I was thinking this same thing the otherday when for some reason my shadowform was turned off. It is an artifact from a time when the game was really cool. They should get rid of it.
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RP, running around when not fighting things, etc.
Macro?
I want old Shadowform back. New Shadowform sucks.
It’s your form, just like Druid forms.
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I don’t the understand the purpose of your post?
RP is a great reason to have a cosmetic-only shadow form. I’m not advocating for getting rid of shadow form, I just want the buffs rolled into a passive so that it’s cosmetic only.
Why would I macro shadow form? I’d still have to press macro shadow form button. Unless you mean add shadow form conditional to every shadow spell? Yeh I heal as well, I don’t have spare macro slots lol.
Yeh it’s mostly similar to tree form because there is never combat related reason to not be in form - druids have to decide on their most relevant form for their current situation, shadow priest never have a decision to make, it’s always best to be in form.
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same for balance tbh. i guess if you dont have the glyph or whatever you dont want to look like a chicken. i cant imagine druids spend alot of time not shapeshifted anyway. idk. pretty dumb to have to press a button when i want to do dps.
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Not true - you literally get an affinity, and HOTW that gives you a solid opportunity to switch forms. You go travel form, cat form for dash, nostance for heals.
Shadow priest is shadow form, the whole fight, always.
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im talking about the form i use to increase my damage output. idk what it is because i dont care whats its called anymore. you know, i could just have cat form, bear form, and just plain on druid form. no enhanced druid form. the affinity for balance on a resto druid can just be a passive activated while im sitting there in regular form. i see no reason i should have to hit ‘balance’ form regardless of what im doing.
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As others have said just a few posts above, Balance form unlike Shadowform has balancing aspects tied to it.
Balance druids need to choose to come out of their form for more damage to heal more then just regrowth etc…
Shadowform is nothing except a +damage buff with a visual effect, it does not stop healing, there is nothing that can or can’t be done whether you are in it or not.
So Balance serves a gameplay purpose then just the visual, whereas Shadowform could easily be just a passive with a toggle for the visual effect as has been proposed here.
By reading what I said? Balance form has restrictions to what you can do while in it, shadowform does not.
And hence there is valid gameplay reasons why the buff has to be up besides just to increase damage, whereas Shadowform has no reason it needs to be up besides damage (and hence could just be a passive)
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what? my chicken form increases my damage. how is that not the same as shadowform?
also, im not hear to argue over balance form being different than the shadowform. just commenting on the thread
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It’s different because it has a downside as well - you can’t heal or sprint whilst in your form. So you need to make decisions about which form is most appropriate. Shadow priest has no such dilemma.
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im following you now about shadow.
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When it came out, it was for some extra damage and a few other things. Some spells would take you out of it, any holy spell IIRC. They changed that and you can cast any spell in shadow form now. Now it’s still damage and you need to be in it for DP. It’s honestly a bit old and outdated.
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They should give Shadow Priest Flash Heal back as an option. I guess Disc Priest should have it too. Or is that too OP? I dunno whatever.