Infraction for Gediablo: Useless Post

• Aldriana · 09/02/08, 8:10 PM

Post: [Mage] WotLK Talent Discussion (Part Two)
User: Gediablo
Infraction: Useless Post
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

http://elitistjerks.com/f31/a34-forum_rules/, #5 (consecutive posting). I'm merging this post with the previous one and giving you an infraction for the trouble.

Original Post:

As I already posted here on the beta forum WoW-Europe.com Forums -> AoE knockback in PvE I really don't like the knockback effect on living bomb and blastwave for PvE purposes. The whole mechanic is making it practically impossible as a tank to out aggro you when the knock back party begin. Even with a prot pala (who have been tanking pretty much all our 25 man AoE pulls in TBC the last 1½ year) it became practically impossible for the tank to do more threat, since the mobs got blown out of consecration, melee range and hardly hitted him. This was just with 1 mage and the best AoE tank class+spec - now imagine a raid with 3 mages and/or another class tank.

Since the knockback effect is decent for PvP I would suggest making a glyph that adds knockback to these skills for those who want this effect. As it is now (even if the "Living Bomb procing explosions pr tick if you are near it"-bug is fixed) I would ignore fire spec for PvE AoE - both frost and arcane got talents actually making the AoE more damaging and safer - the firetree adds 3 new instant AoE spells (4 if counting instant flamestrikes procs) and although it is extra damage it destroys the AoE damage for others and makes tanking it a pain.