Consistency instead of chance is gonna be a great improvement from what it looked like before. Nicely done.
Colour me skeptical. Never enjoyed one version of it, and much prefer the legion/bfa design. Time will tell I guess but if its going to be any more complicated will just play something else.
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Understandable. I just personally like the idea of not doing the whole “Builder-Spender” thing with ANOTHER spec. I already play MM hunter and I do want to “shoot” with a bit more complexity with others 
Well time to reforge ye old eclipse addon
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I do hope it feels like an improvement. I don’t mind the build / spend mentality. So long as playing the spec doesn’t feel awkward and clunky.
I’m the same way. I’ve played Balance since Vanilla. Eclipse made me hate Balance and switch mostly to Resto those expansions.
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If you’re spamming lunar strike and proc a solar eclipse, you’re not going to notice it until you’re mid way through your next lunar strike cast. You’d then need to cancel your own cast to start spamming wrath.
A fluid, intuitive rotation would never require the player to cancel casts in progress.
It has potential but that element needs to be resolved before the prepatch for it to be acceptable in my opinion.
Remember the sliding bar that moved constantly? I hated that thing with a passion. I was glad to see it go away.
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Worst. Gameplay mechanic. EVAR.
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That isn’t coming back, thankfully. I don’t think anyone enjoyed it over other iterations.
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We didn’t say it was. Just reminiscing.
Wish I looked normal and not even the blue glow… and the whole idea of eclipses or sun/moon stuff is so bleh… I’d rather Druids be of nature and had nature-type spells that looked … naturey… not just beams from the sky or moons over your head lol
Right, I realized a little late what you meant and edited my reply lol
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Worst Druid mechanic … yes.
Worst overall mechanic … debatable. I’m sure many could point out far worse. But for druids, yes, I think we can all agree the sliding bar was an abomination.
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I would love the original Astral Form back. Make the blue Scooby-doo ghost and the Solar form glyphs.
I am wary myself, I adore the Balance playstyle as it has been since Legion/BfA. I do not have fond memories of Eclipse, though I do recall being frustrated at times.
I will approach this rework with curious apprehension.
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That was a thing!? (Sorry I wasn’t playing back then)… I hate that chicken and blue glow… pretty annoying IMO. It turns me off playing druid which is a shame since I want to like it. I like that druid fantasy a lot.
I’d love to be that shady druid, hood and all… mog visible and not blue tinted.
I think they could bring back glyphs in a bigger way instead of scaling back on glyphs.
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Best way to do things. Be open minded enough to change. But don’t be so open minded nothing will stay intact.
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That’s how I’ve survived all interationse of Balance so far. I was pleasantly surprised when the specialization made it to BfA relatively intact from the previous expansion.
I love the Druid class and lore, and so I will not easily abandoned playing one regardless of mechanical changes.
Originally, we were just transparent with stars. And once upon a time, there was a way to get like a solar coloration. I can’t remember how we did that or what expansion it was…
Here’s the original Astral Form:
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