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it would increase the incidence of UR and Flurry which could lead enhancement Shammies back down the path of really unpredictable burst damage again.
Useless in PVE and with no counter CC, unable to engage in PVP... as an enh lover I will be once again in the worst of all worlds
(sorry,I will take the QQing to the shammy forums ;) )
I noticed something on the General & Test forums last night worth QQing about related to 2.4...they're nerfing DRINKING. Instead of "HIt key, sit, drink, regen same amt/3sec", it'll be "hit key, chug..wait...chug...4-6seconds later HAYREGENFINALLY...whysolittle?" or rather, "hit key, sit, hesitantly taste water, sip, sip sip...sip, still getting very little mana return at all...drink...drink for normal regen...CHUG CHUG CHUG OMG HGUE REGEN done"
Basically, they're making it so water IN GENERAL doesn't regen shit for the first quarter time of drinking because arena assholes were abusing it, giving you a lil normal regen then huge regen at the end so it still regens the same amount if you drink for the duration. This is fucking ridiculous for timed events like BM and ZA's timed event and topping off during raids as well as gauntlets like ZF temple, SH archer hall, and any fucking escort in the game.
If that's true, I think it is pretty lame. Drinking in PvP was not that abusive; it really isn't that easy to do it without getting interrupted. I feel like that change affects more than just raiding in PvE; as Eteocles said, everything from escorts to five-mans become a little more annoying.
At the moment I think that two of the blue lvl 70 PvP pieces (hands, shoulders?) require honored, and three pieces require revered. Each with a different faction.
The change to drinking will suck if it goes live, but I think Fur is right, that Blizz is working to get PvP in better shape, specifically arena PvP. It could be part of their desire to make it an "eSport".
I'm gonna go a lil wow forums for a sec...
"THEN FUCKING DISABLE WATER IN THE GODDAMN GLORIFIED DUELS YOU CALL ARENAS LIKE YOU DID WITH OTHER SKILLS! DONT FUCK WITH PVE WATER! Jesus fucking christ nerf the cause/problem area not the entire fucking thing."
Seriously....they already disabled specific items and skills in arena, why can't they disable the ability to eat/drink and leave what is currently balanced if not downright underpowered in pve alone? Mage Conjure Water doesn't even fill 75% mana at the level you GET it let alone the 10 lvls you're stuck with it till you get an upgrade at which point it's still not enough. God forbid trying to raid Hyjal where you only -get- 6 seconds to drink if that between trash waves, or escorts that keep running even though you just went oom on the FIRST of FOUR ambushes along the way, let alone the normal mobs in the way. Drink and fail or Continue Oom and fail. Thanks, blizz.
Thankfully, and rightfully so, most people are up in arms about this change, and with any luck it'll knock some fucking sense into Blizz. This is the first change that has been truly, unabashedly and outright stupid among alot of things people considered QQWorthy.