Tides of Vengeance Community Opinions: Class Changes and State of Enhancement Shaman

PTR Posted 2018/11/23 at 2:38 PM by Squishei

Please remember that these are opinions. You may not agree with the opinions stated in this article and you are welcome to your own opinion to the state of the class and spec. Please feel free to leave any feedback regarding this type of article in the comments.

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Wowhead 19th March 2018

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Wowhead 23rd July 2018

Reddit Megathreads 17th Oct 2018

Maelstrom and ability interaction is still undercooked

Talents do little to spice up a fairly by the numbers rotation

Lack of a defined niche or specialty both in damage profile and raid desirability

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Comment by coldwinter18Buff Restoration Shamans a bit more plz! Or lower the other top 3 healers so we can have balance between us! :OComment by kaleestrazaI don't really play shaman, but I feel for yall. This is just horrible, I don't know what Blizzard thinks they are doing just letting an entire subset of players rot on the vine like this.Comment by orionaegis7The changes people have been waiting 6 months for... drumroll please!

...nada

Extremely Disappointing.Comment by GrengarmEverything about classes in BfA has been a massive disappointment. 8.1 fixed absolutely nothing about the core issues of any spec.

I have very little desire to play WoW with classes in this state. It has nothing to do with balance, and everything to do with mechanics and feel.Comment by RingmasterRyanThey really need to recheck the talent tiers and their available options as well as azurite traits.

These two ways of advancing gameplay and skills per class are really hindering almost every spec.... I feel like this is something that could be easily fixed, too. Ugh.Comment by RakattackI'm dumb and don't really play shaman, can anybody help me understand this "-43% damage aura" thing? I don't get what is even meant by "damage aura," and when I try to look it up, I'm just finding references to shaman-specific WeakAuras setups. Thanks in advance if you can help.Comment by zequillIs there a lot of spec that use more then 1 set of talent in something as specific as raiding?

When you read other class issue, you have a clear idea what their issues is. When I read shaman complaint, it's a lots of word but nothing solid. All I get is there was tone of feedback in alpha, beta, 8.0, 8.1. You know, the classic "I don't know either so i'm sending you search for something that don't exist".Comment by Ardensolis1Want to give Blizzard a message they can't ignore? Don't play your shaman.Comment by PicabooWhen does wow plan on making ferals viable ? Feral is so terrible rn right next to enhancement.Comment by nikolaivelikovvIt's a total disgrace how unprepared and how unpolished classes in BFA are. It has been what, 4 months since launch, and yet they still don't do anything to sort out the issues with classes. The only thing they do is buff the dmg or reduce it, get it through your thick skulls, NOT EVERYTHING IS TUNED WITH DAMAGE. It's a shame so many people cannot play their beloved classes, just because someone doesn't know how to do their job properly.Comment by cleric670Blizzard sure knows how to demoralize their player base.Comment by Slayer1520I'm dumb and don't really play shaman, can anybody help me understand this "-43% damage aura" thing? I don't get what is even meant by "damage aura," and when I try to look it up, I'm just finding references to shaman-specific WeakAuras setups. Thanks in advance if you can help.Comment by kodora1316I’ve been playing my enchance troll shammy since burning crusade (off spec resto, never got into ele). I’ve never been less impressed with this spec.Comment by AdairecMaybe I'm missing something. Not saying that the class doesn't need fixes or work since you almost never see it in m+. The thing is, I've seen both enhance and ele wreck (17k ST ilvl370ish) when they have been brought along.

Is it that it just isn't fun because or procs or similar in this iteration? It isn't the only class that needs love but this seems to be the most fervernt community.Comment by EeshenWhy does ANYONE expect good things from Blizzard? They constantly disappoint when it comes to class balance, often leaving classes broken for long periods of time (SP, Locks) while leaving others, super overpowered (rogues, fire mages).
And when they do decide to help any of the under-powered specs, they throw them a morsel, which doesnt even come close to fixing the class.

Then on top of it all they keep pruning everything !Comment by heartless8604Meanwhile Protection Warriors still are the most unplayable spec in game and not a damn thing is being done about it.

I've stopped playing wow, and probably for good this time. Activision is just destroying everything.Comment by CrusadyrSeriously Blizzard. Properly fix MM hunters.
No I don't want to play BM, I never rolled a hunter to play BM. I've been MM for years.
You guys ripped the spec to shreds at the end of Legion and still haven't fixed it properly.
We have the worst 100 row in the game.
You changed us from needing to fish for certain azerite armor pieces that stack the same traits in 8.0 to needing to stack new azerite armor traits in 8.1.
Then you nerfed the azerite traits that we needed to stack in 8.1.
You said multiple times "we don't want you to feel like you need to stack certain traits to be good at your class" then completely throw that idea out the window with MM.
We have the most obnoxious cleave/AoE in the game.
It doesn't activate unless you hit 3 enemies and it only spreads up to 5 enemies.
That's absolutely a joke.
The only class in the game that is limited to the amount of adds it can cleave on. And a 2 fight cleave fight you might as well just pick a target and single target cause there isn't even a way to 2 target cleave.
If you are going to keep this terrible design for MM then you need to do a proper numbers pass. There is no reason I should be 3-5k damage per second behind Survival and BM and constantly the bottom tier dps of all the classes.Comment by AlmigraBuff Restoration Shamans a bit more plz! Or lower the other top 3 healers so we can have balance between us! :OComment by ExtremetiesTank changes are lackluster at best. Guardian Druids, Prot Wars, Veng DH's all scream for help but have received hardly anything at all. What the *!@# Blizzard, What the $%^&.Comment by ZarateIt has nothing to do with balance, and everything to do with mechanics and feel.

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