cubicle47b
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Yeah, I'm checking it out. He and the development team deserve all the "feedback" they're getting right now.
Teknopathetic said:And who says Blizzard doesn't hate Horde.
A true shaman nerf is a rare site indeed and much welcomed.
It's a nerf to horde raid DPS. Shaman will still be pasting you regularly in pvp.pxleyes said:A true shaman nerf is a rare site indeed and much welcomed.
explodet said:This is less a shaman nerf than it is nerfing the warriors and rogues who use the windfury totem. It's a hit on raid DPS, during a time when the consensus is that raiding on the horde side is already tough enough.
EDIT: And what, the last shaman review wasn't a big enough nerf?
AB? Paladins are worthless in AB. WSG is an entirely different story though. Cleanse, cleanse, cleanse, flash heal, LAY ON HANDS.Azwethinkweiz said:Paladins >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shamans in end game group pvp.
It's not even close. Maybe if you mean 1v1 duels and shit that is totally useless like that then you might have a case. But in wsg and ab, paladins are much more useful and provide a much better utility class to their group.
Mute said:AB? Paladins are worthless in AB. WSG is an entirely different story though. Cleanse, cleanse, cleanse, flash heal, LAY ON HANDS.
firex said:pxleyes is ****ing delusional like most alliance players who don't realize they have the superior faction specific class.
paladins are better than shamans for everything but LOL-worthy shock dps that any raider on either faction can easily ignore, or giving sulfuras to so they can spec stormstrike for a couple days.
explodet said:I wouldn't say paladins are worthless in AB - ever try and cap a flag with a paladin defending? It ain't easy. As long as they keep you busy enough until reinforcements arrive, they've done their job. I once went into an AB again a team with 8 paladins, and it was excruciating.
Which mage skill are you talking about that needs fixing, by the way?
for everything? again, why do horde love to ignore how insanely overpowered they are in PvP. Shamans in general are over-powered in so many ways in PvP that you dont deserve much in the way of pve viability till you get a pvp nerf. And STILL, you will still see 4-5 shamans per raid because they are STILL needed. The delusional ones who cry "My class is useless now" when in fact, once the patch comes out, very little will seem affected. It happens every major patch, and even I was guilty of it for a bit with the mage patch. Shamans are still over-powered, you are already the favorite class of Blizz, and there is no reason anyone in their right mind should feel sorry for you.
firex said:seriously, how are shaman overpowered in pvp at all? the ONLY viable dps spec is stormstrike and it requires sulfuras or better, and that's basically destroying the only purpose of the class in raids.
if a shaman with sulfuras and other enhancement raid gear is overpowered, then MS warriors with ashkandi are god and need to be nerfed even worse.
in other words, stop crying and enjoy being on the superior faction.
Ramirez said:Heh...what's funny is if a shaman get's about 2 end game geared characters on them they go down fairly easy and quickly,and paladin can ****ing take on 5 end game geared people and still survive until help arrives and bails his ass out.Particularly frustrating in WSG.
Nutter said:i just bought WoW today, i have a few questions..what are the good servers, play pvp or what? what is a good character to play? and any other things to help a noob out :lol
Dude, what's the fun in getting harrassed?tehjaybo said:Play Magtheridon. I need someone to harass. I'm alliance, roll whatever you want. :lol
I really think Night-Elf Druid is a great starter setup, so long as you don't plan on taking it all the way out to Level 60. Not only is the Night Elf starting area pretty cool, but it's a great way to enter the whole world.....you start out seeing only similar characters (Night Elves) and as you progress upwards you are slowly introduced to other races. If you haven't gorged yourself on screenshots and movies of the game in advance, being slowly enveloped into the world can be a pretty wondrous experience. Playing other races throws you into the racial mix almost immediately and it's not as much of a shock to see Gnomes and Taureens running around all over the place.Nutter said:i just bought WoW today, i have a few questions..what are the good servers, play pvp or what? what is a good character to play? and any other things to help a noob out :lol
If it's not your first-MMORPG, then I dunno. PvE is probably the best way to experience a huge persistent world for the first time, but if you're already over the novelty of that then it doesn't matter so much. With PvE you can interact with opposite faction characters beyond just getting murdered by them, so that's kind of nice. In PvE the opposite faction characters seem kind of strange and mysterious since they're uncommon and you can't communicate with them outside of eMotes......in PvP they just seem like douchebags that want to endlessly inconvenience you. PvE sucks you into a fantasy world, PvP reminds you that you're just in a bigger version of Quake.Nutter said:Thanks for the well thought out response border. But what about the servers? and PVP/ PVE stuff?
Azwethinkweiz said:Yeah they said at blizzcon that they regretted it, along with wsg.
Start downloading the necessary patches while you sleep, if all you've done is a disc install. And let us know how your experience is turning out. I tend to be somewhat biased towards the Night Elf Druid "first character" since it was my first choice when I started the game, but there's probably plenty of other satisfying choices. Just don't make a Paladin.Nutter said:I will have made a good decision hopefully by the morning. As i just installed it today but didnt do anything else after that.
Just with the Windfury nerf? Or is there something else that I missed?I think Blizzard did a lot of irreparable damage to their standing with the horde community today
Just with the Windfury nerf? Or is there something else that I missed?
We felt that in its current state Windfury Totem allowed for too much burst damage (dps). We don't feel the need to compensate because our goal was to reduce the totem's potential for damage in a group/raid.
Less DPS, Less HP, Less mana, Less mana regen, Less threat management, No flipping night elves
Welcome to the reality of Horde
Good ****ing game Blizzard
It isn't so much the WF nerf itself as the fact that it just shows they either a) have no clue about how screwed things are between the factions or b) think it doesn't make that big of a difference or c) just don't care.
This won't stop us from progressing in Naxx, but this just is yet another sign that they're never going to fix the fundamental balance issues. More depressing than the nerf is what it indicates.
Right. This is a huge strobing neon sign that says "Blizzard has no ****ing clue about the faction imbalance and not only are they not going to fix it, they're perfectly happy to make it worse." Given the aggro-sensitive, mana-starved, and DPS-threshold fights we're seeing in Naxx, we will hit a point where the level of consumables necessary to overcome the disadvantage every week will suck every ounce of fun out of this hobby.
Sure, assuming DS is up. And seeing as it's used virtually every 5 minutes, the odds of that aren't that great. Yeah, then. All I'm saying is they're not anything game changing like they are in WSG.Azwethinkweiz said:A good paladin can hold a node in AB for 12-15 seconds by himself while reinforcements arrive to help. No other class in the game can do that, and certainly not Shamans.
You're a rogue. Every class in the game is overpowered versus you in PvP. I'm not kidding ... everyone and their dog knows exactly how to beat a rogue.Hero said:Also, Shamans are overpowered in PVP. If you don't know why, you're just in denial.
Mute said:Sure, assuming DS is up. And seeing as it's used virtually every 5 minutes, the odds of that aren't that great. Yeah, then. All I'm saying is they're not anything game changing like they are in WSG.
tehjaybo said:Play Magtheridon. I need someone to harass. I'm alliance, roll whatever you want. :lol
cubicle47b said:The windfury nerf is the final straw. Shamans had been waiting since 1.9 for Blizzard to address the imbalance in alliance and horde PVE. They were asked for feedback and spent a lot of time outlining the problems with their class and offering suggestions to fix it. What they got in their review didn't address any of their concerns but they were told the developers weren't completely happy with the review and 1.12 would see more changes. The patch notes get released and not only are there no big positive changes they get a PVE sustained melee damage nerf to their faction (because of its burst damage potential) and Eyonix says they're not going to compensate for this and things escalate between him and the shaman board.
Even the top horde guilds like EJ who have mostly discounted faction imbalance are wondering WTF is going on. If you've compared the damage meters of horde and alliance on Patchwerk you see that the alliance already beat horde in melee dps pre-nerf (I've seen an alliance rogue hit over 700 sustained DPS on the fight) let alone caster dps. This makes it so some of the horde guilds who already (essentially) have Patchwerk on farm are going to be struggling to beat the 7 minute enrage.
There is no light at the end of the tunnel now and a lot of horde have lost faith in the development team to correct these imbalances in the future (expansion). It's time to form a big mob and riot on the forums and if things don't get better, say "**** you Blizzard", reroll or quit.
I love raiding and I love the game but both my class in PVE and my faction have major issues that need to be addressed or I'm moving on.
edit: Here is the explanation by Eyonix on the shaman boards
and a quote from the EJ boards
Fact of the matter is, once you get the strategies down for the bosses and start getting the gear, you're going to have an easier time.
quit the god damn game.
cubicle47b said:That's what horde raiders are doing.
MrCheez said:No need to be an ass, pxleyes.
ToyMachine228 said:Really? Me too, what's your character name, and what guild?