Holinka Confirms: No major class changes in Shadowlands

Community General Discussion
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Yeah they are. Auras, totems, poisons and curses are all back.

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: / I don’ like this

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Sorry, no TL3. So can’t embed pictures. But things they stated coming back or being made class-wide (not spec based):

https://i.imgur.com/gkbmFTx.png
https://i.imgur.com/26N8w98.png
https://i.imgur.com/uYHnNoS.png
https://i.imgur.com/na7dJ6q.png

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Affliction needs to be redesigned. It’s been changed from a rot/debuff dot spec to a single target 3min c/d burst spec. Affliction dots hit for less than melee autoattacks. Affliction has no AOE damage to speak of, it’s the worst M+ spec in the game.

It’s not the only spec that this bad. Adding stuff wont cut it.

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There are alot of things coming back with what i assume is no subtraction. That is rather big.

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Shattering Throw back yay

Give me back my baseline Defensive Stance and we’re cool

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ight imma head out

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Eyes of the Beast! \o/ Awesome.

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I dont think there needs to be major changes, but the math needs to be worked out to make every spec even in terms of dps/heals/tank. Adding in new spells is gonna make the game more fun again imo.

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They just need to bring back Class uniqueness.

Keep what they have, add to it and make classes be different again.

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Voidform needs to go.

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Paladins tremble! Shattering Throw is back.

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people on these forums just want somthing to whine about

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wrong LOL
you can’t burst anything with affliction. Maybe you’re thinking destruction?

also wrong. gear issue maybe. or a dot upkeep issue

it’s called seed of corruption, you spam it with an additional dot and watch everything detonate.

so it’s bad at one narrow venue, who cares. it’s good in pvp and great for world content.

okay, how would you redesign it? Let a single agony be lethal unless dispelled? let you put multiple dots on a target with a single spell because more than one button is too much work? lmao colic should always be ignored, and this is colic.

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TL3 assist.

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I cant imagine Paladin auras being all that impressive either if Paladins are still locked to the trinity instead of being able to play support/force multiplier. I’d imagine them being on the level of the 5% increased magic damage debuff.

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The classic Blizz strategy, remove abilities one xpac then add them back a couple years later.

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Aff was psychotically OP in Legion. So it’s not so much in BfA. Big deal.

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I like how they are bringing back Auras, Poisons, and Totems, but Warrior Stances? Nah don’t need them.

I was getting so hyped that I’d get them back, then everything came crashing down.

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Wow, you really have no idea. Affliction is 100% a single target burst spec thanks to darkglare and death bolt. It is the only area of the game it excels at. DSM/DG/DB = a massive spike in ST dps. The whole spec is tied around this, you will start with up to 100k, then drop off sharply.

Simple maths.

It’s the worst AOE ability in the game.

Also, affliction great at PVP? LOL, it can’t kill anything. Destro is the only viable PVP spec.

I’m not going to reply further because you are completely clueless with regards to warlocks.

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