Patch Notes Comment Thread

[Nystul]

I would have to defer to Bolty regarding frost nova. I haven't played the mage much and don't recall having frost nova beyond rank 1. However, I would be very surprised if he said that the higher ranks were replacing the lower ones in the last push. I don't recall this being the case for fireblast, which is an instant cast mage spell. I vaguely remember putting 2 different versions of fireblast on different hotkeys to see whether they had independent timers (they do not, and should not). The priest I remember more clearly (having played one to level 20+ fairly recently), and I can say that no early priest skills got replaced by their higher ranks in the last push. You always had the choice of which to use, even on instant casts and buffs. For warriors and rogues, who don't have a "mana pool" that continually increases, the skills always replaced the old ones with no exceptions that I can think of.

Perhaps the complaint is that it's not worth paying the cash to "upgrade" frost nova when the lower rank version will be superior for all practical uses?