Does anybody think that evokers are great? And if they say “yes”, then are they their main? I ask that question, because I doubt the veracity of people who claim that evokers are a good class. I realize that I have not encountered everybody who plays WoW, but I don’t see many evokers running around. I have an evoker, and he is not my main. My main is a demon hunter. My evoker can’t heal himself very well, he can’t handle mobs very well, and his tail swipe and wing buffet aren’t enough because all they do is throw the attackers back, but they simply charge in again. Fire Breath and Eternity Surge take too long to “rev up”, and when my evoker has to interrupt an attacker’s action, that also interrupts the Fire Breath and Eternity Surge and he has to start over. Dragon Rage is okay, except it has a two-minute cooldown.
Meanwhile, he’s getting pummeled. And you can’t call him ranged. And you can’t call him melee. I like the fact that he can leap up and fly as a dragon, or glide down to long distances without his dragon form, but that seems to be the only positive thing about him. Usually I don’t play him because he’s made of glass–really thin glass, but sometimes I get in the mood, but not often. The best I can do for him is to upgrade his armor through Dreamsurge and hope for the best.
I’d say evokers are just okay.
They are fun to play, but the spec options available vs potential specs via the powers we know they have… very limited.
The announcement of aug was a pretty big let down, a lot were expecting a melee or tank spec based on the missing black dragonflight spells and abilities.
Being a mid range class also, for a lack of a better word, sucks. 25 yards puts you quite literally in the middle of ‘what am I doing here?’
Trying to heal, you feel very out of position. Trying to dev/aug, you are put in a weird spot because you have to do this awkward mid range thing so its a bit harder to run out.
So in general, I’d say they are OKAY. Not bad, but not great. Tbh blizz should give them a tank spec for a 4th. It would make so much sense.
did they fix their range yet?
I like their mobility, but that’s about it.
im gonna level and gear an aug so i cant get title running around pressing buttons and placebo-ing people into thinking im pulling my weight
(joking)
Tbh I feel like this a lot of the time as aug. “I think I am helping?” then you see overall buff duration. That’s basically if you know if you are helping or not lol. Completely ignore damage done.
I main an evoker and if you want some evoker tips, Dragula_uwu is my discord name and Dragula#1137 is my battle tag.
I’m about to head to bed so if you send anything it may be a bit.
I love my evoker and I’ll be taking him into WW too.
If you are being pummeled as an evoker you are not using your tools. I had many times in a dungeon when the tank dies and I would have to kite mobs for a good 30 plus seconds for the tank to get back to the group. Evoker is amazing if you can make full use of its abilities and they’re damage is nothing to sneeze at either.
I yank so much threat on my evoker I often times become the tank. It’s actually kind of frustrating LOL
I haven’t played the class at max level yet my Evoker is 68 ish and I can say that it’s a terrible class for leveling. Super squishy and spells hit like wet noodles.
Devokers are pumping right now. Aug is still pretty good, and I’m pretty sure Pres is also alright afaik.
My Devoker isn’t my main but that doesn’t mean I don’t think they’re good. They’re not my main because I just prefer tanking generally. Easy role and easy to get into groups.
Devastation has the same armor as a plate DPS for physical damage reduction, 8% magic reduction all the time, and a stamina buff Talent, in addition to having access to three different forms of defensive cooldown they can rotate through.
Wet noodle depends on what you are comparing it to though, sure they won’t have single hits that are one big number like a fully buffed mortal strike, but their damage is definitely there.
Evoker is my main alt, but might become my main again in TWW if Blizzard goes through with some resto druid changes that I don’t like.
I love the class, all three specs. Dev is my favorite caster spec in the game right now, Preservation is my second favorite healing spec, and Augmentation got old after a while. I thought I’d love the buffing aspect but it got boring.
There are a LOT of tools to choose from, some for very niche moments but you’ll be so glad you had it. You’ve got to kite for the harder mobs, but when things get close we have a ton of defensives. I don’t recall ever dying much as Dev, in fact I can usually help heal when able. And Prevoker is practically invincible with decent DPS l so sometimes I do world or solo content as a healer.
I like their lore, love the visage form, but do wish we had more armor use or customizations for Dracthyr form. What we have does work for me though. It’s fun getting creative with such limited choices. People forgot about tabards and that can really pull an outfit together.
Was laughing when they were first announced, but fell in love as soon as I started one and found the look I wanted. Dracthyr form looks ridiculous on most mounts, so I use a flying carpet for it, looks great. My visage form is sexy as hell, too. It’s a good race/class for me. Only reason I don’t main it is because I wanted a main class that can do all four roles, so I was quite limited in choice lol.
In content that matters, it’s largely not worth charging up Fire Breath. You just do the minimum charge because the damage doesn’t actually change if the enemy lives long enough for the DoT to tick.
Anyway, idk much about DPS and Aug Evokers.
Preservation is probably my favorite healer mechanically.
The 30-yard range is awkward and should just be adjusted to 40-yard like every other caster but have no issues other than that.
It’s heavily short-CD based which can cause problems in groups that are making constant mistakes that require healing, but in average groups it shouldn’t be much of a concern and it shouldn’t be any worse than a spec like Disc trying to play catchup with spot healing anyway.
I mained it for the first couple months of Dragonflight. Ended up dropping Healing so I don’t play it currently, but it wasn’t so much a spec issue as a role issue at that point.
Devastation’s cool and Pres could be cool if it didn’t have bad range.
Delete Aug though. They could delete Aug overnight and the game would be better for it.
I had some fun on my Evoker doing timewalking dungeon but I don’t really like them when I’m doing world content
I played an evoker for the first part of S3 and eventually shelved the character.
The two main reasons were the limited range (for both devastation and preservation) and that I couldn’t get the hang of preservation healing. The range and positional requirements didn’t work for me when playing with a larger number of different players (pugs, friends).
The limitation to one specific race, inability to select the visage form (I do not want to be a human or blood elf), and inability to fully transmog the Dracthyr form also lowered the enjoyment of the class for me. I also found the Dracthyr model to be too large overall (my main is a vulpera).
Oh, the existence of a RNG legendary that I didn’t have also turned me off of the class.
Yeah, for those of us who have horrible RNG luck and are not a gung-ho with raiding are out of luck on this one.
As for Evokers in general, I do like playing mine and it has turned into my main but it could use some more defensive options IMO.
Also, visage wise, why cant we have a visage form of ANY race? That seriously baffles me.
I don’t really like them and make sure to target them first in BGs if I see one. They tend to fall over pretty easily.
I really wanted to like them till I saw what they looked like.
Once I got over that and tried playing one I was even more disapointed by the playstyle and rotation. Awful. The range limit also feels terrible.
I’ve seen evoker healers do some pretty wild stuff though which is interesting but I quit healing so will likely never try it.
That starting zone experience was absolutely fantastic though and I wish every class got a revamped starting zone to play if they choose.
the only issue with evoker is their range , but having hover x2 helps on that
transmog , im sure permanent visage (and open to more races) will happen is just matter of when ,maybe not in TWW but next
the devastation spec is kinda boring , is all channeled or casted , outside aoe (pyre), but on ST u are a turret everything u do is casted (instant cast LF and while hovering)
aug is fine , dmg alone is not worth , better change to dev if u want to kill anything
healer is whatever , i dont like the “echo” mechanic , and u need to be in position for your spells , i live the ball of sand that gives shield (and apply echo with another talent), is a fun spell and feels powerfull but u need to aim it.