Personally, I despise current VF.
But I am really loving the changes to shadow now coming in SL and can’t wait to test them.
I have a couple things I would like to share though.
- VF being a 90 sec CD is basically like an ability well liked by lots of priests… In Cata.
Dark Archangel (Dark Evangelism) - Instantly restores 5% of your total mana and increases the damage done by your Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death by 4% for each stack. Lasts for 18sec. 90 sec cooldown.
Compared to the new VF…
Voidform
- Now has a 90 second cooldown and now increases damage by 20% and lasts for 15 seconds.
They are practically identical with the 90 sec CD, almost same duration and almost same damage %. Its just missing the Mind Spike interaction and that’s fine I think. Though I would like to have a spamable spell to fit that “burst” aspect. But I may not need that now once I check out all the other new features.
- I think Power Infusion should be removed from shadow OR baked into LOTV so those folks get a “fast” paced build and the VF CD folks get the “meaty” build for a more burst build.
- I think You can either grant +20% haste once you get into VF with LOTV OR you start out with low haste and scale up to I dunno 40% MAX HARD CAP at 1% a sec etc. That way they have a “goal” to strive towards with getting as much haste has you can to keep going faster and faster and if you manage to reach 40% haste, you gain no more. That way it can be balanced. It needs a hard ceiling cap.
That’s the best I can think of atm in terms of allowing the LOTV folks to keep a similar playstyle.