03-17-2009, 12:41 AM
These are in response to frag, apparently I fail at being able to quote quotes.
The flaw in his divine plea statement is simple. Melee swings will be refreshing D.P., and thus be permanently up in combat, allowing for another 3% damage reduction through glyph
JotW has been buffed and nerfed several times. I just see it as a way to fix it, without really addressing the problem. JotW was too good before (on the replenishment side, and in beta it was 20%) so it got canned. I don't have a lot of faith in returning an ability to what it was as a way to compensate.
I have a hard time buying into the 'not nerf ret regen' theory when they aren't even tweaking at this point. I feel like they have performed surgery with a sledgehammer, and then plan to go back and sew it up to make it not so ugly. Yes, it's the PTR, Yes, I know there is still time. I don't have much faith in a 2week time to make a stable fix after such a huge blow to the core of the way the class consumes and refills mana.
The Seal of Blood Glyph is a sticking point to me. Fixing this glyph needs to be more than a band aid. If they 'fix' the problems through the glyph, then they really haven't fixed the problem, they pulled out the first aid inscription kit.
I'm not fretting, I'm just irritated. You know me, I don't like gutting something without the fix in hand. It's the way I program databases, and build sites. It might be a little slower, but I know when it goes live, there are far fewer problems.
The flaw in his divine plea statement is simple. Melee swings will be refreshing D.P., and thus be permanently up in combat, allowing for another 3% damage reduction through glyph
JotW has been buffed and nerfed several times. I just see it as a way to fix it, without really addressing the problem. JotW was too good before (on the replenishment side, and in beta it was 20%) so it got canned. I don't have a lot of faith in returning an ability to what it was as a way to compensate.
I have a hard time buying into the 'not nerf ret regen' theory when they aren't even tweaking at this point. I feel like they have performed surgery with a sledgehammer, and then plan to go back and sew it up to make it not so ugly. Yes, it's the PTR, Yes, I know there is still time. I don't have much faith in a 2week time to make a stable fix after such a huge blow to the core of the way the class consumes and refills mana.
The Seal of Blood Glyph is a sticking point to me. Fixing this glyph needs to be more than a band aid. If they 'fix' the problems through the glyph, then they really haven't fixed the problem, they pulled out the first aid inscription kit.
I'm not fretting, I'm just irritated. You know me, I don't like gutting something without the fix in hand. It's the way I program databases, and build sites. It might be a little slower, but I know when it goes live, there are far fewer problems.
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