Elemental buffed
by Eliah Hecht 
Nov 9th 2007 at 7:50PM
Hello, saga of Shamans in patch 2.3! We haven't had a post about you in, oh...a day or so. Time for an update, don't you think? And this one ought to be pleasant to most of you readers. But first, a recap.- Blizz promised buffs for Elemental DPS in 2.3.
- It turned out to be a nerf on the PTR (for anyone over +200 damage).
- Shamans got very upset.
- ???
- Blizz realized they'd made a mistake, and buffed Elemental DPS!
- <1100 +damage: slight buff to DPS (as compared to 2.2)
- 1100-1200: no change
- >1220: slight nerf
Filed under: Shaman, Patches, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joey Jun 30th 2008 2:02AM
rogues need a nerf...
locks shouldnt be alowed 10k+...
resto druids need to have a penalty for changing forms...
hutners are not op
elemental shamans need a buff
and wtf blizzard make paladins...more...idk...EXCITING????????
ihategnomes Nov 9th 2007 8:00PM
um what class is ever pleased. its never enough. hunters get buffed, they want more. paladins get buffed, they want more. mages get buffed, they want more. nothing is never enough in the world of whinecraft. heading to the shaman forums now and fully expect to see, yeah guess thats good but now we need all these other things. one of these days one of the CM's will snap on the forums lol.
Cmo4Ever Nov 9th 2007 8:14PM
They did, his name was Tseric.
Great_Skeeve Nov 9th 2007 8:33PM
I'm fine with rogue DPS as it stands :D
ihategnomes Nov 9th 2007 8:27PM
ya ok lol...i just read something about that whilst going through the shaman forums. something about 'pulling a Tseric'. i must find out what happened lol.
and, following up my previous post, I'm happy to find out I was completely wrong. the ele shaman population seems to have exploded with epic glee, all at once. I've been so disgusted and whatnot with the wow population lately, the bar was pretty low as far as predicting their reaction.
Fraufrau Nov 9th 2007 9:15PM
it is a great acknowledgment to all those players who went to the PTR, did good research and testing, kudos to you guys and low twos to the CMs and Blizz devs for taking nearly 6 weeks to admit they were wrong.
SIX WEEKS!?!?
Totally pathetic, not to mention the lack of communication and discussion the CMs had with the community. It was like night and day switching between the EU forums and the US forums.
Drysc, Neth and Eyonix have a lot to learn from their European counterparts on Community Management.
WatcherZero Nov 9th 2007 9:22PM
This is a buff to 1-70 elemental Shamans and arena shamans who avg 800-900dmg, It is however a nerf to raiding shamans who can hit as high as 1500 dmg fully buffed.
Dprice Nov 9th 2007 9:39PM
Fraufrau said: Drysc, Neth and Eyonix have a lot to learn from their European counterparts on Community Management.
So does the American community from the European one.
robodex Nov 9th 2007 11:13PM
Not knowing much about how damage coefficients work, how does a 5-6% higher coefficient equal less DPS over a certain amount of spelldamage?
I play a rogue, so I'm used to things scaling somewhat linearly, so the whole concept of a DPS nerf after a certain number kinda confuses me.
robodex Nov 9th 2007 11:14PM
Nevermind about my previous comment, I see what he means.
Onipono Nov 10th 2007 12:50PM
In response to Number 5. Why did it matter if this change took 6 weeks? It's going to be changed before it ever did any damage from anyone on a live realm. We should just be happy they acknowledged it during their PTR testing.
Baluki Nov 10th 2007 12:37AM
Finally. I bet they add the spell coefficient to the Lightning Mastery talent. Let it be known that I've been saying this since day 1, in case I'm right. :)
Now that this issue is fixed, I'm happy with the patch.
Let's see some totem system improvements in 2.4 now.
Zaringu Nov 10th 2007 12:58PM
Ok, with the new patch I'd like to keep natures swiftness but remain a viable healer and dps in pvp mostly but instances if necessary. With the dps significantly down for those of us who never invested in lightning overload, who has any opinion on this build?
Elemental Talents - 40 point(s)
# Convection - rank 5/5
# Concussion - rank 5/5
# Elemental Focus - rank 1/1
# Reverberation - rank 4/5
# Call of Thunder - rank 5/5
# Eye of the Storm - rank 3/3
# Storm Reach - rank 2/2
# Elemental Fury - rank 1/1
# Elemental Precision - rank 3/3
# Lightning Mastery - rank 5/5
# Elemental Mastery - rank 1/1
# Lightning Overload - rank 5/5
Restoration Talents - 21 point(s)
# Improved Healing Wave - rank 5/5
# Tidal Focus - rank 5/5
# Healing Focus - rank 5/5
# Tidal Mastery - rank 5/5
# Nature's Swiftness - rank 1/1
kaffeine Nov 10th 2007 5:56PM
@6 at 1500 its a 0.5% nerf. and thats not even considering when you put in shocks and CL into your spell rotation considering the mana efficacy buffs
maxz Nov 11th 2007 6:29PM
Yes! This is great news, I was really upset about the nerf and now im really glad lol