Drum fix? ReAlLy? O.o

[Bearhands-faerlina]

Yea I mean you could make it work. You could give each profession their own groupwide buff. But then you’d also probably have to give the LWers something to compensate if everyone else got something new. and by that point you’re almost designing whole new systems for the game…

Or… you could just add the tinnitus debuff that already exists in later versions of the game and has been proven to be effective while still making LW valuable

[Maully-thunderfury]

@Demoneye-bloodsail-buccaneers

I think what people are ignoring is that it is not 5% haste. It is the equivalent of 25% haste when you factor in that it is a group buff.

that is why it is not being compared to something like JC or ring enchants. If those professions offered a groupwide, stacking, benefit then you can bet they would be required in some way. It would then be min/maxxed on which groups needed which professions

You’ve convinced me. Make it 25% haste and buffs the drummer only. Let’s make this happen Blizz!

[Niak-faerlina]

It’s hard to believe that this “fix” is what they came up with to deal with the LW issue.

[Aran-fairbanks]

It’s beta, it could be an error. Just wait for the final version please.

Have some trust. It’s a huge company with professionals, they are definitely working on the game.

[Antania-stormrage]

This is why people started the discussion when it was datamined. Blizzard is directly contradicting the interview comments about drums.

Why greater drums? just add tinnitus

Confirmed. Leatherworking drums have been a hot topic since we first started working on Burning Crusade, since they would make Leatherworking feel mandatory. In the first few patches of original Burning Crusade, the drums had a cast time and smaller radius, which limited their effective use. Leatherworking was an unattractive profession at the time, so the drums were improved in patch 2.3. That led to the fond memories we all have of drum rotations as one of the added layers of teamwork in la…

[Greylight-cairne]

The thing that bugs me is that unless you are in a Uber casual guild, drums effectively limits you to one profession choice. I know it’s a “choice” to go LW, but any sound raid leader will look at people and say “ that person has lw, let’s bring them to the raid instead of the person with mining and jc”

[Delmok-mankrik]

Need at least one person to be mining / leatherworking for Hyjal. Doesn’t that sound fun?

[Greylight-cairne]

Why mining? No sarcasm just lack of knowledge here.

[Delmok-mankrik]

Epic gems can be mined within the instance. If you have a miner.

[Greylight-cairne]

Can it be done after the clear or do they despawn?

[Delmok-mankrik]

Has to be done during the raid. Talking to Jaina or Thrall spawns the gems after bosses 2 and 4, but unstoppable undead spawn behind the raid forcing you forward.