Rocfeather kite EXCESSIVE nerf.

[rebecca191]

Blizzard says: You'll stay on the ground, and you better f-ing like it!!!

[Deleted]

EU just had the weekly maintenance that lasted an hour, and afterwards Goblin Glider Kit, Brulfist Idol and the Skyhorn Kite are all unchanged.

[thilicen]

And the Blizzard trademark "Nerf to shit instead of tweaks" goes on. 5 minutes, sure. But 15? Really makes you wonder if the people who make decisions on numbers over there are just plain retarded.

[Kudos]

I'm glad. These items trivialized navigating around. It was too convenient and everyone knew it.

[Arkenaw]

Seriously considering unsubbing now, the frustration I get from not being able to fly coupled with every mob in legion scaling up and thus having max aggro radius is killing my enjoyment. I have alts that I won't be able to level until flying because of the tedium and I also can't enjoy doing professions because of the quest and star gating and archaeology and gathering is an absolute joke without flying and dodging level 110 mobs. These 3 toys were absolute godsends.

[thilicen]

I'm glad. These items trivialized navigating around. It was too convenient and everyone knew it.

It's not like Goblin Kites are costing a fortune, this is just Blizzard once again seeing people were having too much fun with one single item which offered everyone a major convenience and decided to make it utterly useless because tweaking it would be too much work, or simply to hard a concept to grasp.

[MasterHamster]

Seriously considering unsubbing now, the frustration I get from not being able to fly coupled with every mob in legion scaling up and thus having max aggro radius is killing my enjoyment. I have alts that I won't be able to level until flying because of the tedium and I also can't enjoy doing professions because of the quest and star gating and archaeology and gathering is an absolute joke without flying and dodging level 110 mobs. These 3 toys were absolute godsends.

Please do yourself a favor and unsub if something as petty as this counts as the final straw.

It's not like Goblin Kites are costing a fortune, this is just Blizzard once again seeing people were having too much fun with one single item which offered everyone a major convenience and decided to make it utterly useless because tweaking it would be too much work, or simply to hard a concept to grasp.

A toy that offers 4 kites per hour with unlimited uses is rationally designed, a 30 use/hour is broken. Far too into "must have or you're gimping yourself" territory.

But as usual people never think that far. Look at a number and get angry.

[Echo of Soul]

Those 3 items in combination pretty much enabled flying. We're not supposed to fly until 7.3 or 7.4 or something like that.

[Deleted]

So have these changes actually gone live in the US?

[Explicit Teemo Nudes]

I don't understand how you people can need the kite so often.

[MasterHamster]

I don't understand how you people can need the kite so often.

So they can ignore everything on the ground, do gathering or whatever, and then complain that the Isles feel trivial of course. Or getting through the "maze-like terrain". Because navigating using eyes and/or map is too tedious in an open world game, and the true enjoyment is aiming for yellow arrows/dots.

The only thing excessive about all this is that the item had a ridiculous 2 minute cooldown to begin with. Minimum 10.
It's a toy, with unlimited charges.

[thilicen]

I don't understand how you people can need the kite so often.

Need? No. It's a massive convencience, and that's the reason I stacked up on goblin gliders before the launch. Why they would need this item to go from "Just as good" to "Utterly useless" instead of something in between is mindblowing. Blizzard just never do these things in a sensible manner. It's to the fucking ground or nothing.

[DemoBytom]

STAY. ON THE. FUCKING. GROUND. ASSHOLES. -Blizzard.

Or just roll DH..
inb4 Glide has a 10 mins CD now on the Broken Islands..

[FelPlague]

Is this a fucking joke? Holy shit way to sour the great overall Legion experience blizz...

so your saying a toy that made enginners feel shitty because their glider became something everyone had, and completly removed the market for goblin gliders got nerfed? man, i bet you people wouldent complain if a toy was added that did ALL of the prof mounting things like "cant be dismounted" and "can mine well mounted" etc

[Deleted]

People here are so dramatic. It's one small thing, get over it. It's not going to ruin your gameplay.

[Sammonoske]

I don't understand how you people can need the kite so often.

Because Stormheim and Highmountain sucks to get around? Not to mention Blizzard thought it was a good idea to put collision on every pebble, twig, and branch. Maybe because even after reaching 110 mobs still aggro now? Even when 90% of them pose zero threat to you and are only there to annoy.

[MasterHamster]

Need? No. It's a massive convencience, and that's the reason I stacked up on goblin gliders before the launch. Why they would need this item to go from "Just as good" to "Utterly useless" instead of something in between is mindblowing. Blizzard just never do these things in a sensible manner. It's to the fucking ground or nothing.

One is a tradeable item, the other is an infinite toy.

[thilicen]

One is a tradeable item, the other is an infinite toy.

Yes, and noone is disputing that fact. The kite already has a 1 minute duration opposed to 2 minutes from the goblin glider. A 5 minute CD would have made sense, but 15 is to the point where this just ends up being yet another item you'll use a couple of times and then forget even existed. Just a waste of time even putting it in the game.

[Seditian]

Yes, and noone is disputing that fact. The kite already has a 1 minute duration opposed to 2 minutes from the goblin glider. A 5 minute CD would have made sense, but 15 is to the point where this just ends up being yet another item you'll use a couple of times and then forget even existed. Just a waste of time even putting it in the game.

The toy had a lower cooldown than the Engineering's Glider, it was way too good. They have nerfed it too harshly though, like classic Blizzard. They should've went with a 1 minute duration and 5 minute cooldown. The Brullfist Idol was just too good though, especially since it was usable in combat. A 5 minute cooldown would still warrant a goblin glider kit if you often used it, but wouldn't make it completely useless.

I'm surprised that they haven't nerfed Emerald Winds honestly, as Engineering Glider + Emerald Winds meant that you could easily reach any area you wanted from a whole lot of places, as long as you climbed a random hill/mountain for a bit.

E: Ironically Glider + Emerald Winds was (and now even more) way more effective than the things they nerfed now. I'm expecting them to nerf it within this reset, though. Even if Emerald Winds has a 10-minute cooldown.

[Shudder]

So it the topic going to be closed for asinine reasons too? "Rant topic". I'd like to post in these DISCUSSION topics but what's the point when they just close them.