So 19,600 damage with a 1.5 minute cd vs 14,250 dps with a 45 second cd? Yeah, that’s pretty busted. I don’t know if it would make that much of a difference even still, since our characters will likely be doing at least 10k, no?
Sure cherrypick the argument it looks good.
Or you know, that analogy doesnt work because we know what we are getting from covenants from the start.
If you want to stack severe more than getting an ability then you choose the covenant that has access to that.
Similar to covenant specific legendaries : )
Ralph when you finally decide to pick a covenant and you check Icyveins for the section for shadow priests labelled “Shadow Priest: Covenants” don’t get mad when the one it recommended to you gets nerfed.
And that’s why you pick the one you enjoy the most, because they’ll change throughout the expansion.
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Timbo, you have to play through all 4 SL questing zones before you get to pick your covenant.
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I am not a meta slave to check icy veins or care what it has to say.
I know what covenants offer, I ll know their soulbinds, legendaries and abilities, as well as rewards.
And I ll either be going venthyr or Necrolords with necrolords staying ahead because that mog is fabulous.
And I will also be doing mythic raid with that covenant because I am not a sad person that needs bis everything to carry them
Also I cant wait when blizzard nerfs the meta one to the ground, meta slaves deserve to suffer
Perennial green parsing shadow priest isn’t a meta slave.
SHOCK HORROR
Ah yes, and we found the player that doesnt check parses by ilvl because if they did they would be green ;^)
Ilvl in the year of 2020
weirdchamp bro…
The green parses are worth it to feel like you are actually building your character IMO. If you copy someone else and get a 100, did you really get a 100?
Covenants are basically very lite sub classes. You only get 2 abilities plus the soul binds. So now we get 4 different types of each spec.
The theory from Bliz is that you lock in a choice just like choosing a class/race and to a lesser extent, spec. Yeah it’s maybe not the “best” but it’s what you want to play. So now you choose class, race, subclass (covenant) and then can free switch specs.
This might work. However going from 36 specs, which are far from balanced now, to 36*4 = 144 sub class specs! Not having confidence in the ability to balance this is a fair point.
Problems:
- I want to make an tmog choice and an ability choice. Having them linked makes it annoying.
- If one choice is way better, or one way worse.
2b. If they are then “balanced” and the best becomes the worse. - If I’m forced to get the teleport.
The easy solution to balancing is to make the abilities not that impactful. But then what’s the point?
What would make me feel better about it?
If Bliz told me they had set aside a small dedicated team to JUST monitor and balance these abilities post launch, and would update weekly untill they got it right… then give a free covenant reset. Instead of the usual “fixing X class will have to wait till next expansion”…
What kind of question is that, of course you did
You play the game. You actually believe that following the best path is suddenly turning your brain off and mindlessly press buttons?
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Lol what?
ILVL PARSES HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Man, that has got to be the worst take I’ve ever seen in this game for the last 15 years. No joke.
Complete utter lack of respect and pure despise for anyone that wants their characters to be strong. Disgusting personality.
Ok. I don’t know I said, but sorry that I offended you so much.
I heard the last words the benched arcane mage with wrong talents said was : Yeah at least i was original
yes, ilvl parses… if you’re 450 of course you can’t match with someone who is 475 good lord. This game has massive scaling.
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Honestly whatever helps you sleep at night.