Cataclysm Class Changes: Discipline and holy priest analysis

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4-08-2010 @ 8:16PM

Hivetyrant said...

When GC said they were looking at changing the ui, I assumed it would be something like a glow affect around the screen borders like some add-on's do.

That, I could live with, and you could probably turn it off too.

As for the Chakra, I think it's a great idea. Even casting 3 prayers of healing in a row.
Does anyone know what the encounters are going to be like in Cata? doubt it, there may be situations, especially with all the changes, and especially especiall since we don't know what the buff's will be, where it is warranted.

I remember 2 Naxx fights where I pretty much just spammed prayer of healing, a situation like that would be perfect.

To summ up, I don't see a problem with them adding a buff to something that players may or may not use often, rather than not including a buff to a spell or group of spells that players may or may not use.

4-08-2010 @ 8:52PM

Tom said...

I imagined the same sort of thing regarding a "UI".

Really, though, we know so little about "UI" in this case that it's silly to be getting excited or anxious about it. Calling for it to be scrapped before you know anything about it is premature.

4-09-2010 @ 1:07AM

Sidfish said...

I know it's still early but the bit about Chakra and casting three PoH's in row makes me nervous. They keep driving home the point that mana will matter and yet they include PoH as an example for this mechanic, a spell so costly you wouldn't spam it even with our current {"infinite"} mana pools. The devs contradicting themselves right out of the gate does not bode well if you ask me.
In fact this whole paradigm shift towards mana efficiency makes me nervous. I'm not so sure slightly increasing granularity and putting the oom monkey on the healers back will make things more fun.

4-09-2010 @ 1:39AM

Kaorael said...

I was thinking more of an UI element like the DK's runes, with three bullets under the priest's health and mana bars that light up in different colors depending on the spells cast (like green for Renew, blue for GH, and yellow for PoH).

4-09-2010 @ 1:53AM

Hydden said...

I use spam PoH alone in the final phase of the Trial of the Champion Black Knight fight, as well as for the ghosts leading up to the Keeper of Souls boss in the Forge of Souls. Easiest counter to infrequent yet significant group damage when the party is mixed between melee and ranged (i.e. PoM wouldn't help, and CoH doesn't have the range).

Back on the point of the article, I view the Inner Will & Leap of Faith spells as addressing quality of life issues. I can imagine using Inner Will when I don't need big heals (spellpower), and want to run around spamming Renew and PoM... it screams "use me for highly mobile fights", and it's not like it's required - just that it makes it easier. Life Grip is the same - stupid DPS players are stupid, and I can't recall a Brann Bronzebeard fight in Halls of Stone where I didn't get sick of spamming heals on the person standing in the red lazers... yanking them out would reduce my stress levels significantly and allow me to put my GCDs to other better uses. To hell with what the other players think about whether I use it or not.

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