03-02-2007, 05:24 PM
This is going to be fairly incoherent and not in the least bit flame-retardant:
I feel that we might be focusing on the wrong part of this. What a class can and can't do, or offer in a vacuum has little to no meaning in the context of how most of us play the game. What I feel might be more convincing to any appeal made to the development staff is a focus on encounters, real-game scenarios that are empirically testable.
Any class complaint saying "This reduced my <ability> by 10%!" was seemingly ignored on the beta boards. One that had "In this particular encounter I found <same ability> not performing the same as it did at <this> encounter, or <these> encounters. Can we have some clarification please?" usually garnered some response, even if it was minimal.
The point of having a particular fight suited to having a (Shaman, Warlock, Mage) tank it plays to this. A lot of how we spec / make decisions is brought about by encounter design and "grand vision". Speaking with that in mind might give us an edge when making appeals.
Cheers,
~Fragbait. /vanish :shuriken:
I feel that we might be focusing on the wrong part of this. What a class can and can't do, or offer in a vacuum has little to no meaning in the context of how most of us play the game. What I feel might be more convincing to any appeal made to the development staff is a focus on encounters, real-game scenarios that are empirically testable.
Any class complaint saying "This reduced my <ability> by 10%!" was seemingly ignored on the beta boards. One that had "In this particular encounter I found <same ability> not performing the same as it did at <this> encounter, or <these> encounters. Can we have some clarification please?" usually garnered some response, even if it was minimal.
The point of having a particular fight suited to having a (Shaman, Warlock, Mage) tank it plays to this. A lot of how we spec / make decisions is brought about by encounter design and "grand vision". Speaking with that in mind might give us an edge when making appeals.
Cheers,
~Fragbait. /vanish :shuriken:
Hardcore Diablo 1/2/3/4 & Retail/Classic WoW adventurer.