Water Strider Water Walking Passive - Removed

[Duffee-nordrassil]

I’ve said it time and time again. The entire development process, from the biggest things down to the minute details, is created from the mindset of ‘how do we slow things down?’ I’m so glad I let my sub lapse, I just wish the launcher would quit crashing so I could uninstall.

[Belitt-sargeras (Belitt)]

From Blizz in another post:

@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.

[Karserd-ragnaros (Karserd)]

Alright, but why not do the same thing with the Striders - let them have the innate water-walking, but they ONLY get the water-walking perk.

Problem solved right here. It’s not rocket science.

This, this so much, why remove the ability from strider? are they try to prove something? because they can? they already know we react badly when they take stuff from us, please complain as much as possible, they should implement the changes for mounts and leave the strider alone.

[Kypookins-baelgun (Kypookins)]

Actually, players have asked for this exact thing, in many threads, with at least two as recent as legion and BFA.

I remember nothing but agreement, in the threads.

[Kaskaras-galakrond (Kaskaras)]

its a bad change.

[Duffee-nordrassil]

Or… now, hear me out. I know it sounds crazy. Maaaaaybe zone design shouldn’t be built around traversing around so much water? Mountains as well, but not the subject being discussed here. Crazy right?

[Revannia-draenor (Revannia)]

Yeah I agree. This is a dev created problem if they don’t want people using a water strider they created and put into the game as much as some players apparently do lol

(Also agree on the mountains )

[Ironnic-cenarius (Ironnic)]

My under leveled characters could use the mount to walk on water. Now they can’t. So, it is actually a nerf, and we did lose something.

[Mortis-arathor (Mortis)]

My under leveled characters could use the mount to walk on water. Now they can’t. So, it is actually a nerf, and we did lose something.

Yes, they can. If you missed the news, you unlock the feature at level 100, but it’s account-wide so your level 20 alts can use the waterwalking equipment.

[Ironnic-cenarius (Ironnic)]

It was only the few that have asked for the removal of that ability, due to them not wanting to grind for the rep, in order to get the mount. Now I agree that the rep demanded for the mount was irritating and stupid. They should have just made it an honor level rep or no rep, to get the mount.

[Mortis-arathor (Mortis)]

It was only the few that have asked for the removal of that ability, due to them not wanting to grind for the rep, in order to get the mount.

I’ve had the mount since early MoP. I am happy to finally be able to get rid of it. I hate that ugly bug.

[Anchor-runetotem]

I didnt read every post but… once you have a character at 100 it unlocks the system of mount equipment for all level 20 and higher toons on your account.

[Ironnic-cenarius (Ironnic)]

Yeah, I agree it is ugly. That is the main reason why I used my saber mounts or some other cool looking mount when I was on the ground, but I used this mount to walk across water.

[Mortis-arathor (Mortis)]

Yeah, I agree it is ugly. That is the main reason why I used my saber mounts or some other cool looking mount when I was on the ground, but I used this mount to walk across water.

Now you can use your saber mounts or some other cool looking mount when you walk across water!

Look at me straight in the eye and tell me that’s a bad thing.

[Ironnic-cenarius (Ironnic)]

I would rather have the dazing effect equipment or the herb equipment on my saber. Then when moving through mobs, I would not get dazed. For the other is for farming. I just do not see the point of a pointless nerf.

[Hazzulu-wyrmrest-accord (Hazzulu)]

I’m sure someone else has posted it but no one is losing it below level 100 except for a brand new player who wouldn’t have the strider anyway.

@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.

[Xanara-madoran]

Or, it’s people complaining about ideas that aren’t needed. I had to do a good amount of work for that mount and the whole reason I got it is now being taken away. Not exactly a small thing to complain about, nor a good idea. This thread is a good example of how some players will applaud anything Blizz throws out, whether it;s bad or good, it doesn’t matter; that doesn’t help anything ever.

[Belitt-sargeras (Belitt)]

Yeah, I agree it is ugly. That is the main reason why I used my saber mounts or some other cool looking mount when I was on the ground, but I used this mount to walk across water.

And now you can use your saber mounts to walk on water. Or some other mount.

[Mokrawr-area-52 (Mokrawr)]

when you buy the equipment

So we have to re-buy something we already have because they are taking it away.
That is part of why some people are unhappy.

[Dunkhammer-emerald-dream]

@Jops-zuljin

news to me… which mounts allow it?

You just need to use:

Monel-Hardened Stirrups