tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post322107168072004317..comments2023-11-05T04:08:15.335-05:00Comments on Escape Hatch: How I would fix WarriorsHatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-19695706226818310212010-04-06T11:33:36.529-04:002010-04-06T11:33:36.529-04:00I also want to add: I don't mean to be down on...I also want to add: I don't mean to be down on the warrior class...I actually love the class, and it was my main throughout TBC. <br /><br />I also play with some incredible warriors who are an asset no matter what the class balance status is. The best tank I know is a warrior, as is the best non-me melee dps. Prot warriors are in a much better state than dps warriors, as well. Again, I luvz me sum warriorz.<br /><br />The only reason I haven't gone back to it is because they left it in a sorry state all through Wrath. I'm looking forward eagerly towards being happy playing a warrior again in Cata (worgen ftw!)Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-72561168046482534222010-04-06T11:26:50.931-04:002010-04-06T11:26:50.931-04:00On the subject of defensive cooldowns, I'm thi...On the subject of defensive cooldowns, I'm thinking from both a pve and pvp perspective. <br /><br />Having raided and pvped with my warrior, I consider my DK completely brokenly overpowered when it comes to survivability. Enraged regen for warriors is just too costly, as is switching to sword and board just to spell reflect, both in pve and pvp. Meanwhile, my DK has a constant 20% damage reduction (bone shield), and a cheap 20% reduction cooldown AND a move that makes me immune to spells and gives me RP on a 45 second cooldown. Plus, my attacks heal me (though for very little).<br /><br />Paladins are in-between. They have great pvp survivability, but not as good as a DK in raids. Sacred Shield and instant FoLs are available, but as you say, costly. The 50% reduction one (Divine Sac?) is great, but can't be used too close to your main dps cooldown. And bubble is an extra life in emergencies (losing dps for a few seconds isn't a big deal when the alternative is death). Not as good as a DK, but blows the warrior away.<br /><br />Because the warrior has *nothing*. Right now, anything a warrior can do, a DK or Paladin can do better (to different degrees), except charge. Oh, and dps as Fury if over a certain gear threshold. They are ludicrous right now because rage is so broken.Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-70221740881309596012010-04-05T16:06:31.558-04:002010-04-05T16:06:31.558-04:00Hatch:
I just have to comment from a ret pally pe...Hatch:<br /><br />I just have to comment from a ret pally perspective. You and I have talked about this before - and I agree with you on certain things. <br /><br />Ret pallies do bring a TON of buffs to the raid (pally buff boss, anyone?). <br /><br />But of all the things that really irritate us pallies is the fact that we *can* heal is held against us. <br /><br />My FoL currently hits for something like 2k. My HL just barely over 11k. But you know what? I never use them. Why? Because it is way too much of a mana sink. HL kills nearly 1/3 of my mana bar. Divine plea does not even make up for that. And the ONLY time that I am using FoL is if I am in a situation where I have mana to spare, which is not often. And even then, the amount of healing I am going to do is nearly negligable, only significant in situations where everyone is scraping the bottom. simply put, the only time I heal and it makes a difference is really in the valrithia encounter.<br /><br />I think I can liken this to DK's as well. DK DPS can easily hit a few buttons to switch to tanking stance and take a few hits, at least long enough to get the real tank battle rezzed. What DK's are to tanking, pallies are to healing.<br /><br />As for defenive cooldowns, I would ask: What cooldowns? We have already established that healing is pretty much a non factor. Bubble or raid wall? Divine sacrifice? Ok, ill give you divine sacrifice. But bubble? It hurts us pretty badly - 50% damage reduction for 10 seconds or so? If this happens at the end of a boss fight, we are toast. If it happens during a burn phase, we do not have competitive DPS, at all. And it CANT happen within 30 seconds of popping our wings, which is when we are most at risk of pulling aggro and needing said bubble. It's not defensive if we can't use it when we need it.<br /><br />As for competitive DPS... well.. Thats subjective. It takes our dps a while to ramp up. Yes, we do incredibly amazing DPS AOE, possibly on par or even better than boomykin. But single target? In order to be truly competitive we have to time our cooldowns, and hope that the fight allows us to pop wings/trinket during heroism/bloodlust. Otherwise any other dps is going to pass us up - including warriors.<br /><br />I have said it, and so have you, before that anyone can faceroll their way to 3k dps on a ret. Its just the nature of how the class is setup to work. But the threshold for skill beyond that 3k is pretty big, especially in icecrown.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061184087685130847noreply@blogger.com