Boomkin Fixes

[Flapjaks-faerlina]

@Fei-mankrik

Giving moonkin form 3% spell hit would make it too easy for moonkins to reach the spell hit cap of 16%, which is already lower than other casters due to the [Balance of Power] talent. This would make moonkins less dependent on gear and consumables, and reduce their diversity and challenge in gearing choices.

Uhhh are you thinking of Wrath? Balance of Power isn’t a thing in classic. Every other class gets minimum 3% hit from talents and moonkin has zero.

@Fei-mankrik

Adding Typhoon as a defensive ability would make moonkins too similar to other classes that have knockback abilities, such as shamans, mages, and hunters. This would reduce the uniqueness and identity of moonkins, and make them less interesting and fun to play.

No class in SoD has a knockback???

@Fei-mankrik

Reduce the mana cost of [Moonfire] and [Insect Swarm] by 20%,

Moonkin can’t even cast Insect Swarm???

I think you’re thinking of Wrath???

@Fei-mankrik

• Add a new rune that grants moonkins a passive ability called [Lunar Guidance], which increases their spell power by 8% of their total intellect. This would make moonkins more scalable with gear and stats, and give them more incentive to stack intellect and spirit.
• Add a new rune that grants moonkins an active ability called [Solar Beam], which silences all enemies within 10 yards of the target for 4 seconds. This would give moonkins a new utility and crowd control option, and help them deal with casters and healers in PvP.

Interesting additions, I like the scaling idea a lot. I think the silence might be too OP though and doesn’t really add to the toolkit for the addition of gap closers - would love to have it, don’t get me wrong, just think it might be too powerful for classic.

[Haez-ashkandi]

@Fei-mankrik

Giving moonkin form 3% spell hit would make it too easy for moonkins to reach the spell hit cap of 16%, which is already lower than other casters due to the [Balance of Power] talent. This would make moonkins less dependent on gear and consumables, and reduce their diversity and challenge in gearing choices.

I appreciate the effortful post, but Balance of Power is not available in SoD. That’s TBC/WotLK.

[Flapjaks-faerlina]

Definitely some good suggestions, but seems like they are thinking of wrath/tbc, yeah

[Kavvz-crusader-strike]

Boomie needs solarbeam and maybe typhoon. Not having an interrupt makes me feel like the only option against most other casters is to run away or pray for a starsurge stun, since a shadowpriest can basically kill me in their silence AND still gets to pray for those same stuns.

[Soban-living-flame]

resto sham gets it from talents. i propose adding 3% spell hit for druids right next to insect swarm

[Flapjaks-faerlina]

@Soban-living-flame

right next to insect swarm

You do know you can’t use insect swarm in moonkin form, right?

@Kavvz-crusader-strike

Boomie needs solarbeam and maybe typhoon. Not having an interrupt makes me feel like the only option against most other casters is to run away or pray for a starsurge stun, since a shadowpriest can basically kill me in their silence AND still gets to pray for those same stuns.

At least at 60 we can generally pick up feral charge in PvP spec, but you’re right and that’s a good point.