08-21-2005, 07:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-21-2005, 08:17 PM by Chesspiece_face.)
it was not my intention to intonate that blizzard had any specific vendetta towards paladins. I agree that BoS is inherantly an unbalanced character attribute. But the reality of paladin play presently is that the minority of situations where a paladin is specifically useful in end-game content (above any other character type) is completely based on those unbalanced attributes. The covert implications of altering those same attributes is that paladins lose any and all of their usefulness.
Blizzard has not said how they will alter BoS in the future but the logical assumption is that they would lower it's effectiveness by a good deal. The only other options would be to change how it works entirely or to offer a similer spell to the Shaman (which i'm sure would get quite the uproar). In that the logical change would be to alter the particular skill, yes, it is entirely specific towards paladins.
I am presetnly extremelly wary regarding the upcoming changes to the paladin class. With the above post from the devs it can be implied that a specific change is going to be an alteration to the effectiveness of BoS, what worries me more is what general changes blizzard will implement to the class in the next few months to skills/talant trees that will counteract the inherant loss of usefulness.
In addition I have not seen any implications from blizzard that they have even the slightest comprehension of the issues inherantly related to the paladin in the first place. I also believe that the changes required for the class are drastic enough that the devs will most likely shy away from making such great alterations and instead continue on the path they have been taking to just slap band aides around and gloss over the real issues.
I'm crossing my fingers that i'm wrong on this.
Blizzard has not said how they will alter BoS in the future but the logical assumption is that they would lower it's effectiveness by a good deal. The only other options would be to change how it works entirely or to offer a similer spell to the Shaman (which i'm sure would get quite the uproar). In that the logical change would be to alter the particular skill, yes, it is entirely specific towards paladins.
I am presetnly extremelly wary regarding the upcoming changes to the paladin class. With the above post from the devs it can be implied that a specific change is going to be an alteration to the effectiveness of BoS, what worries me more is what general changes blizzard will implement to the class in the next few months to skills/talant trees that will counteract the inherant loss of usefulness.
In addition I have not seen any implications from blizzard that they have even the slightest comprehension of the issues inherantly related to the paladin in the first place. I also believe that the changes required for the class are drastic enough that the devs will most likely shy away from making such great alterations and instead continue on the path they have been taking to just slap band aides around and gloss over the real issues.
I'm crossing my fingers that i'm wrong on this.