Infraction for Deathwing: Whining

Juice · 09/20/08, 5:44 PM

Post: [Druid] Feral talents/abilities - WotLK preview / discussion
User: Deathwing
Infraction: Whining
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Enough with the whining. Do you really think we care if you're playing your druid into the expansion or why Blizzard is disappointing you?

You get a week off to think about your ability to contribute positively here. If you can't straighten out we'll make it a permanent thing.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Maeltne

I'm trying to come to a conclusion regarding Barskin and Shield Wall. Base it is 1/3 with effect with 1/5 the cooldown, and if/when warrior talent it is 1/3 the effect with 1/4 the cooldown.

It terms of overall mitigation it works out to being about 4% for us and 2.4%->3% mitigation for warriors if just spammed mindlessly, however that 60%/20% can make a big difference during and enrage/frenzy/big incoming hit.

I honestly don't know who has the advantage here.

Apples and oranges, I would say. Barkskin is more analogous to Shield Block(and IBF if the DK plays it that way): a short duration/cooldown spell for mitigating known periods of high damage. Trying to use Barkskin as a Shield Wall ability will lead to much disparity. Assuming Bear and Warrior are at equal passive mitigation before abilities(and that might not be the case), the druid will still be taking 60% more damage during his "oh shit" ability.

It's a clear bone of contention to me, and it's part of the reason why I won't be playing my feral for the expansion. However, the tone from blue posts has suggested that it won't be fixed. Brez and innervate are technically "oh shit" abilities too. And depending on the situation, even while tanking, they can be more powerful than a well-timed Shield Wall.

Other reason(of why I won't be playing feral) is a myriad of things, ranging from dpsing with a shield is just really freaking cool, to ferals don't seem to getting much that is new. But those have all been touched upon already in this thread.