Wands Uber on Test Server

[Alarick]

So, against an evenly matched druid or priest, if the RNG is rolling evenly, we'll both hit oom with a 1/4 or so of our hitpoints left (that's referencing a dozen duels and attempted ganks). Now, assuming they don't regen enough mana for a heal or nuke (what usually happens to end the fight), I have a shot at winning. Add in a wand doing 60dps nature damage (stormrager) at the end there when all they have is a staff or dagger normally. Add 60dps all that shiny armor does jack to protect against, and I will lose every fight, because oom, I do 90dps. 90. And they still get to mitigate some of that.

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I agree that this may expose some imbalance issues that currently already exist, and possible make a few situations worse. However, I see no reason that the new system will not work exactly the same as the old system.

Under the old system compared to the new, the only change to 1v1 battles is that the DPS was lower than expected because of the cooldown problem. True, this is added DPS, but it's also DPS that's supposed to be there in the first place.

A good player using wands throughout the fight would still do exactly what you're saying they'll do with the new system. Against a Paladin, shoot wands while in ranged, use heals and CC when close. In the end, I can't see why the system changes this fact.

For damage, you can resist the shots. Get a little resist gear, and wands are useless. I realize this means having specific armor for the situation, but many people say the same thing when people complain about Rogues or Shadow Preists: "Get a few items and you'll do better."

On top of this, resists are not the same as mitigated damage. It's all or nothing. The damage isn't even really magical damage. It's supposed to be nature or any other type, but it isn't. I honestly have no idea how wand damage works, because none of it is actually the type described for anything other than immunity and resistances.

Edit: And how is waiting for the cooldown from wanding any different from waiting on the cooldown from a nuke?
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The cooldown for wands is different because it's invisible. The cooldown bar only shows up for the wand, but all spells are unavailable. This means a good amount of guessing as to when a spell can be cast. In addition, the wand has "cooldowns" both before and after shooting. Because of this, the DPS suffers.

I'm really not trying to say this won't change the game at all, but I don't think it will cause such a huge imbalance as you seem to be saying it will.