Okay, who asked for Static Shock? I know it was at the top of my “things i would hate to see” list. Maybe blizz got it mixed up? Enhancement shaman do not need another buff to keep track of, seeing how frustrating our weapon imbues and totems can be already, the last thing I want is another gcd to be wasted on such an unfun nothingburger upkeep ability. Please Blizz, just consider Crash Lightning, or a totem slam ability that lets us drop 4 preselected totems.
So just take the one that makes it never lose stacks, and proc every 1 second.
What happened to difficult specs equal rewarding gameplay?
It’s just lightning shield. I’m only disappointed that it uses chance on hit instead of PPM, which means it will further contribute to the distance between DW and 2h. They really want us to play wrath DW.
Firstly, that’s not a philosophy Ive ever heard from anyone that plays the game. Secondly, I’ve personally never found a rotation from any spec Ive played during any expansion “difficult”. However, there certainly have been unfun or frustrating rotations. I personally find that the upkeep, not the rotation, of classic shaman is on the brink of frustrating, eased only slightly by totemic projection. The fact that this Static Shock upkeep is going to become part of our main rotation is going to put that over the edge imo. Another GCD that we need to sac for what historically has been very little damage gained. The procs of Static Shock arent even visuallly stimulating nor informing. You quite literally just have to watch the buff constantly and interupt your flow to reup it. I peraonally think this will just serve as rotational “clutter” and it will be used as an excuse later for why we dont get fun buttons to press. “Your rotation is already full enough” or whatever it may be.
Just get a weakaura or make one to track it.
Try 30 second dispellable seals.
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I asked for ap/int/str—>Spellpower rune, and a rune for a more useful fire totem which might give spellcrit. It might be annoying but should be fine.
I’m guessing one of the devs that is into enhancement shaman in Cata is who asked for it - probably the same one that’s insistent on offensive shockadin for paladin. And while I agree that it’s not exactly more “fun,” if I were to say I didn’t expect it to be a rune before SoD even started, it’d only be lying if I were to say I expected it in P3 or P4 instead of P1 or P2.