10-21-2006, 07:37 PM
Quote:Haven't you seen the new spell reflect skill? That should take care of a lot of your range and cc concerns.
It requires 25 Rage, which is a hefty sum for a two-handed Warrior (especially since TM will only reach 25 points with three points invested into Protection), and a very large amount for a sword-and-board user.
It also has a 10 second cooldown, and requires either Defensive or Battle Stance. Most Warriors, in PvP, will be in Berserker Stance.
It also includes a noticeable animation (the same as Shield Block's, it seems), which further alerts enemy spellcasters to not hurl something powerful in your direction until five seconds pass or you take off your shield. Alternatively, they could just tag you with a rank 1 instant (Shadow Word: Pain, Fireblast, Corruption, and so many others), which would cause them little damage (or none at all if they're under the effects of something like Fire/Frost/Shadow Ward or Power Word: Shield) and still eat your reflection effect. It might inconvience them somewhat, requiring them to waste 1.5 seconds on an instant spell before sheeping you, but overall I can't see it making a lot of difference against an alert caster. Frankly, I'd rather use the Engineering trinkets (since it's quite funny watching a Fire mage kill himself by casting a ToEP or ZHC Pyroblast at someone that hit the Flame Reflector before being sheeped.)
If they reduced the Rage cost to something more practical (like, say, 10 or 15), you might have a point, but I don't see many people blowing 25 Rage on something that's so easily countered.
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