Mount speed changes found at gamescom

With all of the new action on display at gamescom, a lesser known change was noticed - mount speed is being reduced from 140% to 130%.

This change was originally reported on Chu8's twitch stream and reposted as a clip on Reddit, it was pointed out that mount speeds are being reduced with the next wave of content. It's not entirely clear the reason for this change, however it's easy to speculate.

One suggested reason for the change is to change the speed of rotations and ganks. Reddit u/MLGnoScope420karl thinks this change will make players think about their rotations.

At a competitive level this limits rotational speed and makes the game play at a hyper pace where you can cover swaths of the map with no problem and it becomes a game where just zerging the map is more beneficial than actually having to WEIGH your decisions.”

MLGnoScope420karl also thinks this change is largely used to stress the importance of map design.

But from a design perspective, the mounts get to cover so much ground that the actual "MAP DESIGN" suffers on a macro perspective because the speed/space becomes tightened with mount speed. it makes the game "SMALLER" as a whole.”

The mount speed change hasn't been made in the live version yet, and with no news of a PTR we won't know exactly how significant this change is until it makes its way to the game.

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