So what are we hoping to get?

Classes Shaman
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improved spell animations/anything visually interesting at all

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I’m going to keep my hopes low and just want them to address the 3 main issues both DPS spec have: defensives, utility, and capped AoE. The first 2 should help fix the class tree that is currently garbage as well.

If they want to address the degenerate gameplay caused by PWave for ele and DRE for enhance then that’d be great too.

Also more storm in elemental stormbringer would be nice.

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I will forever be scratching my head that they made Survival the melee spec and not Beast Master.

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Any changes this late into the beta life cycle you can only expect as much as what the hunters got.

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Hoping to get quite a bit but def want at least feral lunge baseline for enhance and gust of wind baseline for resto and ele.

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Blizz’s first change to ele is to just buff damage. I know it’s early and changes are coming next week and blah blah blah. But it’s hilarious how just slapping on % is always their default go-to.

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Well, they did also pretty much tell us what is happening this week is separate from whats coming next week. So really all we can do is hope and see.

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I have 2 things I hope they tackle of importance and 1 is a dream.

  • Defensives - Im hoping Earth Ele if staying at it’s ridiculous cd get DR included making it actually worthwhile or apply some sort of Earth Barrier and a second charge of Astral Shift usuable while in CC.

I’m worried adding another entire new defensive might just contribute more to bloat and further keybinds, something I personally think we don’t need more off.

  • Class/Spec Talents - we desperately need a lot of work here, nodes turned to 1 points, condensed/baseline nodes. All specs need help and need to feel better in moment to moment gameplay aswell.

I’m sorry but Lava Lash having 5 nodes or 8 talent point investment to make an ability feel good is beyond ridiculous.

I think once they nail our Defensives and Class/Spec trees (including Hero Talents), then a long wish is….

  • Spell Visuals - I dream of the day our visuals, Totems, Spells, Ascendance, Spirit Wolf all get updated to feel more inline with modern WoW.

I didn’t want to get into too much details of everything or I’d be writing a 4 page essay on each point, so it’s a quick TLDR. Let’s hope next week great changes begin.

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At this point I’m not hoping for much as far as the actual class goes. However, I do hope shamans are included in the plans for opening Dracthyr to other classes. lol

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A raid buff for ele and resto, that’s what.

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Stormstrike nature damage?

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Farseer Ancestral Swiftness? Unsure what spell they want us to use it for? Elemental Blast or Icefury or Lava Burst?

Can Blizz remove Flame Shock CD, improve FS spread, damage dispel (PVP)?

Earthquake smart targeting?

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Honestly don’t understand how these didn’t get implemented and just have a glyph to change the look for people that want it to be kept.

Same with arcane missiles. Would love to have the old animation come back in form of a glyph. That doesn’t mean I actively crapped all over the new animation when it came out back in legion and demanded that it stay “becuz nostalgia”

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Buff Elemental Warding from 2/4 to 5/10 or cap it at a single point 5%

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Defensives first and foremost.

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Especially since shooting snakes out of your bow is objectively the dumbest ability in the game.

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Class tree

Chain heal, flurry, maelstrom weapon should be baseline for their respective specs
Some of the utility spells should be baseline but leave the buffs to them as talents. Good candidates I think would be purge, hex, capacitor totem.
Totemic focus should either give a much larger percentage to the AoE or just a flat 5-8 yards.
New capstones.

Enhance
Combine some of the lava lash talents so less points needed, same for all the maelstrom talents.
Earth spell options? I kinda miss boulderfist.
Ascendance should always be better than DRE so tuning and appearance changes
Doom Winds should be longer duration
I like primordial wave but could use an appearance that’s more elemental.

Elemental - I’m not even sure where to start with it, but a better way to spread fire shock would be awesome.

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Earth Shield access not needing Chain Heal?

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I absolutely still want access to this as a DPS shaman.

They already changed that in Amirdrassil. It looks like Elemental Blast’s baby brother now. Which isn’t exactly impressive for a 45 second cooldown, but it is at least elemental.

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Totem HP buff for PVP?