How do Shamans still get +200 Spell Power on top of other effects just from a rune?
That’s more than my gear.
Warlock gets a SP buff rune that’s less than half of that even when you use the trinket to increase it.
Big fkn tired of Shamans getting this overloaded bs while multiple other classes get non-factor trash.
And this is just on premise. I’m horde so I don’t even have to fight them. I just can’t stand that any dev could possibly be as stupid as whoever handles shaman consistently is and still have a job. figure it tf out bozo.
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inb4 Shamans start saying they totally needed more spell power than Atiesh on the same rune that spreads flame shock to 5 targets or ele would be unplayable
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I main enhance Shaman, and I’m not really sure TBH.
A few things come to mind as possibilities:
- Making it so Shamans don’t want to use RB on MH so using the Tanking Rune is much less attractive in PvP, bringing down their toughness.
- The ST Caster Gear rebalance mentioned in the bluepost about ST will probably target Cloth and Leather to give them a dramatic boost since casters in general aren’t doing quite as hot as melee on most fights. (Probably the set pieces)
- Could be that P4 has a massive power boost for the clothie casters and not much for Ele Shamans…could be that they’re just adding more firepower to the class that doesn’t have CC.
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I think it’s could be the first reason, but they could have just left it at flame shock spread…then again it doesn’t seem like pvp balance is considered much at all, so probably just to buff them in raid
I think just increasing the FS spread to 5 from 3 and increasing the time probably wouldn’t have done it.
The survivability offered by the tanking rune is REALLY good.
(Though I think increasing the SP by 100 instead of 200 would’ve done the trick.)
Ez maff. If blizzard doesn’t stop buffing casters before reworking, reducing melee benefits from, or outright removing world buffs or increasing boss armors then It will only get worse from here. Casters will get more problematic and ofc it will be the ones who are tanky with good pressure and new instant attacks.
Ele shaman
boomkins who still have 5.7k armor fully buffed and PvP geared (absolutely insane) and frenzied regen rune which is somehow still not nerfed
And shadow priests with their disperse and dots
Unfortunately for warlock and mage they didn’t win the instant cast plus defensive lottery. But if they get anything better they too could be a problem.
But blizzard regardless won’t do this. They will see casters crying about why melee do so much more damage than them.
They will buff casters.
You will enter PvP not in a fully world buffed consumed raid comped environment.
The base caster buffs will even further elevate them above you higher than they are today.
And I will be there, to send steamy meatballs down upon you.
p4 will surely make divine storm great again and make 2h enhance great
…
right?
we have to buff it every 5m so its actually balanced
ive been saying boomkin is god tier forever but no one believed me 
where else can you get a bear form decurser who also has wild growth. you know, also 70% pushback on 2 diff schools and imp barkskin and survival instincts(if they sac dreamstate) and sotf(if they sac fury of stormrage). “but its not always worth saccing dreamstate or fury!!!” yeah, name another class with those options.
but if they get nerfed then i have to keep mages alive instead and that doesn’t sound as fun.
As Blizzard said before launch, SoD is basically a PTR. It’ll change before too long.
