I’m enjoying leveling as a resto shaman, but the spinning of the water shield is giving me motion sickness. Is it absolutely required to play at higher levels?
Or do I need to reroll?
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zoom your camera out. or take some of those motion sickness pills.
or play sea of thieves to build up your tolerance LOL
and no it isn’t required. but you will be losing out.
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No, water shield is not required. It’s a minor mana loss but nothing huge unless you’re pushing high m+ or mythic raids
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I just have to ask, how do you turn your character? It seems like that would be minimal compared to moving in a BG setting. I actually wanted water shield baseline in BfA, just so I could have all 3 shields circling me like the avatar, lol.
I pretty much don’t turn. I do a lot of strafing, never play melee, and don’t dare set foot in a battleground for the most part. Although epic ones are mostly alright as ranged.
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you would probably do best with getting medication or those little bracelets or tablets if motion sickness is that big of a deal for you.
Cant vouche for the tablets, but the electronic bands worked wonders for one of my students learning to fly. Believe it was called a relief band.
I appreciate the suggestions, but I have a vestibular disorder, so not much is going to help me. I probably shouldn’t even be playing wow. Lol
Maybe try zooming out, like the first response said. I get that with FPS games sometimes. There’s really nothing I can do but step away for a while. I’ve been like that since the days of Doom, way back in early internet times, lol. It is very uncomfortable to fight through, and really drains the fun out of gaming.
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Sounds like rerolling wouldn’t help you anyways, so just dont use it. If you dont do anything meaningful ( raid progg or m+ or pvp ) I dont see the issue.
Also gravol 24 hour, ginger, etc. Google motion sickness/nausea and there should be a billion home remedies. ( ginger tea before you play might help )
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How interesting. In my opinion, you should do whatever necessary to balance your motion sickness so you’re able to play without feeling sick. So, if that means playing without water shield, so be it. Lol, half the resto shaman I see don’t play with it anyway, and they manage just fine.
I know Blizzard is implementing a bunch of options in shadowlands to help reduce motion sickness. Hopefully that’ll help you out a bit - at least in other areas. Good luck!