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Elemental Feedback - build 8770

Posted 24/08/08 at 7:37 AM by Binkenstein
Updated 24/08/08 at 8:09 AM by Binkenstein
This is a repost from the WotLK Shaman beta forum

I’m sure that most will have read my initial feedback that was posted by Malan in this thread: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...4749&pageNo=1&

What I’m going to look at today is how things have changed in 8770, and what issues/concerns may still be outstanding (bugs aside).

Summary of Previous Post

Issues from TBC
Lack of Pushback...
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WotLK: Elemental Talents mk II

Posted 20/07/08 at 12:12 AM by Binkenstein
Updated 23/07/08 at 2:21 AM by Binkenstein
Since the beta information was released, some of this had to be changed. Please be aware that as WotLK is still in Beta, the talents discussed in this entry may change

So by now you should have seen the numerous fan site WotLK talent tree calculators that have sprung up. My favourite, as always, is WoWHead's. Most of us would have seen alpha information before now, but it's all been "underground" until the WWI in Paris.

Looking at the talents as they are, there are...
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Casual verses Hardcore Raiding

Posted 18/05/08 at 4:02 AM by Binkenstein
After the announcement that Death & Taxes was disbanding, an internal discussion was started on the Crux forums on having fun, which is especially important in a semi-casual guild such as our own.

As with all topics, it wandered a bit, but one point that arose was getting more enjoyment from using alternate characters, or "alts", more often. The suggestion revolved around the "cleared" content that we no longer run, or run when we run out of things to do (either due to clearing everything,...
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Talent Builds: The Good, The Bad, and The Just Plain Weird

Posted 30/04/08 at 4:09 AM by Binkenstein
Every so often, you run into someone that posts a spec that differs from the normal "cookie cutter" builds. Sometimes they work or bring new information to light, but more often than not they fail miserably.

This post is about those builds.

Firstly, while wandering the news site www.wowinsider.com to see if there's anything new and/or interesting, I came across the Build Shop. It was a 18/43/0 Enhance build. Since I'm at work at the moment, and slightly bored, I thought...
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Fixing Elementals: What Blizzard Should Do

Posted 05/04/08 at 8:18 AM by Binkenstein
Updated 11/04/08 at 10:57 PM by Binkenstein
There's three things that really bug me about the spec right now.
  1. You need to put 1-4 points into "filler" talents at Tier 4 to get to the next tier, and can run out of points later
  2. When LB & CL had cast times reduced by 0.5 seconds, and the Lightning Mastery talent reduced to 0.1 seconds per point, the only buff around that was to put an extra 8% onto the co-efficient for both spells. Nothing was done to the talent that was affected
  3. Curse of Elements affects Frost and Fire, but not
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