All I can say is wow about the pvp buffs :)
A little concerned about the mana nerf but Ill just have to use more pots/flasks if I start having problems. Thats why I have an alchemist on my team in the first place and so far I have only used a few health potions from him :D
3.1 .. i think a few weeks
Anyone got a good Shammy Elemental PVP build yet?
I'm thinking this:
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?sham...7&version=9684
The only crappy part I can really see in it is that I don't have 3/3 in Elemental Weapons, which I could switch out from Guardian Totems but the reduced CD on Grounding is nice.
BTW FARM your WG marks.
Also I'm not sure which Glyphs to use for PVP. Flameshock, Stoneclaw, Lava for majors and Thunder, Watershield, Renewed Life for minors.
Any thoughts?
Before you get too excited keep in mind Blizzard has a tendency to knee-jerk nerf anything that suprises them. Instant FS+LvB seems way too powerful burst damage, I seriously doubt this change will go live when a few people create some 2v2 and 3v3 shaman teams and insta kill someone on the other side on the PTR. The last few months have been all about reducing burst damage in PVP as well, so this change is a bit suprising.
I have 4 of my shamans on the PTR and have the latest patch, when I get home tonight I'll play around with totems and see how they work now. A guildie posted on the forums that elemental mastery is bugged on the PTR right now anyways and has no cooldown, so the patch is pretty broken anyways (for shamans.... but in a good way!)
mana totem nerf..
used to stack at 34mana /2 sec which is 136 / 2 sec with 4 shaman, and is 170 / 2 sec with 5.
my pally/shaman team used to get 340 mana / 5 seconds, now we get a puny 94 mana/5 sec
someone said the Mana totem doesn't stack with a Pally buf of Wisdom ? is that true?
[quote='keghia',index.php?page=Thread&postID=185795 #post185795]
[quote='blast3r',index.php?page=Thread&postID=18578 9#post185789]raid boss fights are going to be a lot harder. mana is always somewhat of an issue now it is totally an issue. :([/quote]Gotta agree with this. Most boss fights are semi ok with me (resto shammy), but I can see that mana is going to become an issue now.[/quote]I'm just wondering where this mana shortage is coming from?
I normally raid 1 [url='http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackhand&n=Samarri']shaman[/url] as resto and have been trying to REMOVE MP5 gear and replace it with SP and CRIT because I hate having full mana the entire time... I compete regularly with our top druid, priest and pally healers as well for top slot in healing so it's not like I'm a slacker on that...
When I raid my 4 shamans as DPS even with their shoddy gear I never have mana issues, took some practice to get used to using thunderstorm not as dps but as a regen tool, but other than that I'm constantly rocking without mana issues.
healing stream is more of an issue than mana stream, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=185988#post1 85988]I'm just wondering where this mana shortage is coming from?
I normally raid 1 [url='http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackhand&n=Samarri
i have no experience, tbh. my shamans are only just about to hit 70.. but for heroics stacked healing stream HAS to be one of the key factors of a shaman team. not only do you not have the extra healing now, but you will have to spend time/mana interrupting DPS to outheal aoe damage that your totems used to take care of? big difference.
it feels like an extra kick in the rear end since 5 minutes ago they werent talking about nerfing totems, they were talking about combining mana/healing, which is literally THE feature that got me excited enough to actually reopen my wow accounts a couple of weeks ago. now theyve not only flushed that, but decided to add an extra nerf into the mix. over it at this stage. thinking about either rerolling to another class or just letting my subscription expire if this actually goes through.
i do ilke the idea of multiple priests or druids. druids particularly since i think they would be decent for PvP and PvE. spending two weeks leveling shamans seems like i wasted my time now.
Yes that is true.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Catamer',index.php?page=Thread&postID=185986#post 185986
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...59707835&sid=1
And the comment about EM being broken on PTR is true. It is hella fun blowing everything up with instant LvB with EM having no cooldown. ;p Now that would be OP!
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?sham...7&version=9684
Thats my plan, would like to put more in eye of storm but just can't ...
This change just means that 4-shaman teams will have to adapt. It's something that we're good at anyways. Make one shaman resto and add some additional keybindings for the resto shaman. That will solve a few of your healing issues (...and yes, plenty of people on this board have cleared most(all?) heroics with one character being designated as the healer). If you're playing 5 shaman, you're going to need to drop one and make a tank anyways (currently, WoTLK Heroics are much more difficult than BC Heroics).Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Jezebel',index.php?page=Thread&postID=185999#post 185999
Cheers!