Wards no longer change the direction your champion is facing

Just wondering why this was removed or if it was intended. It was a very situational thing, but it allowed you to change direction mid animation, so vs a or it provided some options to negate either CC or damage even if you were in the middle of an animation, and was able to use it to redirect the final Q to either cancel an enemy dash or angle to jump over a wall if she was right next to it at the wrong angle, there may have been other champions that this mechanic could have been used on but I'm not aware of them, and future champions may have been able to make use of it. Anyone else notice this?