02-08-2009, 12:09 PM
Quote:He did the equivalent of 40k damage in 8 seconds Artega, he was bubbled when he did that. Think about that again. This is not 19k damage at full damage, this is 19k damage at half damage, ie 38k damage. This is no buffs outside his own and he pulled off the equivalent 5k raid DPS (which normally takes full raid buffs). This is why people are screaming about Ret Pallies and Arcane Mages.
Ret Pallies are Arcane Mages aren't huge problems for me anymore. Sometimes there's nothing I can do - I ate a 10378 Arcane Blast on top of a 9k PoM-Frostfire Bolt and died instantly, but the mage had his stacks of Arcane Blast and he had to blow a cooldown to do it. In an arena setting, you'd simply not let him get the Arcane Blast stacks by pillarhumping and interrupts. In a Battleground, same thing... or just stay away from him.
Burst is out of control right now, sure, but so is burst healing; with only 1700-ish SP, I can drop 14-17k Holy Light crits that fill up someone's HP from almost nothing to almost full, and I can do it in under one second if I've got Light's Grace and Infusion of Light running on top of base Haste and Judgements of the Pure.
PvP as a whole needs a thorough examination, and I'm pretty sure that's what they've been doing for all of season five. I personally feel people need more HP in order to make up for the high burst DPS and healing, but Blizzard might not feel that way. It's Wait and See⢠time.
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
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