Why did the speed sets get nerfed in Legacy content? I was actually having fun last week running old content because of how fast we could go and now it feels worse than what it was before the item level changes. Why does it matter that we are having fun in Legacy Content? Does farming for mounts and transmog have to feel like a chore?
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oh my they actually MURDERED the speed from longstrider holy moly
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They also limited it to 49% speed, doesn’t matter how much speed rating you have.
this was always the case, but longstrider didn’t actually add to your speed stat
I took a break from this season and came back a few weeks ago.
I used to have 156% speed, now i have 149%, it was a recent change from this patch.
I also use boots enchant for 8-10% speed.
And i can take out a whole speed item and my speed doesn’t get affected, as long as it is above 49% speed.
Edit: I do not have any Longstrider pieces, so nerfs to that are not the cause.
Unless I’m missing something (which is totally likely), it shouldn’t be possible to have higher than a 49% for speed in the character window because that value is hardcapped.
EDIT: But yeah, Longstrider got neutered. Lower now than it was even in 10.2.7. Considering this isn’t even usable beyond BfA, this really feels like a big ‘fun detected’ move.
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my speed is going above 149%, its only my tertiary speed stat (the one found on gear and from the flask) that’s being capped, always been that way
maybe some other stuff got nerfed
My druid went from a top speed of 476% (with roar/dash + forestwalk & annulet procs + alacrity) to 307% with all of the same procs. While before the pre-patch, I was able to reach up to 366%. It feels super frustrating to have built a speed set from BfA, all through Shadowlands/DF and it crumbles away during TWW pre-patch.
I was fully expecting the nerfs as it seemed way too high of a percentage, but to revert the changes further than they were feels very bad, and I’m hoping for any sort of compensation.
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because someone brought it up in another post.
I tell you guys, don’t talk about things you enjoy here XD
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It was super heavy-handed. They buffed longstrider in prepatch and more than halved it after reverting that buff, as well as seemingly putting all speed boosts from it into the 49% cap. It was brutal, and only really effects legacy instances anyway. Which weren’t exactly an effective gold source even with both prepatch boosts.
Yeah such a stupid move. Now legacy content is more of a chore than it used to be. Eonar is now unsoloable again by many classes. Its like they want to make the game LESS fun. Who is the idiot who thought to change this? Still cant use new azerite items either but they sure nerfed that stuff quick didnt they
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sir this is retail wow, if u want enjoyment u must go elsewhere
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The longstrider bonus on my helmet went from 68% to 8%. Sad times.
I knew they would nerf it, but I didnt think they would nerf it THIS much
It really is. Even if they didn’t want to leave it at 68 (which would’ve been fine, considering that they nerfed gold gains from the content longstrider works in anyway), it is insane to me that they did a heavy handed nerf that went beyond simply reverting the prepatch buff.
Meanwhile almost all of the negative things the prepatch brought remain. Why’s it always a priority to fix the good things while the bad stuff either takes forever or gets completely ignored? 
Still waiting for BfA/SL instances to be tuned back down to pre-11.0 values, and for all the bugs related to achievements, reputations, and flying to be fixed.
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That was always a thing. Tertiary stats cap out at 49% (which is 5000 for speed). To get a higher speed % you need to use things that increase your movement speed via a percentage. For example ripple in space rank 3 increases your movement speed by 5% (in pre SL content). As % increases are independent of the speed stat.
But in relation to longstrider. Fun detected, fun nerfed.
Doesn’t look that way to me. In my pre-SL speed set I am at 40%ish from speed stat alone and my longstrider pieces all add up to 25%ish movement speed increase
So at what speed are you sitting at? +65%?
What do you use to see your movement speed?
Came here to find out more about why. Has a blue made a post about it? I can’t find any information in patch notes regarding the nerfs. Really disappointed in this change.
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Deja character stats. It is an addon.
without moving (due to onyx annulet) I am around 85% increased movement speed in my pre-SL speed set
I got the minor speed boot enchant so that is another 10%, Single minded fury is another 5%, Fast Footwork (another warrior talent) is 5%. Ripple in space rank 3 is 5%
37.59% from speed rating (not including onyx annulet effects)
around 8% from azerite helm
around 7% from azerite shoulders
around 8% from azerite chest
10% from boot enchant
5% from SMF
5% from Ripple in Space azerite essence
5% from Fast Footwork talent
That equals around 85% ish just from passives. Can get to 96% increased movement speed once the onyx annulet is fully active. It was 160% increased movement speed prior to the nerf to longstrider.
Only 69% in my post bfa speed set. As I lose access to the azerite gear and heart of azeroth. And because speed stat rating caps at 49% (5k rating for level 70)