January News/Discussion

[Tal]

I'm not saying that at all. I was saying you shouldn't need to do ALL of those things to kill certain healers. Thats all.

From the thread Quark linked to:

I didn't say dps should be able to faceroll healers. I said it should be a viable strategy to kill them. What I meant was that we want to avoid situations where players say "No matter what I do, I cannot keep that guy from healing." (Unless of course, the healer just totally outplayed them.)

I think what got me in trouble was the "etc.". My intention was not that dps should be able to autoattack or faceroll their way to victory.:)

My point was that we don't give every spec the ability to stunlock, sheep or silence. And we're not going to. But those specs still need to feel like they can contribute in an Arena. Understanding the concerns now, I should have said something more like "It should still be possible for warriors and shamans to take on and sometimes defeat healers (even if it takes 2v1 or 3v1 or whatever)." Crowd control should not be the dominant factor in Arenas. Neither should burst damage.

You and I are arguing from the same side of the fence I think.