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Forum: Druids 12/11/08, 10:55 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 134,223
Posted By Shakes
As I recall unless you have iLotP you get no way...

As I recall unless you have iLotP you get no way to mana regen at all in forms now, so it's pretty much required if you want to do the shift between the two idea for bursts on a long fight. I agree...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/11/08, 9:22 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,832
Posted By Shakes
The glyph thing seems to vary wildly from server...

The glyph thing seems to vary wildly from server to server. Maybe it's related to how many hardcore respeccers your server has who always need new glyphs? I'll be damned if I can sell a glyph of any...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/11/08, 9:10 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
There is no etched monarch topaz in the game at...

There is no etched monarch topaz in the game at the moment, so any class that doesn't really want agility is going to go for the AP one.
Forum: Druids 12/11/08, 8:57 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 134,223
Posted By Shakes
I hadn't considered the cat/bear shifting idea....

I hadn't considered the cat/bear shifting idea. It might work, although the mana cost makes it unsustainable for long I suspect.

As far as the armor changes go, I really can't see how people see it...
Forum: Druids 12/11/08, 8:19 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 134,223
Posted By Shakes
It's 45 energy, since it's affected by ferocity....

It's 45 energy, since it's affected by ferocity. Taking into account the extra 120 energy per minute from tiger's fury, and the extra 3.5 cat swipes a minute from OOC, that works out to 19.5 swipes a...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/23/08, 7:03 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
Nobody is going to bring a mage just for water....

Nobody is going to bring a mage just for water. Or at least nobody who thinks through it logically. The amount of water I use in 4 hours of raiding (at most 40, or 5ish gold) is roughly equal in cost...
Forum: Mages 08/20/08, 9:07 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,364
Posted By Shakes
One thing to keep in mind is that they have said...

One thing to keep in mind is that they have said their internal builds lead the beta realm by a week or two. Who knows what changes/bugs were in the particular build they were playing when they came...
Forum: Mages 08/18/08, 7:22 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,364
Posted By Shakes
I'm not sure the first mage will always be frost....

I'm not sure the first mage will always be frost. There's a limit to how much mana return is useful, if everyone finishes the fight with mana to spare you could have done without some. Given the way...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/16/08, 11:02 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
I'm not talking about forcing you to bring one....

I'm not talking about forcing you to bring one. I'm saying you should have the option to bring one without it hurting your raid. I agree 4 shaman shouldn't be required, but given the intention to...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/16/08, 9:48 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
You're missing the point. Enhancement shaman are...

You're missing the point. Enhancement shaman are balanced around everything they bring to the raid. If someone else is bringing the totems anyway because you're stacking healers, then enhancement...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/15/08, 9:40 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
The biggest problem with healer stacking is that...

The biggest problem with healer stacking is that if you're balancing some things class based (especially totems and blessings) it means that stacking healers make the DPS specs of those classes less...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/15/08, 1:31 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
Most healers in most encounters don't just target...

Most healers in most encounters don't just target the tank and spam a single rank of heal like a warlock spamming their max rank shadowbolt at the boss. I think that's a gross oversimplification of...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/15/08, 12:23 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
I fail to see how people think healing...

I fail to see how people think healing re-actively takes more skill. Anticipating what is going to happen is a lot harder than reacting to it once it has already happened.



Despite saying you want...
Forum: Shamans 08/15/08, 12:14 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
I did say I was talking about BC content, since...

I did say I was talking about BC content, since we can't know what WotLK content will be like.

The real problem I see is that shaman don't have any real mana management options. We don't have the...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 11:49 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
You could just as easily say that roguews and...

You could just as easily say that roguews and warriors should be spending energy/rage for auto-attacks, since mages have to spend mana to do all their damage. Mana and non-mana using classes...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 11:36 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
Jewelcrafting also has the advantage that the...

Jewelcrafting also has the advantage that the gems are prismatic (count as red/blue/yellow), so you can hit a socket bonus or activate a meta without putting in a sub-optimal gem like you often have...
Forum: Shamans 08/14/08, 8:29 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
Haven't you just described what downranking is...

Haven't you just described what downranking is actually about? Using the spell to suit the situation? Without downranking, shaman have three healing spells. Of those three, the "right spell" 90%+ of...
Forum: Player vs. Player 08/14/08, 8:19 PM
Replies: 341
Views: 56,249
Posted By Shakes
I'm not saying that WotLK is completely to blame,...

I'm not saying that WotLK is completely to blame, but I think it is a large part. The blue items that are as good/better than current top end epics started leaking right around the time that S4...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 8:02 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
From a PvE healing perspective, I really can't...

From a PvE healing perspective, I really can't buy into the justification that has been given of "Hopefully removing a few more of the extra buttons you've been pressing will eventually be seen as a...
Forum: Shamans 08/14/08, 7:47 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
Nope, that was what some of us were implying from...

Nope, that was what some of us were implying from their earlier quotes, but now they've explicitly said healer stacking shall remain:



(From WoW Forums -> Death Knight Viability Question...
Forum: Druids 08/14/08, 6:04 AM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,597
Posted By Shakes
It's only mid-August, which leaves 4 months of...

It's only mid-August, which leaves 4 months of development to get it out "this year" if they need it. I also have no doubt they've got level 80 content they haven't pushed onto the beta server...
Forum: Class Mechanics 08/14/08, 3:32 AM
Replies: 4,786
Views: 768,991
Posted By Shakes
Give Blizzard some credit, I'm quite certain they...

Give Blizzard some credit, I'm quite certain they do theorycraft. They've pretty much said so, there was a blue quote a while back that said something along the lines of "we'll get down to running...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 2:12 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,247
Posted By Shakes
I think this is especially true for shaman and...

I think this is especially true for shaman and paladins, who don't have the variety of healing spell choices that priests and druids have available to them. It would be nice if while they're removing...
Forum: Player vs. Player 08/13/08, 9:23 PM
Replies: 341
Views: 56,249
Posted By Shakes
I don't think you can put the decrease in...

I don't think you can put the decrease in participation completely down to the changes made for this season. Although we don't have the armory tools to show it, my impression is that PvE raiding...
Forum: Shamans 08/13/08, 8:29 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
Given they're still balancing around 7-8 healers,...

Given they're still balancing around 7-8 healers, and they've added a new non-healing class, I think most guilds will be in exactly the same situation they are in now: beggars can't be choosers, take...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/13/08, 7:50 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
We know nothing of the sort. We know from a...

We know nothing of the sort. We know from a data-mined message you can overwrite one with another. You can do that with enchants too, but if I enchant one weapon with mongoose, and another weapon...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/08, 7:27 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
The armor sets are your reward as a solo/5 man...

The armor sets are your reward as a solo/5 man player. If you're a raider, no profession really gives any benefit above and beyond the enchant-style stuff and perhaps a small leg up right at the...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/08, 5:43 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
It's still raid DPS you're adding, just as much...

It's still raid DPS you're adding, just as much as if you had some personal enchant somewhere. It's not sexy because you don't just help yourself win the e-peen meters, but it's still helping your...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/08, 5:59 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
Well Ghostcrawler's latest (WoW Forums -> Death...

Well Ghostcrawler's latest (WoW Forums -> Death Knight Viability Question (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765610573&sid=2000&pageNo=5#80)) puts to rest the 5 healer...
Forum: Druids 08/08/08, 9:20 AM
Replies: 1,690
Views: 338,909
Posted By Shakes
Well they have said they didn't think the...

Well they have said they didn't think the effort/reward ratio was there with the heroics. Whether that means they're buffing the rewards, reducing the effort, or both, who knows?

I think the way...
Forum: Druids 08/08/08, 9:10 AM
Replies: 653
Views: 188,217
Posted By Shakes
I'm guessing given the way they seem to be going...

I'm guessing given the way they seem to be going with abilities (ie the whole one of each spec stuff) that bringing two shadow priests wont give you any extra mana regen over bringing one, the regen...
Forum: Druids 08/08/08, 4:05 AM
Replies: 653
Views: 188,217
Posted By Shakes
Spirit Link hasn't worked in any beta build yet,...

Spirit Link hasn't worked in any beta build yet, as far as I'm aware, so you're not going to get any concrete information. There was a blue post saying that it was intended to be a core PvE as well...
Forum: Druids 08/08/08, 3:56 AM
Replies: 1,690
Views: 338,909
Posted By Shakes
All tanking classes got their +threat rolled into...

All tanking classes got their +threat rolled into the basic "tank stance" (defensive/bear/ice/righteous fury), so every druid gets 145% threat in bear form. Sure, lack of mangle is going to hurt a...
Forum: Shamans 08/07/08, 10:48 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
At level 70 priests and druids raid buffed are...

At level 70 priests and druids raid buffed are already at around 1k mp5 outside the 5SR, so that amount of regen isn't very impressive at all.
Forum: Druids 08/07/08, 10:25 PM
Replies: 1,690
Views: 338,909
Posted By Shakes
I meant more that if a fury warrior can tank it...

I meant more that if a fury warrior can tank it by throwing on prot gear then a moonkin should be able to tank it by throwing on their bear gear.

I don't know what the challenge level is intended...
Forum: Druids 08/07/08, 9:20 PM
Replies: 1,690
Views: 338,909
Posted By Shakes
Hybrid DPS specs are all designed around you...

Hybrid DPS specs are all designed around you wanting one and only one. Shadow priests, moonkins, enchant/elemental shaman and ret paladins are all in the same boat there. It seems to be a deliberate...
Forum: Shamans 08/07/08, 9:03 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
One factor to consider for CoH spam is that at...

One factor to consider for CoH spam is that at least at one point in the alpha/beta CoH was targeted on the ground ala flamestrike. Is that still the case, or was it rolled back? If so it adds some...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/07/08, 8:11 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
Healers are capped in effectiveness because after...

Healers are capped in effectiveness because after a point there's simply no more healing to do, where as there is always more DPS that can be done. It's not simply by making hard enrage timers that...
Forum: Shamans 08/06/08, 10:05 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
Chain heal being the most powerful heal is BC...

Chain heal being the most powerful heal is BC thinking. As you note, it hasn't been improved at all by anything in WotLK. Meanwhile both druids and paladins got AoE heals, and priests got talents to...
Forum: Druids 08/06/08, 7:49 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,597
Posted By Shakes
How about this for an idea: make Nurturing...

How about this for an idea: make Nurturing Instinct also increase healing done to the druid in bear form by some factor of attack power. Would make the rogue gear with AP and offset pieces with...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/06/08, 7:46 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
It comes as close as you're going to get without...

It comes as close as you're going to get without explicitly saying so. They said having 3 druids every raid is "not fair" (presumably because you should have 2.5 on average). The only way you can...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/06/08, 3:29 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
I disagree, all the changes they're making and...

I disagree, all the changes they're making and all the quotes to my mind say that they're trying to make all 30 specs raid viable, and the ideal raid doesn't have more than one of each spec. Whether...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/06/08, 2:11 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
Here's your justification, straight from the...

Here's your justification, straight from the horses mouth:



(From WoW Forums -> Feral Concerns in WotLK (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8537784293&pageNo=1&sid=2000#10))
Forum: Shamans 08/06/08, 12:22 AM
Replies: 3,773
Views: 845,299
Posted By Shakes
Shaman tends to be less represented in high...

Shaman tends to be less represented in high rankings for arenas than other classes. Now there are two theories as to why that might be: either good players just happen to not play shaman, or playing...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/05/08, 11:36 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
Obviously nothing holds true for everyone, but I...

Obviously nothing holds true for everyone, but I think my guild is fairly typical. We nominally have invites at 7:30, start at 8, but in reality it's usually 8 before we even have 25 on. We certainly...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/05/08, 8:02 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,434
Posted By Shakes
I think the idea that they're talking about is...

I think the idea that they're talking about is that the 10% spellpower buff is supposed to end up overlapping with some other classes 10% spellpower buff. How they make this work without then turning...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/05/08, 7:46 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,412
Posted By Shakes
Because we play a game and we expect it to be...

Because we play a game and we expect it to be fun? Having to farm to support the part of the game they find fun (raiding) doesn't enhance the enjoyment of the game for most people, in fact it...
Forum: Druids 08/05/08, 3:58 AM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,597
Posted By Shakes
Edit: Blah, beaten to it, snipped the quote. So...

Edit: Blah, beaten to it, snipped the quote.

So they acknowledge the design direction they took with BC for ferals with trying to be OK at two things didn't work out and they're making a push to fix...
Forum: Player vs. Player 08/05/08, 3:06 AM
Replies: 341
Views: 56,249
Posted By Shakes
I'm sure they're using this season as a bit of an...

I'm sure they're using this season as a bit of an experiment for WotLK at this point. It'll probably be a fairly short season assuming WotLK (and the pre-expansion 3.0 patch) comes out reasonably...
Forum: Shamans 08/05/08, 2:28 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,089
Posted By Shakes
I'm assuming the intention is that you don't...

I'm assuming the intention is that you don't typically have more than one of any spec in an ideal 25 man raid, and hence there is no "different resto shaman". It is an interesting idea if you still...
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