But water-walking makes Water Striders mechanically superior to other ground mounts in a way that risks removing a feeling of choice.
The concern that drives this process is that mounts are primarily cosmetic choices, and are one of the most visible ways of showing off an aesthetic you enjoy, or an achievement of which you are proud. No, we’re not trying to stamp out fun, or destroy the value of hard-won rewards arbitrarily. I’d like to shed some light on our thought process in exploring this change. What you see in our weekly Alpha builds is a snapshot of thinking that is often actively evolving, including experiments that we’re about to discard, or solutions to problems that are overly crude just because it’s our first iteration and we simply haven’t come up with anything better yet. Thanks for the feedback, and I apologize for alarm caused by a seemingly random change. Assistant Game Director Ion “Watcher” Hazzikostas clarified the reasoning behind the change as well as the adjustment to the nerf on the official forums - read on for what he had to say. So those of you that use the Water Strider while leveling alts or partaking in low-level fishing can still happily scamper across the ocean waves. While the water-walking abilities of both striders will still be curtailed in the Broken Isles, developers have listened to feedback and made a change - both striders will now work in all pre- Legion content. Needless to say, this left some people a little upset, particularly given how difficult it was to obtain the mounts in the first place. Originally, the build implemented a change to the mounts that restricted the water-walking ability of the Azure Water Strider to Pandaria, and the Crimson Water Strider to Draenor. Fans of the Water Strider mounts can breathe a half-sigh of relief - the changes to the Water Strider mounts in the last Legion build are being adjusted.
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