I can’t tell what’s more annoying, the ramp up dmg that takes forever to build and would only ever work in raid bosses, or the Lunar Storm owl with positional requirements.
Visually, the owl is the only thing Sentinel has going for it, but it is just awkward.
There are so many cool things we could have in Sentinel. Like Chakram, or even, all the skills Tyrande has in Heroes of the Storm. For example:
Sentinel: Aimed Shot / Kill Command now releases an Owl that will pierce and damage all enemies in a line for 60 yards.
Lunar Flare: Binding Shot now has a 30 sec CD and launches a Lunar Flare dealing X dmg.
Light of Elune: Arcane Shot / Raptor Strike heals a nearby ally for 100% of the dmg dealt.
Shadowstalk: Camouflage can now be used in combat and it affects 4 nearby party members.
Starfall: Volley / Fury of the Eagle now shoots stars from above, has 3 times the size and it slows enemies hit.
Chakram: Multishot / Butchery now shoots a Chakram instead, ricocheting up to 5 times. It deals less dmg with each bounce.
Could we please, rework this next? The Dark Ranger rework looks promising, but I’d hate to be stuck to one hero tree the whole expansion because the other one is just annoying to play. Sentinel is just so lame, but it could be amazing.
Those are really cool ideas. I do like the spec, but I do think we can lean Sentinel into Elune a bit more and even push the lore a little bit with it which hopefully would tie in nicely in the time to come with this XP’s story being fleshed out more. Elune is thought to be an “Arcane Lord” since so much of her divinity expresses as arcane and hunters and druid (and kaldorei in particular) have always bridged the gap between nature and arcane. It’s not far out of bounds for Taurens either.
owl doesnt even look cool lol it also is really annoying when it screams every single time it procs.
I think the spec definitely should have skinned and altered more gameplay. It’s pretty lame as-is despite being fairly good in fights where enemies aren’t moving.
I’m not sure about all your ideas for it, but there’s no shot I play this hero tree over dark ranger unless dark ranger ends up being totally garbage balancewise after seeing how much cooler and more fun that gameplay looks.
I mean, it’s literally a lunar owl, and the icon has a moon in it. I’d expect it to be more “moon” themed. Nice name, btw, it would fit right in for you.
The point is exactly that Sentinel just seems lame. I was trying to give it a utility theme and niche that matches Tyrande, but, I’d appreciate any other ideas you think would be cool. Or, you could also be more specific and say which ideas you like and which ones you don’t. <3
Honestly when sentinel was first revealed it kind of felt like something that was a first draft and they just went with it without further iteration. I mean all the time/manpower blizz spent on desiging hero talents and the “best” they could come up with is “You get a dot and every 15 seconds you can summon an owl” and that’s it, that is literally it. All the lore and flavor involving sentinels, night elves military culture and yup you get a dot and summon an owl every 15 seconds.
Pack Leader needs more attention then Sentinel does. At least Sentinel has visuals and strong mechanics. Pack Leader is basically a nothing burger. Also side note, I like the screech, audio queues like that are cool to me. Sound design is a huge part of gameplay for me, so I dig it. That said, I also think Sentinel never should have been a hero spec, theme wise. So, I guess I neutralize out.
Pack Leader could use some help, but it already does have a strong theme of adding more dmg to pet and summoning an additional pet. Regardless, this thread is about Sentinel, not about DR or PL, but we could totally make another one and talk about each spec separately.
It is very night elf inspired, TBH. I would have preferred something called “ranger” and then theme it uniquely for each race, e.g. Far Striders, Sentinels, etc. But that was probably too much work.
What we ended up getting, however, is forgettable and awkward to play.
I wish they’d have copy pasted… it would have been 50x better. They forgot to copy everything but the name.
Basically. I kept waiting for them to finish it all beta.
I’ve given up on it.
Went to Black Arrow, damage is better.
Not in battlegrounds looking for comments on how cool my owl looks.
I want them going through logs wondering what just hit them.
That would be amazing. Tyrande is my main in HotS! I’ve wanted to play a Priestess of the Moon in WoW since day 1 but with your suggestions I might sorta play as one!
I agree, I have played BM since Legion and with the Survival reworks have dedicated to play that this season. Sadly Sentinel is my only good option since I don’t have access to Dark Ranger. At least for the love of god make the Owl follow the target you threw your bomb at to spawn it. I have PTSD from NF back in shadowlands when the tank would just pull mobs out of my circle.
A glyph that turns the owl into a drone for goblins/gnomes/mechagnomes would be a nice flavor addition. Both hero specs are boring/underwhelming across the board
