Patch 1.9.3 downloadable as of 8:50 AM CST

[Concillian]

There is a whole thread on this in the raid forum too, with Caydiem responses.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.a...ns&T=351625&P=1


Question:

Blizzard intended to stop the usage of OOC rezing during MC boss fights. Fine.

But in the mean time they broke many other abilities and have not stated whether that is intended.

Using Hunters to pull and Feign Death if it goes wrong: BROKEN. Now the whole raid will die.

Player suiciding on an accidental or bad pull: BROKEN. Now the whole raid will die.

Rogues and Hunters escaping combat as their class skills specifically ALLOW, for example, when the raid begins to wipe: BROKEN. Now they get put back into combat immediately.

Warrior off-tanks using Charge to initiate their portion of the battle: BROKEN. Now they cannot use Charge after anyone else engages.

It seems to me that this "fix" to OOC rezing was a sloppy and hastily wrought up change with no mind to other consequences.

Caydiem response (page 10):

After speaking with Tigole on the subject, these things you mention are basically intended.

It's true that there is not as much room for error in pulling and positioning any longer, which makes it all the more important that your raid is alert and your puller knows what to do.

As far as the rest goes, you still have the usual wipe prevention tactics (meaning soulstones, ankhs and the like. I am aware of the jumper cable issue with feign death and vanish).

It wasn't just resurrection spells that caused this combat pulse to be implemented. There was also a great deal of exploitive behavior that could be accomplished in certain raid fights with the abilities you list.

EDIT: I will also mention that this occurs just in boss fights in raid dungeons (with one exception) and thus is not prevalent throughout the entire dungeon.

I understand the frustration you're experiencing with this change, as it's shaken up a number of strategies you're used to. However, this behavior you describe is indeed intended gameplay.

Edit: added link