New Season 4 items sneak out on live realms
by Mike Schramm 
Apr 21st 2008 at 2:31PM
For comparison, these have boosts almost all around from the season 3 items, which is pretty much to be expected. And while the Stamina is clearly much higher than anything we've seen at the higher levels, the actual damage doesn't compare much to even the Tier 6 stuff. PvP gear in season 4 is all about staying alive -- we've seen a few other items leak out already, and it's the same deal on those.
Which is probably as it should be. We should note, also, that this stuff may not actually be done -- although the fact that it's spawnable on the live realms might mean that Blizzard is ready for season 4. I still don't think we'll see it until after the arena tourney, but who knows?
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, PvP, Arena
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Naix Apr 21st 2008 2:47PM
Let me say the arena priest gear 4 piece bonus is total crap. 2 second reduced time on weakened soul effect? What kind of bonus is that?!? Give something like bonus to healing/damage, stronger shield, more mana, POM heal increase by 10%....something better than that crappy 2 second reduced weakened soul effect. Never have I had 2 seconds on my PWS and hoped I could recast PWD then. Please Blizzard re-think this horrible set bonus.
mcclary Apr 21st 2008 2:54PM
I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to shield myself only to see 2 or 3 seconds left on Weakened Soul. Priest are often focused in arena and when our shield gets used up in just a few seconds, the quicker we can get it back up the better.
Maybe they could come up with something better, but its far from being as suck as you make it out to be.
Naix Apr 21st 2008 3:29PM
compare Paladins Gladiator's Redemption to the S1 Priest set. Bonus healing vs reduced time on shield. Yeah I would say the Priest set got the shaft.
This is one of the reasons why I am leveling a Druid to 70. Once I hit 70 I am retiring the useless Priest for good or until they make Priests the top healers they once were.
Out healed by Druids, Paladins, and Shamans. Thanks Blizzard.
Pzychotix Apr 21st 2008 5:06PM
Except Priests are one of the top healers in arenas.
2nd in 2v2 and 3v3, and top in 5v5. The only reason why they're second in 2v2 and 3v3 is because Druids are such allaround healers in those brackets.
Source:
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Sovax Apr 21st 2008 5:25PM
Healing priests are awesome in Arena, you can't blame the class just because you fail at playing it.
Naix Apr 21st 2008 5:55PM
Ok so Priests are in top arena teams still getting beat out by Druids. Does not make the set bonus any better. Team work and how you play makeup for a lot. Just expect to get teamed up on as a priest in arena. At least with a Druid you can stealth/run/heal.
Pzychotix Apr 21st 2008 6:16PM
And Druids have 0.2 seconds off a spell that's never used.
Waaaaaaaah.
Leon Apr 21st 2008 3:15PM
How does that even happen? I thought GMs were pretty much no tolerance on replacing items. Have never heard of them replacing an item that was "accidently deleted". One of my friends got hacked and everything he had was deleted but they wouldnt give him back a single item.
AlmtyBob Apr 21st 2008 3:25PM
It seems like it changes GM to GM and is probably very situational. My friend sharded his T5 shoulders TWICE and got them returned both times. Granted, they told him that it was it and a note was put on his account. I've also had a guildy get hacked and was completely restored short of enchants/gems 4 days later.
Travis Green Apr 21st 2008 3:28PM
I lost an item a few weeks ago due to a bank error. It took them about another week to investigate the issue, but my item was returned. This only thing was, I had to use a limited account restore to get it back.
Brickhaus Apr 21st 2008 4:13PM
Man that looks ugly. It looks just as bad as the new items at the Isle vendor. It looks too busy, too many designs and 'stitches'.
Oh well, at least I can't really see my outfits on my dwarf shadow priest.
Anewkeitaro Apr 22nd 2008 2:08AM
Whoa whoa whoa...
When you try to delete something Grey or greater (read:everything) the game almost makes you sign a contract.
If you were to try to delete an Arena Gear wouldn't it make you type out Delete?
It's hard to accidentally have your cat delete you Season 1 gear now isn't it.
Kly May 1st 2008 9:45PM
Accidental deletion , even with typing DELETE , can happen. I've seen it happen. During the Kael'thas fight , back during Season 2, my guildmates and I wiped , ran back and retried the boss. One DPS warrior who PVP'ed a lot -- Gladiator rank in arenas -- and probably wasn't entirely familiar with the mechanics of Kael's legendary weapons , panicked during the rush during phase2 to loot the sword and figured he'd have the old one still and needed to delete it. In the panic he mistakenly deleted his Merc Glad 2h sword. Stupid move ? yes, possible accidentally? Definitely .
He got back the sword from a GM but lost the enchant.
Yzzie Apr 30th 2008 4:39AM
Naix learn to play before you start whining about a class. That 2 second reduction on weakened soul saves both shadow and holy priests all the time. Yes holy priests can out heal you, but with PI up you can get them OOM in about 10 seconds if they dont know how to LoS, and believe it or not a pala without mana is not much use. Druid? yes they are OP and thats not gonna change, but they are just as easy to burn and kill. Finally you wouldnt f***in believe how many warriors\rogues\mage\warlocks get pissed off at priests because they simply wont die in any arena! be in 2v2 or 5v5 priests will outlast any other class
Yzzie Apr 30th 2008 4:40AM
i meant holy paladins at the very begining**
Toramino Jun 6th 2008 4:13PM
all i have to say is that if that's the S4 priest set....it looks really lame and i'm disappointed... but personally i like the set bonus, pw:shield is REALLY nice to have and when you're in bg or arena getting hit by S3/S4 players you're gunna want that shield up