MoP Elemental Shaman PvP

[zenga]

Yay, shammies already scale bad and they making a massive cd spell not scale, cheers. Sry, I'll try not get too depressed about beta info lol, can probably tote it to still being frustrated at the naxx -> ulduar nerf that "didn't happen"

The scaling issue for ele shamans got partially fixed in 4.3 with the flametongue weapon change (from a flat amount of spell power to a dmg %, which currently makes ele scaling pretty ok) and will be further addressed in MoP. Lava burst becomes an ele only ability and is taking out of shamanism. Meaning they can alter the spell coefficient / base damage directly on the spell.

With the current mechanics they have a big problem of keeping balance if they want to buff for instance lightning bolt damage for ele only. If they buff the spell directly enhancement it's gonna affect enhance dmg and the resto's mana return. If they buff it through shamanism, it's also gonna affect lava burst for ele as well (I'm not saying if they are fine or not, just saying it always affects something unintended). In MoP they'll have much better ways to apply the buff where it's needed without undesired consequences.

And I'm actually happy that the totem does not scale with spellpower because it's a broken mechanic if you look at fire elemental totem & searing totem. Now you had (in pve) to stack int procs to get a super charged fire ele. If you were unlucky with procs not ligning up or if the totem did not behave as you want to, you miss would out on 2-3k dps (definitely during firelands).