07-22-2008, 08:49 AM
Quote:I've seen a lot of the discussion related to this change. And for the most part I like the concept of the move towards the "Hand" system. But the one thing i never see anyone mention with this change is that Blizzard has essentially added a skill to the game which, to use effectively, requires the player to use an add-on. How is this a good design idea exactly? Unless they are planning on creating their own Threat Meter into the UI, no matter how good the "Hand" system is conceptually there shouldn't be a skill in the game which requires an add-on to use.
As it reads now, for this skill to be effective, it requires the preknowledge of each players threat status obtained through the Meter add-ons. If you don't have a Threat Meter by the time you see that someone needs the buff it's too late.
In theory, you could know who is going to be pulling aggro and who isn't by knowing your raid, and paying attention to what everyone else is doing. It wouldn't be flawless, as you couldn't conceivably keep track of things like crit strings or variable performance. However, I know I could give you a pretty fair guess from raids I've been on who would need an emergency salv and who wouldn't.
-Jester