Upcoming Shadowlands Beta Druid Changes - Convoke the Spirits, Adaptive Swarm, Runecarve 3

Beta Posted 2020/07/27 at 2:21 PM by perculia

Shadowlands

Blizzard

Some assorted minor changes in an upcoming build, just noting here:

–Convoke the Spirits can be channeled while moving, in all forms.

–Adaptive Swarm (damage swarm) will try to favor targets that have Moonfire or Rip active. It will not, however, merge/stack two swarms together if it can avoid it. The healing swarm was already pretty smart and there are no further changes to it right now.

–Bloodtalons: trigger changed from “use Shred, Rake, and Thrash” to “use any 3 different generators”. Continuing on from a lot of feedback on this, the goal is to make it more flexible, and cause fewer rotation clashes, while still requiring a moment of planning to trigger.

–Runecarve currently called Circle of Life and Death on beta (DoT/HoT tick rate): this was incomplete/ambiguous in the last build, but we are trying a version that compresses both tick rates and durations, taking from old abilities like Jagged Wounds and Glyph of Rapid Rejuvenation. That should be in and working next build for testing.

Comment by RedronThey actually listening feedback? Noway.Comment by SeganoIt actually depresses me how much blue post attention this one class gets. Is it not enough they already have broken abilities like instant flight form that let's them bypass parts of the game and 4 specs? Just delete Feral and let them have ranged/tank/healer spec.Comment by walrockIm not a druid or rogue player but I have to agree that it is kinda outrageous that we already had 3 or more druid feedback blueposts while there have been zero changes/blueposts for rogues.Comment by CornerStoreDIt's cool and fun when class changes go up and everyone rushes to complain about their classComment by MarmiMaybe it's time for a change, Ferals and Rogues swap Roles, now rogues will be the scuffed meele class that noone plays :)

I should prob start thinking of what class to reroll to, if it continues like this Rogues will get all their changes during live and that will suck.
Picking Covenant/Legendaries only to buff something else and be behind schedule for a month :/

#FeelsRogueManComment by UmberenPlease for the love of the Sunwell, quit pulling other classes into this. This is for Druids gents. Rogues, we will have our time. It's the Druid's turn right now so take a seat and relax.Comment by arisynlol have you been playing WoW at all for the last 6 years? Class design has been $%^& ever since MoP with a few exceptionsComment by TheRedRoguePlease for the love of the Sunwell, quit pulling other classes into this. This is for Druids gents. Rogues, we will have our time. It's the Druid's turn right now so take a seat and relax.Comment by GrimoraGood to see some feedback.
As for those complaining about Rogues- just wait.
Their time will come.Comment by xeravAdaptive Swarm is awesome but they should change it from Dispel Type Magic to Disease imo.Comment by SeganoThey really need to just put Druids back to what they were originally and cut out a spec. 4 specs to keep balanced is just causing them to invest 3 specs worth of time on 4 specs. Remove Feral and give all 3 specs the ability to use cat as melee DPS. BOOM! Problem solved.Comment by HuneioConvoke the spirits while moving is gonna feel good man.

Still super attracted by adaptative swarm though, but i don't want to AFK 2 years inside a tomb with some green lights :-/Comment by JerhomieI’m confused about Blood Talons. If it’s any three combo generator and it takes a minimum of 3 to get full combo points depending on crits, wouldn’t this basically mean every finisher should be buffed rather passively? Or are we going to be so energy starved that we have to pool a bit before we start generating combo points to make it in the 5 second window? It just feels like with such leeway that you’re not actively doing much different to maintain Blood Talons so at that point why not make it a passive buff to your finishers? (I’m not actually suggesting they do this, I like the Blood Talons concept.)Comment by grenadier001Honestly, I am less concerned about Feral than I am about Guardian, it's still the most basic and least effective Tank that suffers dramatically in the lack of buttons and magic resistance department.

Comparing Guardians to literally every other tank, even DH and it just feels weak.Comment by Veegore“use any 3 different generators” - so use rake, shred and thrash to trigger blood talons. wow big change.Comment by LameOneI’m confused about Blood Talons. If it’s any three combo generator and it takes a minimum of 3 to get full combo points depending on crits, wouldn’t this basically mean every finisher should be buffed rather passively? Or are we going to be so energy starved that we have to pool a bit before we start generating combo points to make it in the 5 second window? It just feels like with such leeway that you’re not actively doing much different to maintain Blood Talons so at that point why not make it a passive buff to your finishers? (I’m not actually suggesting they do this, I like the Blood Talons concept.)Comment by cordell9clearly people that are complaining about the attention of this class weren't around for World of Druidcraft.

This class has always been the "teachers pet" It basically is the core class that the game was built around.
However, in the beginning druids were jack of all trades master of none. They were ok at all 3 roles. Then people complained about balance so they made them competitive with all 3 roles. Thereby negating other classes.

If you cant beat em join em

With the current XP bonuses, its actually really easy to level a class right now. Druids are very fun to play due to the versatility and they are good at everything.Comment by 1412075This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by MibbIt actually depresses me how much blue post attention this one class gets. Is it not enough they already have broken abilities like instant flight form that let's them bypass parts of the game and 4 specs? Just delete Feral and let them have ranged/tank/healer spec.Comment by Lionhearte0Im not a druid or rogue player but I have to agree that it is kinda outrageous that we already had 3 or more druid feedback blueposts while there have been zero changes/blueposts for rogues.