wow Gunshoes No Longer Work in the Maw

[Starym 3,800]

 

One of the more popular movement tricks for the Maw, where only 2 very specific mounts will be allowed, has been nerfed/removed from existence in the zone. Gunshoes, a part of every speed leveler and Maw-focused player's arsenal, were one of the preferred ways of getting around the zone and are now unusable in the Jailer's domain. Zerkom initially spotted the change:

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This is in line with other recent changes Blizzard have made, like capping the speed stat to 50%, but there are still plenty of other workarounds to the Maw limitations, most notably and obviously, Druids with their Travel Form and Worgen with Running Wild, both of which work just fine. There are a few other items that will boost your speed, but now it remains to be seen whether Blizzard will actually remove all of them from the Maw, hopefully including both Druid and Worgen advantages, as the Gunshoes were at least leveling the playing field a little.

Also worthy of note, our first entry to the Shadowlands will actually be in the Maw, so this isn't just an endgame concern, as DesMephisto recently pointed out, and if things remain like this, Druids and Worgen will have a massive advantage as they will pull ahead of the leveling pack (which may be appropriate lore-wise) and have the following zones to themselves.

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[Senou 40]

*filtered* you.... seriously. Just when I crafted like 1000 of them!

[Baharok 234]

14 minutes ago, Senou said:

*filtered* you.... seriously. Just when I crafted like 1000 of them!

quite a lesson isnt it? ?

I mean i also was fishing about 4.000 Darkmoon Daggermaws with m+ preparation in mind for SL, then they nerfed the feast for +lvl 50.

 

At least i had some fun there!

[Gortan 38]

[Bobbis 208]

F to you both...

 

But seriously, why are they limiting speed things so damn much... praying they don't remove the druid/worgen things... especially on something we'll do a lot of times, it just makes it more tedious and long term, annoying.

[Tyrande 1]

4 hours ago, Senou said:

*filtered* you.... seriously. Just when I crafted like 1000 of them!

Don't tell anyone and sell them before everyone knows it. ?

[Migol 433]

Yeah the zealotry with their "we want people at foot speed at this common max level grind" feels really off.     Just after the interview where ion half denied with politcalspeak how they didn't use play time metrics exclusively and wanted things fun too.    This is Not a fun mechanic.

[SidonisAntares 290]

Shaman Ghost Wolf still works afaik too.

[Senou 40]

On 11/20/2020 at 3:29 PM, Migol said:

Yeah the zealotry with their "we want people at foot speed at this common max level grind" feels really off.     Just after the interview where ion half denied with politcalspeak how they didn't use play time metrics exclusively and wanted things fun too.    This is Not a fun mechanic.

The thing is, why implement all these items and then limit them to such a small amount of content. All the potions alchemist can make, or devices from engineers, they are utter crap. There's barely any useful stuff so why not scrap engineers entirely? Its the same with inscription. They see hardly any use compared to tailors, blacksmiths or alchs (who total dominate the world alongside the enchanters)

 

It doesn't feel like a game anymore where I can use smart ideas to benefit from but rather walk in line with everyone else.