus cosmetic / effect variants
- Double Jumping Springs / Double Jumping Winds - Jump twice on mounts.
- Angel’s Wings of Flight / Demon’s Wings of Flight - Ground mounts can fly.
- Herbalist’s Rake-O-Matic / Miner’s Rock-O-Matic - Gather while mounted.
- Prosthetic Extend-O-Arm / Gnomish Loot-A-Rang - Loot while mounted.
- Trainer’s Carrot on a Stick / Cavalry Riding Crop - Mount speed increased.
- Spy’s Grappling Hook / Mountaineer’s Sturdy Rope - Traverse high terrain.
- Wrangler’s Horseshoes / Mechano Shock Absorbers - Reduces fall damage.
- Shaman’s Lava Walkers / Demonlord’s Fel walkers - You can ride over lava?
- Survivalist’s Camouflage / Shadowy Mount treats - Reduces the radius at which enemies can see you in PVP and PvE.