I noticed last night and this morning, that after I cast Wake of Ashes or Eye of Tyr, I am able to spam Hammer of Light, so long as I have Holy Points. I wasnt able to do this before. Its pretty legit because Im able to use it three times before the proc goes away. Is this the way its supposed to work?
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"wake of ashes is replaced with hammer of light for 12 seconds after it is cast "
Quote from the lights guidances talent at the top of the tree. Nothing in there about hammer of light only being usable once.
When I first read the talent I assumed it would function how it does currently. So hopefully this is a fix and not a bug.
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Before Thursday I could only use it once and it went away. So, maybe now its working as intended…which makes it way more fun
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Yes, I think that’s the way the hammer should work
I was experiencing the same issue with Hammer of Light. I could only use it once unless I was at max stacks. Now I can use it as long as I am pumping HP into it. Bug, Hotfix or whatever. It is certainly better now.
I’ve been researching this today. Up until this morning, whenever I cast Hammer of Light I could only use it once per Wake of Ashes window. Now I can continue pumping them as long as I have 5 Holy Power to send. It’s WAY more fun and interesting now. Reading the talent, this seems to be the way it SHOULD work.
Hopefully it was an undocumented bug fix.
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the only issue im noticing, is the feel of the rotation is a bit funky and the hp generation is lacking heavily. you can get about 3-5 hol out and it still doesnt feel like its enough dps.
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Considering it costs 5 holy power each time? I feel like this is definitely an unintended bug. The way it functioned before seemed to be the correct function with the lights deliverance talent giving you a free one every 60 stacks.
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It definitely makes the rotation funky and I don’t think this is intended at all. It makes it so you never or hardly ever press templars verdict which is supposed to be a huge dps dump. Don’t get me wrong, I noticed it and had a blast, but I do not think for a moment this is working as intended.
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exactly. If this was intended to be, then I think its completely the wrong direction on fixing the problem with our dps. for me, the problem is the lack of dps outside of hol/wake. as soon as wake goes off, and holy procs… then a huge burst of dps can be done, but once it fades away, baseline damage from spells, such as judgement, or even blades, can be seen on a decline. if they really want to address the issue, then dps outside of hol needs to be buffed, even if its just for blades.
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I would argue that this is a bug based on the capstone talent. That talent is reading that it allows you to cast HoL an additional time for free. It’s allowing me to get 3 HoL.
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I just viewed LvLaden latest ret video and what’s interesting is that he honestly doesn’t think that it’s a bug and that it’s intended.
Take of that what you will…
We were wondering before the beta how this was gonna work because the tooltip does say what it says.
But when it dropped it was once and everyone rolled with it because that does make senses.
And Blizzard never said anything this whole time.
So I feel like this is a VERY optimistic point of view to hold.
Nothing in the talents makes sense if that’s the way they meant it.
You just get back to back haste buff, judgement buff and shake the heaven windows?
What’s the point of having 60 stack for the free HoL?
It’s meaningless if you get 3 HoL per 30 sec.
No, I don’t believe it for a second.
In the circumstances, I’d be very surprised that this is intended.
I feel like you’re right but I want to believe 
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As a Protection Paladin main, I too am experiencing this bug?. I first noticed it yesterday (Friday Sept 6th) while doing Delves. It is honestly very fun, but feels clunky too.
I wonder if this is a bug or if will be how it is intended from now on.
The wording just means that you have 12 seconds to use it. I highly doubt it was ever intended to indicate that you could cast it as many times as possible for 12 seconds.
It’s says it’s replaced for 12 seconds. The wording in my mind means for 12 seconds it can be cast as long as you have the holy power. If it’s not intended they should have modified the tooltip.
I didn’t do any beta testing or pay attention until I resubbed for the Xpac. I was horribly confused when I could only cast it once.
With all the bugs, I’m not confident though.
Why is there not a blue post about this. Like how simple would it be for some one to say working as intended or not.
Nowhere does it say it can be used continuously during that time. All it’s saying is wake of ashes becomes hammer of light for 12 seconds. It just means you have 12 seconds to use it. The biggest giveaway that it’s meant to go on CD is the capstone skill that gives you a free hammer with 60 stacks. They wouldn’t have thag talent if we could just spam it normally.
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It’s the weekend lol.
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