12-10-2005, 10:48 PM
Rinnhart,Dec 10 2005, 02:01 PM Wrote:Oh, yes, having a class do anything but buff the entire raid is madness.
And heal and dispel. What do I do in a raid? Buff and heal. Hmm.
Quote:The class was fine in PvE (except in our ability to tank). It has been buffed further in PvE (except in our ability to tank, which has, for the most part, been nerfed)
I have heard that people have tanked all the 5 man and most of the 10 man stuff with pallys. Will that no longer be the case? I think that's sufficient. As you get to the 15-40 man stuff it can safely be assumed that you have some sort of class balance. That's why Garr pretty much mandates a few locks and Domo some mages. As a healer, I can solo live strath, but would think it funny to try the core with NO priests.
Quote:Shamans, Druids, and Priests all have the choice of playing support or of actively fighting, and no one is going to start screaming "OMG NEWB LRN2PLY."
Bzzt. I always heal first, damage second. It makes a huge difference when the other shamen think the same way. The pro teams I've run with don't put up with healers that don't heal, I'd have no doubt I'd not be asked back if I decided not to heal. I'll grant you that its easier for me to warm up a chain lightning or throw off a quick shock before going back to healing then it is for you to run up and whack something before healing.
Quote:You know they were planning a death-match style BG before AB, the Zul'Gurub Catacombs? The reason it never went anywhere was because caster classes were so horribly underpowered for massed free-for-all combat and were insta-gibbed every match.
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1) Very interesting. I hadn't heard that. Any kind of evidence out there? SS? Fraps?
2) It changes nothing. The caster itemization thing will be improving starting next patch. The fact that they aborted a BG does not mean that the 3 they have are not fun, don't need tactics, and can't use every classes abilities.