08-14-2008, 03:58 PM
Lack of downranking would be rough in TBC.
In Wrath, however, it will be a different animal, and classes will be balanced around it, so I don't see it hurting anyone's ability to do their jobs well, necessarily. I reserve judgement on that until Wrath is complete and folks are testing it at 80 with decent gear.
I like that this might make gearing more interesting for some classes though. If you want longevity, you won't just continue to cheese out your gear for maximum throughput and downrank to gain it, you'll have to gear for it.
As mentioned, a lot of classes will, even in wrath, miss little things (I have experience keeping mobs aggro'd to me with rank 1 consecrate as I gather up hordes of them for AOE grinding and with rank 1 Drain Soul).
I also thought mixing rank 5 or 6 holy light every so many FoL casts was nice to keep Light's Grace up 100% of the time on the nights I am spec'd holy, but then again, paladin healing is changing a lot (for the better) in wrath, from the look of the direction they are headed (holy tree isn't finished yet).
In Wrath, however, it will be a different animal, and classes will be balanced around it, so I don't see it hurting anyone's ability to do their jobs well, necessarily. I reserve judgement on that until Wrath is complete and folks are testing it at 80 with decent gear.
I like that this might make gearing more interesting for some classes though. If you want longevity, you won't just continue to cheese out your gear for maximum throughput and downrank to gain it, you'll have to gear for it.
As mentioned, a lot of classes will, even in wrath, miss little things (I have experience keeping mobs aggro'd to me with rank 1 consecrate as I gather up hordes of them for AOE grinding and with rank 1 Drain Soul).
I also thought mixing rank 5 or 6 holy light every so many FoL casts was nice to keep Light's Grace up 100% of the time on the nights I am spec'd holy, but then again, paladin healing is changing a lot (for the better) in wrath, from the look of the direction they are headed (holy tree isn't finished yet).
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