Blizzard considering removal of downgraded spells, later mage boosters

[mlwhitt]

The thing I don't understand is if they do not want you to downrank then why don't they just completely remove old ranks as you level up?

[Drizzit]

The thing I don't understand is if they do not want you to downrank then why don't they just completely remove old ranks as you level up?

That is a really good point. They do it for melee.

[Xar]

I down ranked on my priest to keep the tank topped off so I wasn't overhealing too much. This change is right up there with the delay mana gain when drinking that they tried to push through a while back, IMO. SOE did major changes like this to SWG and I believe is what eventually killed the game for most, it did for me. I like the challenge of choosing which downrank or fullrank heals to use and whether it was intended or not, it is what the game has become and Blizzard should at least try to balance around that instead of make it so dumbed down that you can only really cast one rank of any spell. It sounds like in Wrath it will be mindless full rank spamming of any spell...so now we just mindlessly spam biggest spells, have infinite mana regen...where's the challenge?

[Drizzit]

where's the challenge?

To find a guild that will let a boxer raid. :P

[Xar]

where's the challenge?

To find a guild that will let a boxer raid. :P

LOL, I definitely have to agree with that one! 8o

[Meeo]

i really dont see this affecting to much, seeing as i usually have never down ranked when healing in Sunwell or BT, especially since there is a enough mp5 gear out there to get 2K+ healing + still have 200mp5 unbuffed while casting. my t6 shaman i use when raiding has 2022+healing and has a 196 mp5 unbuffed, so while full buffed, pots/ointments/food/water shield i si nearly around mid 400s, which is plenty while casting.

Especiall for fights like RoS/Teron/Blood Boil im usually hovering around 50% mark for mana.

[neen]

Mages use rank 1 scorch?

yup, i don't know where else they use it but locks and mages use rank 1 scorch for the strawman in the oz event of kara.

Not sure why you would use rank 1, you can easily just use max rank and kill strawman. Same with Maulgar, if you downrank dmg spells, your healers can just pull aggro off you.

Mostly I think this will be tough for healers other than paladin. Every healer class has 2 direct heals, a fast heal that's not mana efficient, and a big slow heal that's supposed to be mana efficient (paladin is the only backwards class on this). Problem is, healers have so much +heal these days the big heal is mostly useless at full strength. Raid healing was (I haven't raided in a year or so, but raided full through naxx and up until TK when that was still hard) always about trying to fit the biggest heal possible with as little overhealing as possible. It won't be impossible, but it will take a lot of readjustment for healers compared to other classes. You'll most likely see mana regen make a big comeback vs just straight +heal.

[Tasty]

I can understand saving the mana in PvE but scorch is my main weapon in PvP.

[Skuggomann]

rYou dont downgreaid spells wn you boost iwth mage.......

[moji]

rYou dont downgreaid spells wn you boost iwth mage.......

you never ran around in a lower level area, spamming rank 1 arcane explosion to see how many things you can aggro at once?, main way I farm mats like cloth without taking a pally to an instance.