12-22-2004, 08:14 AM
The worldofwarcraft.com forums are abuzz with complaints... which means things are just the same as usual. It seems every class forum has members deciding "their" class is getting screwed over by Blizzard in one way or another, and usually I pay them no heed. But this complaint seems valid, and I'd like to hear some Lurkers' thoughts on it.
Hurricane, the heavy-hitter of the Balance tree, now must be channeled. The overwhelming sentiment on the official forums is that this makes it far less effective and puts a nail in the coffin of any Druid wishing to specialize in Balance. Looking at the stats, I'm not entirely sure why this change was made. It seems the damage over time isn't anything amazing (just high enough to score the Druid some aggro and have him backing off from a few mobs), and I didn't notice any word at all about this being an overpowered spell or "broken".
I did see some complaints about the Feral tree being neglected by most players since some things were dubbed "broken" (the truth of that claim is not something to which I can attest). I can't help but get the feeling that bumping Hurricane down a notch, along with increasing the power of the Feral side of things, may have been a move to try and encourage players to explore that path as well.
It just seems, in my opinion, that the end goal of the Balance tree now isn't worth it, and throws a wrench into my character plans. Any thoughts on this?
Hurricane, the heavy-hitter of the Balance tree, now must be channeled. The overwhelming sentiment on the official forums is that this makes it far less effective and puts a nail in the coffin of any Druid wishing to specialize in Balance. Looking at the stats, I'm not entirely sure why this change was made. It seems the damage over time isn't anything amazing (just high enough to score the Druid some aggro and have him backing off from a few mobs), and I didn't notice any word at all about this being an overpowered spell or "broken".
I did see some complaints about the Feral tree being neglected by most players since some things were dubbed "broken" (the truth of that claim is not something to which I can attest). I can't help but get the feeling that bumping Hurricane down a notch, along with increasing the power of the Feral side of things, may have been a move to try and encourage players to explore that path as well.
It just seems, in my opinion, that the end goal of the Balance tree now isn't worth it, and throws a wrench into my character plans. Any thoughts on this?
See you in Town,
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