The Water Strider Nerf is Great

[Drakulous-thrall]

The only downside is I see is if you change your mount equip it gets destroyed. It’s going to be cumbersome.

[Absolvr-dalaran]

The strider was always situational and a reward for thr peeps who ground it out. If the intent is only to allow one mount skill at a time it would be only fair to also nerf water walking and path of frost while mounted also. The strider abiliy is no less iconic than the class skills for shammy and DK andthe nerf is just one more example of blizzards most sacred policy, FUN DETECTED, FUN REMOVED! (also usefulness detected, uselessness restored!).

**edits- apparently i can’t frakking spell this AM

[Kirela-arygos (Kirela)]

I think you could have added these thoughts to the other thread you just posted asking about how people feel about the 8.2 preview or you could have posted it in one of the other 100 strider threads.

[Genegerbread-stormrage]

That’s a fair point. I guess the big thing we’ll have to see how many times we’d want to change the equipment.

[Banothus-moon-guard (Banothus)]

It seems like the previewed abilities are pretty minor. I doubt people will change them too often.

[Drakulous-thrall]

True. I wonder will the mount equipment work together with the LW barding? If not personally I see myself switching between daze protection and water walking quite often (I have many characters with no tank spec).

[Genegerbread-stormrage]

I think the water striders are pretty neat, but dear lord when it’s the only mount I can depend on for a year, it really isn’t that fun. I like showing off some of my cooler mounts.

It’s gotten ugly to me because I’ve seen it too much at this point lmao

[Bipzi-wyrmrest-accord (Bipzi)]

I don’t know why people are complaining either. Waterstrider can still waterwalk like before. Other mounts can waterwalk now.

It’s overall a buff, and my blizzcon ship will float on water. YAY!

Mount equipment has been one of the most requested features. Now for some reason people are complaining about it.

This is how I feel. It’s overall a huge buff for all our mounts at the expense of nerfing one mount. Totally worth it imo. Funny enough, now I can’t wait to grind out my waterstrider via timewalking. ha

[Sarallesta-moon-guard]

If you have either strider, you’ll get free mount equipment that lets you walk on water in your mail.

Replaced with what it did without the equipment. And still gotta buy it to walk on water for alts.

We’ll be flying in 8.2, so it doesn’t matter that much, does it?

It does matter since there is still more grinding in 8.2 to still get flying.

[Crîmsonrayne-proudmoore]

There’s just no water-walking ability naturally anymore.

This is what we grinded for - to have the ability, across all characters, on a single mount, for free.

[Genegerbread-stormrage]

It does matter since there is still more grinding in 8.2 to still get flying.

I disagree with Pathfinder being gated, but at least we’re getting flying. Can’t complain about that. It isn’t that much grinding, either way.

I guess there is a weird feeling considering the functionality of the Water Strider is literally in its name, but otherwise, I think people are making a big deal out of nothing.

[Truthspeaker-alleria (Truthspeaker)]

I feel like the complaint wouldn’t exist if instead of the equipment being character based and applies to all your mounts universally, the equipment was mount based and affected that mount across all characters.

I’m out of likes, but this gets a thumbs up from me.

[Mooriartee-khaz-modan (Mooriartee)]

Seems to me that people who always wanted water walking on other mounts besides the water strider (or other classes than DK’s and shammies) only had to make or buy a water walking potion.

Did they remove water walking potions from the game some time recently that I missed?

/moo

[Depardeau-dalaran (Depardeau)]

I don’t know why people are complaining either. Waterstrider can still waterwalk like before. Other mounts can waterwalk now.

It’s overall a buff.

because it “GASP” devalued the effort they put in to acquire it!

This, in the entire history of WoW, has never happened before. Ever.

/sarcasm off

[Genegerbread-stormrage]

Oh. Also, here’s something from Kaivax that you guys might be interested in. (I’ll edit it into the original post as well):

@Kaivax

A small clarification to our plans with Mount Equipment–

Hitting level 100 on one character will unlock this system. Once unlocked, the system will be available to all characters, and the equipment pieces themselves will require level 20. If your goal is to have waterwalking while leveling, you can just enable the waterwalking Mount Equipment (there will be one available via Anglers reputation that will be bind-on-account), and it’ll work exactly as before, with the benefit of making all of that character’s mounts walk on water.

[Immakickyou-zuluhed]

The nerf is not great. It would be best to give the Water Striders the same exemption from equipment that the Sky Golem has. That way, if someone wants to have water walking on all mounts, they can. If they want the daze immunity, they can do that, and just swap to the water strider when they need to. It’s win/win, IMHO, and promotes player agency.

[Führioùs-korgath]

If it’s so great let’s expand on it and remove flight from mounts but add it back in with equipment.

[Brightbrown-durotan (Brightbrown)]

I think of current max level players and those brand new (or in the middle of leveling). As long as the barding item does NOT get nerfed, this is better for me than just having the water strider as a water walking mount.

There is a very good reason why one sees so many striders running around the current zones. Sure, folks can swim, but the issue is being able to get to “content” in some reasonable fashion… and swimming is in no way reasonable. From what I read, if one is currently under 100 (only toon on the account), one does NOT get the “free” water walking thing. BUT that kinda seems OK because these folks can be in the current zones anyway. Do they get the water walking thing when they hit 100? AND exactly how much is this going to cost… I have heard it can be crafted and I have heard it can be bought from a vendor. Lotsa questions need to be fully answered to making any judgement whether this is good or bad (like I said, I get it, I’m happy with the change, but I also think about those who ain’t me!).

[Kyokii-terenas]

If they leave the strider passive alone like the shredder mounts you still have the choice of using the water walking equipment to turn all your other mounts into water walkers.

Crazy, right?

Other people who want to keep using the water strider as intended would be able to use a different piece of equipment. While not letting the strider benefit from it, like the shredders

Other people who never bothered to get a strider will finally have water walking if they use the equipment.

Also unless they mail a free equipment to ALL my characters and every new alt that hits 20 this is costing me a fee on something I already obtained.

[Syflis-barthilas]

People that didnt get the mount shouldnt have the skill. If you want the mount feel free and earn it. Mounts should have different skills . ATM (barring a few) there all just a change in animation hence I only go after a mount if it actully does something I require. Sharkbait should crap on people like it does in freehold. So many unique things they could do but decided to devalue everyones waterstrider who put the hard yards in.