Quote Originally Posted by 'Lance',index.php?page=Thread&postID=185613#post18 5613
Quote Originally Posted by 'Gares',index.php?page=Thread&postID=185582#post18 5582
This pretty much nerfs any 4X+ Shaman PVE teams into the ground
Slight overstatement
I don't think so. My ability to say do timed COS runs for drakes (Thank god I'm done) was pretty much on the fact that I could stack mana totems with a DK Tank with Unholy Aura. Now with the changes I MIGHT be able to do it with my pally tank with the changes but I doubt it.

As for the AOE (Shaman's are still the worst AOE class out there).

The healing stream/tremors/groundings are still nice but almost always depend on the situation. Maybe I'm spoiled by having a resto shammy I don't know, but I almost always used mana spring stacking over healing stream stacking.

The only thing I can see this really doing is forcing people to spec one resto and go for the mana tide totem every cooldown. Actually having to stop and drink every few pulls (which sucks), or blowing their TS cooldown every 45 seconds regardless of if they need to just for the mana back.

In any event its not a nice change to see.

EDIT: This is all from a boxing perspective of course. For solo these changes don't affect anything really.