Mystery buff incoming for priests! [Update 2]
by Elizabeth Harper 
Feb 26th 2007 at 9:39PM
Yep, a mystery buff -- doesn't that sound exciting? We have no idea what it is, because the CMs don't have the go-ahead to tell us yet, but Nethaera claims it's "a positive change." And though she's trying not to overplay it, there are a lot of hopes riding on it being something good. Nethaera hopes to have more information for us on Tuesday -- but until then, it's speculation run wild! Do any of you have predictions for the priest's mystery buff?Update: Nethaera is currently telling us that we may get news tomorrow, Wednesday the 28th. Sorry to get everyone's hopes up, but hopefully we'll have some official news soon.
Update 2: I believe we have the final word on improvements for priests this patch via Nethaera.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
iamdexx Feb 26th 2007 9:56PM
Something along the lines or mp or hp regen? That could be very cool....
StormC Feb 26th 2007 10:05PM
If it was any Dysrc or someone else, Im more intend to belive but its Netharea. Not to be disrespectful, but i dont really belive her
Jacckk Feb 26th 2007 10:06PM
We already have Stam, Armor, Spirit. What possibly could they add as a buff? Screw the buff, just don't touch our VE/PoM.
Jamus Feb 26th 2007 10:22PM
A movement/speed buff would rock. That "Aspect of the Cheatah" has me spoiled rotten...
Arashikou Feb 26th 2007 10:25PM
Now, see - I took that to mean that they were BUFFING some aspect of priests, presumably to make up for the nerfs on the PTRs right now.
Now I'm confused - Are they giving priest a bufffing spell or are they buffing the priests themselves?
chaladar Feb 26th 2007 10:39PM
You got my vote on HP regen :D
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Lostmimic Feb 26th 2007 11:00PM
@2.
Dysrc was the original person to post this, the post was removed.
This is a joke, they wont give us anything that will make up for 8 months of nerfs.
I got tired of posting on the forums, even haha funny threads were removed
Bland Feb 26th 2007 11:17PM
Maybe they are going to increase the amount healed by normal healing spells? Everyone's HP has gone through the roof since BC came out and my puny heals can't keep up! It takes me 2 Greater Heals just to fully heal myself!
hkedi Feb 26th 2007 11:56PM
color me skeptical. Blizz CS has been deleting threads like crazy all afternoon, Including the ones that #7 is talking about. There were long posts (now probably deleted) about how the blues have little/zero credibility now in the priest forums due to the fact that level headed posts over the past two years got nothing. Untill I see some real changes IN THE GAME, I'm levelling my pally.
Collin Feb 27th 2007 12:14AM
I'm at least 80% positive that it's a "summon dev" spell... it will summon a Dev avatar that you can /spit or /hug depending on your mood.
Sporkle Feb 27th 2007 1:22PM
"Untill I see some real changes IN THE GAME, I'm levelling my pally."
Good luck with that paying-for-a-broken-product idea.
Loxon Feb 27th 2007 2:34AM
Three words...
Improved Elune's Grace.
chimera Feb 27th 2007 3:11AM
It's probably some very minor tweak. However all priests know we have utterly stupid and useless 31 and 41 pt talents that could use a full replacement for something that makes sense :)
papawapa Feb 27th 2007 3:24AM
Fear ward for everyone!
Mark Feb 27th 2007 4:51AM
The thing is that no quickly-implemented buff is likely to affect the psychology of the priest class players right now. For whatever reasons, deserved or not, most of the priests I know now, including myself, are dissatisfied. Even a moderately powerful buff will not make the majority of priests *feel* better about their class.
Junzim Feb 27th 2007 5:13AM
Dare I hope for Champions?
BigFreak Feb 27th 2007 5:18AM
If I was going to guess, by what we actually need (lol...) I'd say either a way of regenerating mana (a la invocation) or a way of away (a la blink/sprint/etc). Though...as if it's going to be something useful.
BaboonNL Feb 27th 2007 7:03AM
Make Flash Heal at least worth a spot on our skillbar again?
Pre-TBC I used Greater Heal on the tank, Flash Heal on the casters that pulled aggro for a second.
Now Flash Heal only heals like 20% on mages.
Not to mention the warlocks with 10k HP.
Gitr Feb 27th 2007 7:18AM
I would like to see it either be Fear Ward or (dreaming) a "If you touch me, you will die and the entire party will be healed to 100%."
Hopefully it's the latter.
Tigraine Feb 27th 2007 8:01AM
I really hope they do something good for the priest that will not get him totally unbalanced in PvP.
Completely off topic:
Where in the hell are the Ladder Sites? Didn't Blizz announce that there will be Ladders etc available after the Launch of the Arena Season?