YAH BABY! MORE BUFFS INC!

[Sina]

Shaman (Skills List ('http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=660') / Talent + Glyph Calc. ('http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman'))
Chain Lightning – now jumps to 4 targets but does less damage. We wanted to make the distinction between Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning more clear. Storm, Earth and Fire – this talent now increases all damage done by Flame Shock, not just periodic damage. Spirit Weapons – now reduces all threat, not just melee threat. Unleashed Rage – reduced to 2 ranks, now also increases your critical strike chance with melee attacks by 1/2%. Totem streamlining: The Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems have been combined. The Disease Cleansing and Poison Cleansing Totems have been combined. We are also working on giving Enhancement and Elemental more PvP utility.

[Zzyzxx71]

Whoa - wha - huh - where? Linky please!

[Fat Tire]

I just read them.

I am pretty excited about them and really excited about. We are also working on giving Enhancement and Elemental more PvP utility.


http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=8664878F605B8B6BB791A367E7F 264A5.app23_06?topicId=14910002204&sid=1

[magwo]

Totem streamlining: The Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems have been combined. The Disease Cleansing and Poison Cleansing Totems have been combined.

Holy **** that's a very nice buff for arena shammies!

[Zzyzxx71]

Thanks for link - wow - that's 2 less totems I have to worry about, and WTF yay for streamlining!!

[Bresquad]

Lets hope it stays this way it can be nerfed or removed still so .. wait and see :)

[Tonuss]

What I am wondering is how the change to healing/mana totem will affect stacking. As I understand it, right how healing stream stacks but mana spring does not. After 3.1, will you still get the stacked healing? Or will it not stack at all?

Of course, if they removed the stacking on healing stream already, then this is moot. :o

Ooh, just realized that combining the poison and disease totems will help with those fungus giants in steamvaults! :p

[emesis]

What I am wondering is how the change to healing/mana totem will affect stacking. As I understand it, right how healing stream stacks but mana spring does not. After 3.1, will you still get the stacked healing? Or will it not stack at all?


Your understanding is a bit outdated :-). BOTH healing stream and mana spring totems have been stacking (within party, not within raid) for some time now.

None of us know what will happen in 3.1 with respect to either stacking or any amount healed/mana regened nerfed with the new totem.

[Tonuss]

Your understanding is a bit outdated :-). BOTH healing stream and mana spring totems have been stacking (within party, not within raid) for some time now.Ah, thanks for the updated info. I am still wondering what to level up on my three 'remaining' accounts, and shammies may go to the top of the list with this change...

[Multibocks]

please dear god dont nerf the totems to not stack, that would make boxing more than 2 shamans almost useless. ;(

[Gares]

I highly doubt they will nerf the totems usage. When they are by themselves they are not OP its only when WE as boxers use them do they become very OP. We are not the majority and it probably won't have any change except straight streamline.

[turbonapkin]

please dear god dont nerf the totems to not stack, that would make boxing more than 2 shamans almost useless. ;(noooo! we were all thinking it but you had to say it!!!! ahhhh! we're doomed now!

:P

[heyaz]

Look good except chain lightning - so now it's going to be even weaker than it is right now, and it's going to jump to a 4th target that's probably just a pet, if there even is a 4th? Come on.

[magwo]

They should streamline Fire totems in some way. It's kinda weird to lose spell power and crit when you put down your fire totems, I think.

[magwo]

Look good except chain lightning - so now it's going to be even weaker than it is right now, and it's going to jump to a 4th target that's probably just a pet, if there even is a 4th? Come on.


Time to go offensive. I am working on getting enough firepower to kill people with LVB + Shock, which is a much more reliable killing method when you can pull it off, than LVB+CL+Shock. It's very doable when EM is up, not so doable when it is not..
This is of course in arena, BGs do not compare.

So, go big on spell power and crit, is my recommendation. :)

[Owltoid]

I'm guessing eventually the combined health & mana totem will be beneficial to an entire raid and no longer stack. There aren't a ton of buffs that are still party-only or stackable and I'd guess it's just a matter of time until totem mechanics are changed.