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Niche · 06/14/08, 4:41 PM

Nice post Shinok. One thing I saw from another thread was that balance druids have a chance (or maybe 100%) to apply a 10% nature damage debuff that can stack 3 times for a total of 30%. Now, the question is does that stack with SS? If it does nature could become a major player in raid magic damage, and could potentially make ES/ES the preferred choice instead of ES/FS rotations (although if ele shamans are able to consume our flameshock debuff with lava burst it should still be more dps overall to use ES/FS). 50% nature damage increase if both debuffs are up, which i'd just guess would be around a 60-80% uptime if the druid talent is a guaranteed debuff like imp. scorch, or 40-60% if it is a 33-66% chance to apply (also depends on duration which i haven't seen yet).

re: toast

I agree the stat mixing and converting is getting a bit ridiculous, but at least they are working on it. One way they could fix agility for us is to give us a higher coefficient, something that would equate it directly with crit rating or maybe slightly higher to offset its' inability to increase caster crit rating.

On a completely offtopic tangent, I think its exciting that it feels like our class is becoming essentially a battle mage capable of laying down the damage either melee or magic that reminds me of the first time I did Scarlet Stratholme and the fear those mobs created.

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Niche Banned Seismic Draenei Shaman <Reign> Cenarius	Nice post Shinok. One thing I saw from another thread was that balance druids have a chance (or maybe 100%) to apply a 10% nature damage debuff that can stack 3 times for a total of 30%. Now, the question is does that stack with SS? If it does nature could become a major player in raid magic damage, and could potentially make ES/ES the preferred choice instead of ES/FS rotations (although if ele shamans are able to consume our flameshock debuff with lava burst it should still be more dps overall to use ES/FS). 50% nature damage increase if both debuffs are up, which i'd just guess would be around a 60-80% uptime if the druid talent is a guaranteed debuff like imp. scorch, or 40-60% if it is a 33-66% chance to apply (also depends on duration which i haven't seen yet). re: toast I agree the stat mixing and converting is getting a bit ridiculous, but at least they are working on it. One way they could fix agility for us is to give us a higher coefficient, something that would equate it directly with crit rating or maybe slightly higher to offset its' inability to increase caster crit rating. On a completely offtopic tangent, I think its exciting that it feels like our class is becoming essentially a battle mage capable of laying down the damage either melee or magic that reminds me of the first time I did Scarlet Stratholme and the fear those mobs created. Last edited by Niche : 06/14/08 at 4:50 PM.