Please keep this topic about portals and post in the other thread about the water walking changes including the removal of baseline water walking from the water striders: Water Strider Discussion
Here’s the mmo-champion article about the water strider changes: https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/8438-Patch-8-2-Rise-of-Azshara-Information-Roundup-from-Content-Creators
Hopefully those links can give you an idea of what changed and where to go to discuss the changes.