Game-Changing New Powers

[Watto44]

I was just re-reading this and it popped in my head, "isn't that exactly what polymorph is?"

I do understand, though...Mages are a heck of a lot more squishy than Druids.

Artega already said it, but yeah, I meant that sheep is retricted to specific mob types. (As are sap, banish, and mind control for that matter.) GG's point about hunter traps is a good one though. I've never played a hunter, so I don't know the draw backs that well and can't really comment, but I've seen a lot of hunters struggle to keep mobs trapped effectively. Whether that was due to the ability itself or the carelessness of our group I don't know.

Speaking of squishy, with the level curve being what it is, I'm getting reamed by physical-damage mobs much worse now than I was at 60 relative to my total hit points. Now that I'm running level 70 instances, I figure this is a combination of two things:

1) I don't have enough of the OMFGStamina items featured in TBC. I'm still running in mostly Transcendence gear in healing instances, with two pieces of the Hallowed set (yay purple!) and Faith boots. I have around 6000 hit points buffed up, which is quite low by TBC standards.

2) I've gotten used to the armor levels of ubergear for my level - Tier 2/3 - and now I'm running around in what amounts to a starter dungeon set at level 70. I only mitigate 21% of incoming physical damage even with Inner Fire up, so heaven forbid I forget to have it on. Talk about suicide.

Yeah, my mage is feeling the hurt as well. I have average HP for my level I guess (5600 at level 64, 5800 for PvP) but some mobs are definately hurting. The sandworm mobs in the Bone Wastes in Terokkar were spitting at me and hitting me in the 900s. What's so frustrating about these mobs is that I have to burn a chunk of mana to keep from dying and then I can't even loot the little buggers! I'm really looking forward to level 68 when I sink that point into Ice Barrier.