Elemental Shaman Feedback on PTR:
Thank you, and please make the 3 gameplay styles—Fire, Weaver, and Lightning—viable. Thanks!
- Weaver: Too many buttons, and if you go Farseer, you have 8 buttons to press.
- Lightning/Fire Hybrid: The Lava branch doesn’t feel impactful on Lightning abilities.
- Ascendance: It’s okay.
- Fire Build: It’s dead with the changes to Ascendance and Deeply Rooted Elements. Please give the option to choose between the old Fire version with a Fire/Lava focus or the current version. In my opinion, Fire is dead.
- Weaver (Fire-oriented): Has embarrassing downtime.
- Deeply Rooted Elements: In 10 minutes, it activates 3 times (even with the Aftershock build). I suggest reducing the damage power but allowing any ability to activate it.
- Elemental Pet: The cooldowns are too long, and when they activate, they don’t provide enough DPS boost to justify such a high CD.
- Tempest: The proc rate has been lowered, and Maelstrom generation is very slow, even with the Aftershock build. On retail, I have a 9-10% proc rate; on the PTR, it’s 5-7%.
- Maelstrom: It’s really slow, and there are dead moments in every setup.
- Pure Lightning Build: I tried a pure Lightning build without Flame Shock and Lava Burst. It’s viable in terms of DPS, but the gameplay is terrible. Could you make Tempest replace Lava Burst with a cooldown and cast time, and have Lightning Rod activate it instantly? Or integrate charges into Lightning Shield, where each Lightning ability gives a charge and each charge powers up Electrified Lasso so we can use it in rotation? Is it possible to have a build where everything is passive? Rod, Thunderstrike, Earth Fury?
- Stormbringer Central Talent: It looks great on paper, but it’s currently bugged and can’t be tested.
Great improvement compared to the rework in beta—thanks!