YAH BABY! MORE BUFFS INC!

[Sina]

Shaman (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)

• 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/th...10002204&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.

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

[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Your understanding is a bit outdated :-).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Your understanding is a bit outdated :-).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. ;(