01-18-2009, 01:50 AM
Quote:but armor is a rather poor method of damage reduction in PvP anyway, as limited as it is.
Don't tell priests or warlocks that.
+armor on S2 - S4 gear is about the only thing that allowed them to compete. I'm convinced that a large part of the Priest Tank (I mean Priest PvP) issues are related to Blizzard's policy of no +armor on gear anymore.
If you're going to create mechanics that force priests (and warlocks) to tank, then you need to give them tools to do so. Warlocks have some limited tools through Metamorphosis, Priests have a few seconds of pain suppression. But there are no tools for long term tanking capability for the kind of SUSTAINED damage present in current arenas (just ignoring the burst for a moment... just a moment).
Arcane has significantly more survival tools in the form of kiting tools. A burst mage will also have spammable slow. A frost mage has shattered barrier. Mages may be glassy, but they are slippery glass.
If a mage is a glass cannon, at least he has a cannon. A warlock is in far worse shape.
Conc / Concillian -- Vintage player of many games. Deadly leader of the All Pally Team (or was it Death leader?)
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.