So everyone is "this sucks! they make this harder for us to not have the OTHER conveniences"...So here's the thing... there was already consumables (as listed), that helped bypass this since LAST expansion. Yes, a consumable. Is it such a big shock that they would make this an option to integrate as a mount equipment item? Not in the least.The fact we've had LESS THAN A YEAR of Resounding Protection doing this for everyone, and it's now "such a huge inconvenience" is laughable frankly. And if anyone thinks this is to drive people to Classic... you have no clue how sweet a deal live has it over classic. Good luck even getting your 100% ground mount training afforded in a rapid manner. Gold is not easy to make in Classic, I was there, I lived it. WoW Token sales will still be locked to the main servers, not Classic, so you cannot buy gold with those sales.There is ways around it, as noted in the article. But if you really don't like it, stop playing, and move on. Don't keep playing and continue to complain because you don't like it, knowing it won't be changed BACK...Besides, we will be able to unlock flying in this patch too. How often will you be dazed with that?
I main a Blood DK so this is a giant meh to me. Unfortunate for everyone else who isn't a tank. And for the people complaining and praising Classic over BfA or that BfA is the worst expansion ever. I've seen WoD, lived through it, seen pure toxicity that makes it look like a nuclear waste dump. (Gotta have that Twitter Integration and make it the biggest aspect of one whole patch.) I know this article is about the Absorption not negating Daze, but if people are gonna start making comparisons to BfA and Classic I'll just have to keep butting in with this comment.
I don't understand how people are still bringing up the water strider when you can turn every mount into a water strider. This post isn't about water strider and yes it sucks, but I also see how there's no real point using the tailor enchant or lw items with shield traits. I don't like this, but I understand it; however, it's NOTHING like the water strider nerf because you won't even have to BUY an item to get water walking back on your mounts.
Yes, lets make leveling even more irritating and outdated than it allready is, why not!
This whole mount equipment system sounded like a decent concept from the start, but instead of leaving special mounts as-is and adding cool new abilities with mount equipment, they're nerfing basic mount abilities to make room for equipment.They're creating problems so they can sell us the solutions.
just one question to Blizzard, whats a Water Strider named that cannot walk on water since you are removing its water walking ability, either keep the mount as it is or rather change the name to Azure Strider or Crimson Strider
Yeah let's buff Dazed, everyone loves that!
Warlock's talent which was pretty excellent daze/dismount protection while the shield lasted, is also functionally non-existent on the 8.2 PTR. I get dismounted the first time anything so much as looks at me cross-eyed now. Sooo much fun. /sarcasm
I now hate the idea of mount equipment... great...
Just need to get rid of daze, it's a stupid mechanic.
Was this interaction intended or not? The way the game has progressed, from WoD to now, and how mobs are more and more abundant / roads less and less safe, I would have thought that means to protect you from getting Dazed would be intentional. Also, why do tank specs not get dazed? Why should tanks benefit from not getting dazed at all (or so implied), while other specs should not get this benefit? I can only imagine what will happen to clothies or healer specs with this change, and I can't think of why tanks should be the sole benefiters of completely ignoring dazed.
Time for my leatherworker to make bank.
Removed
Like the change. As a class with more or less no absorbs in my current role I feel more empowered, even though it removes the advantage of the azerite absorb shield you sometimes happened to have.