07-17-2006, 09:15 PM
Quote:"Raid-wide" is a confusing term. Totems currently have two limits as to how they're applied:
1. Range
2. Party
Taking away the range limitation destroys the mechanic of using totems; I believe the suggestion at hand is to remove the party limitation instead. Then a shaman can carefully place tranquil air to reduce the aggro of only people standing in range.
At the current 20 yards, you will be lucky for that totem to cover 10 people - that hardly qualifies as "raid-wide". And considering the ever-increasing amount of fights that require either spreading out, or significant player movement (just look at AQ40), I don't think it's too much to ask to at least double or triple the range.
As for limiting Tranquil Air by having 20 yards range (30 with talent/set bonus)... It could work partially. You could have Healers/Casters in the back getting totem, but you would probably still want to give the melee upfront party-only Tranquil Air, so as to not accidently give it to MT/OT. Of course, it will still have the downfall of short range if you must spread out/move around, which is why I said that if we buff other totems - including their range - we might as well leave Tranquil Air party-only, rather then have it as exception with short range and introduce different potentialy weird problems.