Saw some coverage of the data mind shaman hero talents and i really wish someone at Blizz would talk to the Shaman community. Anyone. Please give us a blue post.
If it were any other class id say “its not official and it’s an Alpha” but this is Shaman were talking about. Hasn’t 15 years of negligence been enough? For the love of god, who is in charge of the Shaman class?
I disagree. I am actually quite looking forward to the rest of Totemic being revealed.
Nevermind, Blizz. Shaman are in great shape - dont talk to us.
We wouldn’t want to spoil you guys with all that attention.
I don’t think it is really fair or realistic on your part to want Blizzard to communicate with you about stuff they’ve not even announced.
Blizzard shouldn’t have to deal with data-mining theories especially when it could be dated.
Shamans haven’t been neglected for a long time.
Y’all had an amazing class hall in Legion, Elemental was 1-shotting people in BFA. Enhancement Shaman has been completely reworked. Shaman has one of the most diverse talent trees of any class.
I wish you all the best
Last I remember, there was two people on the whole of class design, and one of those quit when he realized it was too much work for two people.
Rogue and shaman are the only class with one set of hero talents revealed, and I don’t get why. If you’re touting it as an expansion feature, shouldn’t it be out for testing expediently?
This is phase one, of the semi-open to the public, non-NDA Alpha. Like they’ve not even had a second patch for the Alpha go live yet.
There is still a LOT of behind the scenes development and testing to go on.
For Dragonflight, the Shaman tree received 2 iterations (1 beta, 1 10.1) and that’s it. I am pretty sure some specs are on their 6th now lol.
Totemic from the Resto perspective include not only a main stat amp but also includes:
And that doesnt include 3 additional talents that havent even been fleshed out.
Now that im typing this out Totemic for Resto is actually quite cooked LOL.
So far resto is great. Enhancement isnt an the move to MORE totems isnt good. Nevermind that it doesnt seem like the main Shaman weaknesses are being addressed.
Healing rain as a totem worries me - just fix healing rain
Seating Totem coming back an expansion or two after it was removed worries me.
Its tied to Lava Lash as a passive increase of dmg. You dont really do anything out of normal rotation.
But the move to more Totems, is only if they pick Totemic, right?
They’re getting another option to use that they share with Elemental Shamans.
What little they’ll say to you directly in alpha and beta they’ll say in the alpha/beta forum. It will usually just be occasional blue posts in each class thread with some updates and minimal if any direct interaction.
Oh god no!
Does this mean im jot allowed to ask?
If not about this, what about Shaman in general?
I’m thinking the same thing. An instant cast healing rain totem would be awesome as long as it’s a targetted spell. One of those notes also said chain lightning would be turned into a totem too.
Maybe this is because i mostly focus PVP but it feels like totems are an outdated system that doesnt reflect current trends in mobility or dungeon design.
One of the new totems last 60 seconds - what for? No ones going to be in range for 60 seconds.
This response hinges on your perception of totems, i guess but: this read to me like “who cares if one option is bad, you have another”
I’m actually sort of happy that shaman are getting their trees last. During DF beta shaman got their trees first. Everyone talked about how great the shaman class tree was and blizz never touched it again. Now it’s one of the worst class trees. Maybe waiting to finish cooking the trees until post go live will give us a better outcome.
Good news! You just got an announcement of an announcement! The remaining two are in development!
I mean… I had hoped so?