Oh, yikes. Yeah in my opinion it should keep it like it always has, and if it can have two have two benefits so what.
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And you have enjoyed years of access to a mount ability not previously available, that even as we write this is not available to those who did not raise the reoutation and acquire the mount.
I do think it is preposterous to remove the unique ability from water striders, but I donât buy your argument, because you already have had the benefit of your effort.
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Ion has acknowledged that Water Striders will no longer work before level 100, and are working on a solution for this.
How about just adding something to the game without the obligatory removal of something else? Novel.
Edit: wasnât meant to be direct response to you, Fall. Donât bite my head off ![:frowning:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/frowning.png?v=6" ":frowning:")
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My opinion on this subject is nuanced so bear with me.
Some things should be time-limited rewards like consumables and toys. Some should not be.
Ultimately it depends on how much value it brings to the game. Take for instance the revamped armor appearances we got in Legion. Was it alright to rebuild aesthetics from earlier expansions into a more detailed set? Absolutely! This was a clear win for the team to gain attraction to a new expansion without having to dream up new designs. In fact I support them doing one of these each expansion going forward as those sets are beloved and more detailed versions of them are welcome.
Some may not like my position there but I would ask them if theyâd rather all things be lost to time and if they donât see value in them being updated.
Water walking is also one of those things. While the quests were relevant in that time and space, I do think giving new players a new pursuit (in a base item component like they are doing) brings value to the game without diminishing yours. They wonât be doing Nat Pagle quests but they will have to earn those components anyway. What makes one pursuit more worthy of another? You have the mount which belonged to that expansion. They do not. That should be enough reward.
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The SMART solution was to let it keep water walking, but disallow it the benefits of anti daze/parachute, ala Sky Golem. But that was beyond them, they couldnât figure that out.
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Same. I have 3 mounts hotkeyed.
One does darkwater skate if Iâm swimming, otherwise, giant raven. One is merchant yak. One is waterstrider for whenever a puddle stands in my path.
grats. your reward is that you got to walk on water from the day you got it until the day the patch hits.
this is such a lame argument. just put the âwalks on waterâ ability in your mount bar and go forth. Itâs not worth the time/angst investment to complain about this.
no, because then water strider would still be everyoneâs default mount
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The horror. If you, for some reason, want to continue using that ugly mount everywhere, then just take the free equipment you get once from the Anglers and put it back onto the strider 
Or, be a sane person and enjoy your more favourite looking mounts being able to have uses.
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Haha no worries, Iâm baffled by it all too! And agree.
How is having to buy 34 of them not devaluing my efforts. The mount is account wide all my character can currently use it for FREE.
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Can someone link me the relevant article about this update, please?
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It was never âeveryonesâ default mount. That continues to be a ridiculous argument - just look around how many people do you see using a water strider in the city.
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You wonât have to buy anything if you donât opt out of it. Players with Walter Striders will get a water walking item for free. If you donât choose to replace it, all is well.
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How often is anyone even on the water strider? The 45 sec it takes to cross the water and get to the objective? And when youâre done, youâre right back on your mount of choice. Itâs not so inconvenient that they need to remove it and re-add it in a different way. Especially since they have the solution with the Sky Golem exclusion.
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I personally donât care what mount anyone uses and think the argument that âtoo many people use x mountâ is stupid.
but if blizzard let us keep water walking AND have another ability on the water walking mount, that wouldnât address the issue of the water walking mount having a clear advantage (in some peopleâs minds) that they were trying to address (I think) with this change.
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You are talking like each of these items act the same across the account. So someone can only have water walking on all their characters, or no daze on all their characters ?
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Fair point, yeah. Multiple equipment slots would be nice, like two 
Then I think the problem would be entirely negated.
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You have to be covering your eyes if you never see people solely on the water strider in the open world. Especially zones like Nazmir.
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Who cares? Iâll be flying anyway.