06-25-2008, 10:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2008, 10:33 AM by Swiss Mercenary.)
Quote:It isn't Frostbite that is not purgable. It's Ice Armor. Frostbite is the same as it's always been.
Please stop drawing conclusions based on the Armory. It doesn't show the extent of my experiences, and experience is not the only thing that matters in a discussion.
There seems to be two points of confusion.
1. Enhancement shamans, with their lack of anything mobility-oriented are helpless against ice armor without frostbit. (Frost shock spam sounds like a great idea, until you realise that mages can blink, and putting earth shock on cooldown = sheep or a frost bolt in the face).
2. Having played a mage for quite a while, I cannot believe any claims of frostbite = useless. It's an amazing source of damage, it prevents intercept, it forces rogues to blow cooldowns to avoid that incoming damage, and it makes shamans stand there picking their navel. I wouldn't consider playing a frost spec without the talent.
Edit: While we're on the subject, is there any particular reason for why Fel Armor is undispellable, while _____ Shield is? Are warlocks seriously getting a permanent passive 100 spell damage, +20% healing?