Waterwalking

Notice how all the people pro taking away the ability have terrible arguments and use false equivalencies.

The OP’s title is ridiculous by itself. Players keep games alive, just because they don’t technically own the game doesn’t mean they don’t have an equitable interest and therefore a say. It’s really simple to understand.

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They are taking it away and telling me I have to buy it back, and that it’ll cost me being able to instead choose anti daze or parachute for my other mounts. This, when they could let me keep my water walking water strider with the risk of being dazed off of it or without the slow fall.

Let me introduce you to the Sky Golem, who will not benefit from any of the new perks. Why they can’t similarly let the water strider keep its water walking but restrict it from benefiting from the other perks is a mystery.

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As a Shaman I do own it.

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Why is this even a issue seems like no one ever said anything about mounts and the water strider…What came about to blizz spending resources on this and changing something that was so off base hahahaha…

I’m fine with it now that they are providing mount equipment slots. Water Strider did limit use of mounts absent flying.

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And nobody’s entitled as much as people who start threads demanding that other people accept what they earned being removed or nerfed to uselessness. Or bumping those threads, right?

How about an RNG game feature that removes a mount of yours every week permanently, though you are free to reearn than mount. Ion could tell you it’s a fun feature, and you’d be free to post in the forums how much you like it.

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Sudden rule changes turn off vets and new players alike.

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I feel that’s a bit of an exaggeration.

However I agree that it’s ridiculous how angry people are about this. I think this is one of the cooler “small” things they’ve added in quite a while. I can’t say I’m surprised as GD loves to hate, but it’s silly nonetheless

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Imaging being so entitled that you think you OWN that thing you earned and were told you could keep as long as the game continues.

And instead you can buy equipment for all your characters that will probably be removed in the prepatch to the next expansion and not replaced.

Imagine being so entitled that you think other people should take time and put effort into earning things when they know they’re likely to be removed for no reason. Why should anyone work to earn anything in this game if that’s how it works?

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Except you dont have to buy it again. Everyone who already has a water stider gets a free water walking equipment sent to them automatically, so for earning the water strider you actually earned water walking for every mount you have. And you’ll be able to buy additional ones from angler rep for very reduced price. So people still have a big advantage over the ones that didn’t do the rep

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Soon it will be ready for phones and tablets.

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I swear I’m not getting the outrage at all. I also never got why people thought the water striders were so OP. You’ve always had water walking potions to do the same thing. They even have the same effect - if you get hit while mounted you lose the water walking buff and have to drop combat to remount it to gain it back.

Those of you who never got one really didn’t miss much, but that’s just my opinion. I also don’t care they removed water walking from it cause even though I’ve had mine since MoP, I still have a few stacks of water walking potions sitting in my guild bank.

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Changing the abilities of a mount should never be a thing. We work hard and earn our mounts, with the abilities they come with.

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Link to me where it confirms that equipment will never be nerfed or removed.

You can’t, and you know it will.

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No thank you. I’d like to remain intelligent. I’d rather not fill my head with garbage.

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They are removing the ability of the water strider to walk on water, and permitting characters level 100+ to buy “equipment” to make any mount walk on water.

Which can be removed from the game at any time, and certainly will be at some point.

This new system is nothing more than welfare for people who can’t be bothered to gain rep to purchase a water strider.

What the hell is the point of gaining something in game by doing the required time sink and then have Blizz come in later and take that very thing away.

This Dev team sucks.

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The same people who whine about the water strider are also the same folks constantly crying about having to rep grind for allied races.

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What do I get?

???

By this logic why even play? They could remove anything they want from the game at anytime. They could remove mounts entirely. They could remove all old expansions. They could remove abilities that have more than 5 letters in the name.

Personally I dont think removing the water walking was needed, but they’re giving back to the people who had it for free.

Link to me where it confirms they will remove it without doubt.

You can’t.

That’s a ridiculous method of arguing. Nobody knows what’s going to happen.