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Post by
Tehol
Patch Notes
Alright so when I took a look at the
Patch Notes
, I was happy to see the following...
* Balance
o Force of Nature: Health on the treants has been increased.
It annoys me when my 3 minute CD disappears right away because of some AoEs, so I think this will be a nice change.
But as I read furthur along the patch notes I came across...
* Destruction
o Conflagrate: Redesigned. This talent now consumes an Immolate or Shadowflame effect on the enemy target to instantly deal damage equal to 9 seconds of Immolate or 8 seconds of Shadowflame, and causes additional damage over 3 seconds equal to 3 seconds of Immolate or 2 seconds of Shadowflame. In addition, the periodic damage of Conflagrate is capable of critically striking the afflicted target.
* Ruin: This talent now also increases the critical strike damage bonus of the imp's Firebolt spell by 100%.
Now this makes me confused. When I play as resto, but especially as boomkin, warlocks blow me up in seconds, even with 800 resilence and about 25k health. Last time I checked, they didn't need anymore burst in arena, so i was expecting either a nerf for them or a buff for us. Instead, we get almost nothing while they get
more
crits and more burst?
Is there something I'm missing here? Do we have some secret ability that no one has told me about? ( Yes I cyclone spam already). Or is it that Blizzard isn't interested in making boomkins viable for Pvp right now and so is buffing classes that they feel more people play and could use it more?
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Post by
Tehol
Lol thanks for pointing that out to me =P
But why isn't Blizzard giving some actual buffs to boomkins? Do they feel like they are too strong in arena, because I haven't seen a boomkin above 1750, and I check every single boomkin I find.
I seem to be very squishy in arena, and have 800 resilience. Is there something I'm doing wrong and boomkin is really a faceroll to 1800?
Post by
Kramp
Lol thanks for pointing that out to me =P
But why isn't Blizzard giving some actual buffs to boomkins? Do they feel like they are too strong in arena, because I haven't seen a boomkin above 1750, and I check every single boomkin I find.
I seem to be very squishy in arena, and have 800 resilience. Is there something I'm doing wrong and boomkin is really a faceroll to 1800?
I think blizzard is happy with 1 very strong spec for pvp druids ( resto ) AND 1 decent spec ( feral ).
It's pretty much like prot, ret and holy paladins would ALL be good... wait a minute....
Post by
DrDrako
It's pretty much like prot, ret and holy paladins would ALL be good... wait a minute....
lol, prot isnt good for pvp.. especially not if you're a healer..
wait.. what?
Post by
curlymon
Prot pallies are incredible in PvP and Arena you just need good support like any other comp.
Ret pallies actually have a fairly low showing in this seasons arena from what I have been told but I am not super positive on that account.
Ferals when played well are easily as strong as a rogue. It's just a matter of less lockdown and more burst when compared to rogues.
Moonkins are great for arena but are not truly strong unless you are in a 5's team or you go restokin in 3's.
Shearlance is dead on about the Lock change. I like it when Blizz finds a way to adjust PvP with out borking the PvE in the process and this is a good example.
Post by
hymer
Moonkins are great for arena but are not truly strong unless you are in a 5's team
Whoa. That deserves a bit of elaboration. Would you care to? Especially the bit about Moonkin being good for arena, but I expect the two are closely tied together.
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Post by
curlymon
Moonkin in 5s definitely has a lot to do with being a lower prio target. We have a tremendous utility in terms of off heals but unless you are up against a rush down team your probably not going to be doing much. Lots of burst potential. Starfall is brutal in 5's. There is a lot to recommend about boomers in 5's. I don't arena as druid but I've heard many good things about 5's.
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Post by
oberondreaming
I read them the day prior to release and I did not see that note in there, but I checked it today and it was, I must have overlooked it..
Yeah it was announced quite a while ago (in as far as showing up in the PTR notes can be considered 'announcing").
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