World of Warcraft: Current Year
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Zaphid
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Maybe to announce something along the lines of "stay subbed for a year, get xpack for free" deal ?
Dandai
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Ok they have my attention.
Oh right, nevermind, they're still retarded after all. Do they worry about the 'ranged heavy' nature of Hunters or the 'stealth heavy' nature of Rogues?
Xequecal
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Considering that the "absorb-heavy nature" currently makes a disc Priest an absolutely mandatory class/spec for serious raiding, yeah they kind of had to address that. There are a few specific bosses where you want to stack Hunters or Rogues, but you basically can't raid Mythic at all right now if you don't have a disc Priest. Holy Paladin is almost as bad and I hope they address that too.
Abefroman
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Ranged and stealth does not effect other classes abilities. Heavy absorbs do.
Ao-
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I really hope ret gets an overhaul. I've pretty much been a ret paladin since 2005 when I started playing. It's so boring in its current state.
That or arms warriors. WTF is up with WoD arms? It's insanely stupid (in a bad way) to play. I played a lot of warrior during MoP and loved it.
That or arms warriors. WTF is up with WoD arms? It's insanely stupid (in a bad way) to play. I played a lot of warrior during MoP and loved it.
These are all balance issues and technical limitations. Instead of taking away the most effective tool available to raid healers they should give other specs tools to compete with it. And absorbs from different priests should obviously stack. Maybe have a max absorb cap to keep it under control.
The point is, Disc spec's whole identity was focused on absorbs since vanilla. But they care more about perfecting class balance than making sure class specs feel unique and fun. Raiding used to partly be about being proud of your class/spec and how well you can do that particular role. Now you could hardly tell what classes were in the same group as you if you didn't look at the color of their names.
I really think I've been enjoying the game less and less ever since they started the "Bring the player not the class" mantra. Maybe I'm just in a particularly nostalgic mood right now, but pretty much all of the most fun moments I can think of from the last 11 years of WoW have been nerfed or removed entirely in the interest of balance.
xzi
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It really is boring. I mean, it was like a fucking carnival whack-a-mole adventure in MoP with how much everything was procs but I found it more enjoyable than now.
Even holy is kind of boring really. It always has been, but it seems like they could do something to make it more enjoyable. I love healing and always have, but ehhhhh
There's nothing they can give another class that will compete with an absorb, that's the ENTIRE point, that's why what is being said is being said, If no damage happens it doesn't matter what kind of heal you give, it's not going to be worth anything.
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Downhammer
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True, a 100k heal can't compete with a 100k shield; but if you think there's nothing that can compete with an absorb you're just not creative enough.
Hell, there are tons of systems already in game you could give healers. Damage/heal sharing between tanks like the ring, some kind of 3rd party stagger and purify, slow debuffs, big short term leach buff. That's just 15 seconds of thinking so I'm sure there's a lot that can be done if they weren't so lazy and stuck in the past.
I want a tank that converts incoming damage into piles of shit. Touch the shit and you eat the damage. You trade a movement fight for less damage and can punish your mouth breather dps by dropping shit around them.
Tank is at 50% and an absorb goes on. The other healer heals him up while the shield is keeping him alive. Synergy.
Absorbs aren't the end all and other healing can compete.
Absorbs aren't the end all and other healing can compete.
xzi
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They mentioned multiple artifacts for another spec in a class, and currently the idea is that they are going to have a catchup system for your secondary weapon, so you're not only going to have one the entire expansion. Which is exactly what I was wondering the other day, so that's good hear at least.
Soe looks so bad with that haircut. Never understand pretty girls purposely trying to look ugly
In WoW news, it's the same old shit.
In WoW news, it's the same old shit.
So another melee and survival hunter into melee and he thinks there won't be more in the melee pile.