I think it is unfair to say that because I haven’t mained it for BfA means that I have zero ideas on what I am talking about.
The spec isn’t even that different in BfA; just a lamer version of what they did in Legion propped up by azerite traits, essences, and really strict itemization.
But whatever, you do you. Anyone who is willing to really look into my experience as a priest player can find it fairly easily. I have nothing to hide.
I went so far to even show my priest for scrutiny which I will add no one else here has met me there.
All I’m saying is don’t post on a really low geared toon with barely any dungeons or raids done and expect me to take you seriously.
Like I said, if you were to spend a few weeks on your spriest doing decently high level dungeons and doing some raids, did a bit of testing, etc and then come back and let me know your opinion on the state of the spec, then I would lend that opinion a lot more weight
I like the idea of using Voidform to try and stay in it as long as possible to get a big stack of haste and crit. Then they gradually deplete until you get a new stack.
Those are the talents/azerite traits I think should be baseline. It’s a fun playstyle and they could probably add abilities to increase the length shadowpriests stay in Void form so you get bigger stacks.
the issue with that is it all your power is locked behind a voidform ending. How do you perform when combat is over before you even got to that point, or if because of how the fight plays out you’re never able to drop out of a voidform big enough to provide the power you should be getting. There’s also the, albeit less relevant to most, issue of the times when damage is needed not lining up with when you would get your power from voidform. On other specs you’d just move your cooldowns a little, with shadow we don’t have cooldowns, voidform is the whole rotation, and you can’t really just put all of that on hold so that things line up better a whole minute later in some cases.
I think there’s a balance “somewhere” in maintaining the power fantasy voidform provided in legion and making the spec work across the whole game, but I’m not willing to go through another 2 years in limbo to find it.
You are back peddling. No you clearly stated something and now you don’t want to be called out on it.
It’s fine you don’t understand the spec complain all you want. Just know you are part of the problem the people that complain when they actually don’t understand.
It would be interesting if there were basically two options, a front load option that decays called light form and a back load option that builds called void form.
For small packs, you pop light form, get a big boost in haste that decays quickly and leaves you weakened for a bit (unable to generate insanity, light form on CD). For bosses, you build up insanity and use void form.
I don’t think it is. I know people don’t like to be told that their opinion doesn’t mean anything, but sometimes it doesn’t. If your shadow priest is so horrid to play then in the weeks that you are testing and figuring out the gameplay you should be able to come up with some precise, constructive criticism of the spec, instead of just - the spec sucks change it but don’t expect me to tell you why or how.
I feel so bad for my priest. Shadow was a spec I loved from Classic all the way to Legion. But once they added the Insanity / Void Form BS I was done. I don’t care how good the DPS, if it’s not fun to play I don’t play it, and Shadow is no longer fun for me. Now, my priest I played from Classic on just makes bags in her garrison.
Well, you’re correct that it is tricky to balance and designed to give Shadowpriests crazy highs. Especially when entering Voidform a second time while having stacks active, your damage would be crazy.
I’m just keying down a foundation of what I find fun to do with the spec. The number balancing/tweaking isn’t really my forte.
If you take away the stacks of haste and crit, the spec just doesn’t feel complete imo
Hi since you are unaware we do have things that proc. GO figure a under geared lock trying to say what needs to be fixed. Please don’t say anything about my class you will ruin it.
