Did you put Zappy Boi in the thumbnail on purpose?
Nothing unexpected here based on the changes over the past few months, but disappointing nonetheless. Despite what felt like the entirety of the resto community warning against the removal of core pieces of the toolkit and then months of feedback in the Beta that resto felt bad to play, they still went through with everythingResto retained almost nothing from the artifact aside from literally the weakest passive (Ghosts in the Mist) via a talent and the active ability, which was already situational before it was nerfed and turned into a talent for BfA. And on top of stripping everything from the artifact they took away more or less the only two abilities that were actually dynamic. I honestly can't think of another spec that was gutted that hard for what feels like no reason whatsoever.The tuning pieces can be fixed at some point - even before Uldir if they want. The playstyle though - that's going to take some time so it's just a question of whether its 8.1/2 or 9.0.
I've never seen/heard/read such a collective against a few changes go so ignored..... So many of the best shaman players are rerolling :(
I'm surprised at how similar the specc plays in comparison to the Legion version after losing so many traits. With that being said, the actual "healing" aspect of the specc is even more basic now and undertuned, Cloudburst atleast gave an extra level of complexity and I don't know why they didn't make this new nerfed version of the spell baseline and give back bottomless depths/EoE in that slot as the "easy mode" spot?When it comes to baseline healing spells Shamans desperately need another ability as a baseline to spice up the rotation. After doing most of my progression as restoration I don't know if I'll be bothered to keep it up in BfA if the rotation stays the same. While the CD's are fun riptide/healing rain/chain heal/healing wave are the most barebones healing spells possible. It's essentialy just instant heal+HoT/stationary healing zone/aoe heal/low costing heal. Cloudburst totem, Wellspring, Unleash life or even Downpour could atleast add some more depth, in M+ and Raids every healing decision you use outside of CD's feels extremely pre-determined and I just hope for the little added complexity to return to the specc. It's a shame the specc is only fully utilized in Arenas, it's not even worth mentioning how the specc performs in RBG's.
EVERYONE is now more basic and undertuned and throughput has gone down. Go ahead and re-roll, but you won't be any happier anywhere else. I've read nearly all of these reviews, and everyone is complaining. Whatever your spec of choice is, you're not being uniquely shat upon, everyone is.
It's a bit sad to read that your class is not as powerful as before. But being positive, I feel that any improvement that you make to the class in the future will be pure gold, since I am lucky enough to be relatively new to the game, which allows me to still enjoy the small details and appreciate the improvements that can be made. It is true that in BG and PvP I am never the one on the top of the scoreboard, but I am always useful. The Shaman is the most wonderful class I know and although I share that if it is not what it used to be, I trust Blizzard will improve it to be competitive once more.Thank you Squishei for the review.
My shaman has become a stranger and I am now lost in this world...In this dark new space that seems to only materialize my fears, I find comfort in a small glim, dimly burning the words "install WildStar and never look back".
I don't know about EVERYONE is more basic. AFAIK, playing all other healing specs, I experience the differences. I have nothing to complain about priests, oh maybe just about the new thing they have makes things a lot easier that it annoys me lol. MW is getting its MoP feels back, it's fun and it doesn't feel weak. Druid and HPal just felt a little mana hungry, but everything else, is still a lot better experience than I had with RShaman.Powerful in dungeon? With AG gone, the struggle is quite real. Last week's Grievous affix should be easy to handle, it was easy to handle previously. On top of bugged FF (now fixed), my RShaman felt so helpless, and she's the main. My other alts had it much easier. So IDK. This is an overview, if it does feel weak then it does feel weak. Obviously it's not written after playing just shaman, there's a lot of comparison there. We're indeed gutted.
