Name one thing you'd change about your class
by Adam Holisky 
Dec 8th 2008 at 8:00PM
Ghostcrawler is known to recite this line here and there. He mentions often that the purpose of saying such a thing isn't to get them (Blizzard) to change just one thing in a class the next patch, but to get people to zone in on a real problem.A real problem is something like "Fury Warriors do not have enough survivability and therefore are less effective in terms of spike PvP and PvE damage."
A non real problem is something like "Blizzard hates Shamans and doesn't pay enough attention to them."
So as an exercise this evening let's see what the WoW Insider readers think. Name one thing you would like changed about your class.
As a full time PvE Protection Warrior, I think that we have a problem with obtaining the hit cap and would like to see more +hit gear drop in heroics and 10-man raid instances. I think an inclusion of items that have both +hit and +parry would help solve this wonderfully.
I've also been known to dabble in Holy Paladins once in a while.
I think a problem with them right now is their lack of AoE heals, and as such I think changing a talent or two allow a directed heal to jump to other targets, much like Chain Heal, would help ease this problem.
So let's hear it, name one thing you'd change about your class.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 21)
Kael Dec 8th 2008 8:05PM
As a Feral Druid that is specced for tanking, it would've been nice to see a few more pieces of gear targeted that way on the grind from 70-80.
DandalfTheWhite Dec 8th 2008 8:07PM
lol I was thinking more Balance Druid Gear. So maybe just more leather quest rewards in general. :)
ganchara Dec 8th 2008 8:12PM
i looked through naxx 10 man, none of the spellpower gear has hit on it, or maybe i missed something but i think none of it has hit
Firestride Dec 8th 2008 8:27PM
How about a balance idol that can be acquired by questing? I've vendored two different feral idols, and the only balance idol I've ever seen was a Vanilla BoE that happened to be in the AH one time. In the hundreds of other times I've checked for idols, there have been none.
flameflash82 Dec 8th 2008 8:37PM
Going to agree on the feral gear needs.
Fewer trinkets as quest rewards. It's wonderful to see so many more trinkets in game, but give us some other options in case we don't want any more trinkets.
havitech Dec 8th 2008 9:53PM
Tanking idols! Seriously, the Embel of Heroism vendor has 3 idols; a Shred one for feral and the other two are for resto and balance. Am I missing something?
The Claw Dec 8th 2008 11:39PM
In reply to ganchara, spellpower gear from Naxx with +hit:
http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=2:3:4:5:6;cr=105:2:123:119;crs=3456:1:1:1;crv=0:0:0:0
There are 8 items
Dooka Dec 9th 2008 2:40AM
I agree regarding the lack of feral druid tanking idols. The Idol of Terror remains the only idol with any kind of mitigation or survivability stat. This is a problem.
Omniprime Dec 8th 2008 8:06PM
Change Shamans Maelstrom Weapon to have a more balanced proc. There I times I can kill off mobs and not get a single proc to it.
On that topic does anyone know what the 5 point % is on this? or roughly? Thanks.
Itzal Dec 8th 2008 9:05PM
I believe this is PPM (Procs Per Minute) based, and is around 2ppm per talent point (So 10ppm at 5 points).
This is then based on your weapon speed, so if you have a single 2.0 speed weapon, hitting 30 times per minute, the chance on each hit is 33.33%. Slower weapons have a higher chance, and adding 2 weapons means each have that chance, windfury hits can proc, and finally, haste changes your swing speed, but not the chance, so increasing your PPM.
I think this is mostly a raiding/instancing talent, where you can more consistently rely on it building to 5 charges, than a questing talent.
Snuckey Dec 8th 2008 8:12PM
Give protection paladins a single mob taunt!
RogueJedi86 Dec 8th 2008 8:23PM
Already in the works, a baseline single target taunt. Should be coming in the next big patch.
Dharon Dec 8th 2008 8:10PM
Easy. I'd have Expose Weakness affect the raid again.
That and have snake trap snakes attack more than just one target. And actually attack the mob that triggered them too, rather than ignore them and head off after another one >.
Lyraat Dec 9th 2008 10:14AM
EW being raid-wide again would be nice, but other classes buff AP just as effectively.
I'd simply like to see SV get a useful 41-pt talent. We had Readiness before. That got buffed (from 5m cd to 3m), then moved out of SV. Now, it's Trap Mastery, Sniper Training, or Point of No Escape, all of which are just okay.
Overall, I would like to see the class be less buggy. Our Glyph of Steady Shot doesnt work. Lethal Shots doesn't work. There's always some issue with our pets.
svenhoek Dec 8th 2008 8:09PM
As a holy Paladin I would have to say that we really need some better healing options. I got 2 spells I use to heal in the instances, and if a boss drops a big AOE on the group, theres nothing short of praying that i can do to effectively get the group back up. I mean, I got the Glyph of Holy Light, and on a good crit I can heal for 1k on the others getting healed, but its just not enough
So ya, i completely agree Adam. We need some kind of chain heal or AOE heal spell. I think a spell like Divine Favor, on a 1-2 minute cool down, that would let the next Holy Light spell jump to 3 targets or so, would be perfect.
Eternauta Dec 8th 2008 9:11PM
/totally agree
Ludeitz Dec 8th 2008 9:51PM
i agree with you sven, would be nice if beacon of light was changed to do what it does in reverse, so i heal the beacon and that heals everyone else (for a percentage, not full, that would be too powerful). i think it was once like this in the beta but it went live the way it is, heal people around the beacon and the beacon gets healed :S
its the only multi heal we have but its still no aoe.
Ludeitz Dec 8th 2008 9:59PM
should also mention judgement of light, if you use this it increases cast speed and everyone attacking gets some small degree of heals
svenhoek Dec 9th 2008 2:56AM
Ya Lud, but how often do you switch your target from tank to boss to drop a de-buff that lasts for 20sec?
I like the idea of changing BoL to a reverse role.
wolfdust Dec 9th 2008 5:12AM
that sounds good.
i thought that maybe you could get a glyph that changed consecration into having healing effects instead might be cool. but i dont know if holy paladins use consecration or not so i could be wrong!