08-19-2005, 09:33 PM
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.a...mp=1#post116961
In other words: "You silly paladins if we've told you once we've told you a thousand times! You are a solo class! Go solo. Don't worry, you can still cleanse in raids (at least till next patch when we change cleanse so it can only be used out of combat! LOLOLorz)
seriously though, they better do some serious changes to how paladins work in the next few content patches if they are gonna continue to nerf the hell out of the few things we do offer to a raid.
Quote:Blessing of Salvation is an interesting spell. It's completely and totally meaningless in PvP. It's completely useless for a soloing Paladin. It's a minor (at best) imrprovement in a 5-man, PvE encounter.
For a raid encounter, where Aggro management can determine the outcome of a fight, it's an extremely powerful and advantageous spell.
As more and more raid encounters enter the game, and as aggro management plays a larger role in these encounters, it's obvious that spells like Blessing of Salvation need to be evaluated.
Now, the core of the controversy surrounding this spell is, of course, that the Alliance has it and the Horde does not. Let me take a moment to state that we do *NOT* expect all encounters to play the same for Horde and Alliance. In a perfect world, an *occassional* encounter will be easier (or more difficult) depending on whether or not you are Horde or Alliance. A good example of this is Magmadar. Some might argue that Magmadar is easier for the Alliance because of Fear Ward. Some might argue that he's easier for the Horde because of WotF. At the end of the day, both Horde and Alliance can beat the encounter. And it's not a drastic difference in difficulty. It is ok that sometimes the two sides are different -- if this wasn't ok, Starcraft wouldn't exist =P
But Blessing of Salvation is a different case. The spell translates through to any encounter where Taunt does not work (and to some degree, even encounters where Taunt does work).
We are aware that Blessing of Salvation is causing a sense of imbalance between the two factions. The recent addition of Taunt to the drakes in Blackwing Lair was *NOT* a solution for this problem. The Drakes needed Taunt (with the exception of Flamegor) because they have inherent anti-tank abilities to begin with.
But in the long run, we are analyzing Blessing of Salvation's overall impact on the Raid Game. At this point, the raid and dungeon designers are consulting directly with the Class Spells & Abilities team to determine what the next step will be. We will evaluate if BoS is too powerful or too weak. We will evaluate if the Horde has adequate aggro management solutions to match that of the Alliance. But it will take some time before any change is made. I will keep you informed of any developments that arise.
Our goal is not to favor Horde or Alliance here. Our goal is to provide our players with a fun experience, regardless of what side they chose at the Character Create Screen. Equally, our goal is to keep our raid encounters as fun and challenging as possible.
In other words: "You silly paladins if we've told you once we've told you a thousand times! You are a solo class! Go solo. Don't worry, you can still cleanse in raids (at least till next patch when we change cleanse so it can only be used out of combat! LOLOLorz)
seriously though, they better do some serious changes to how paladins work in the next few content patches if they are gonna continue to nerf the hell out of the few things we do offer to a raid.