Posts with tag class complaints

In this earlier post, I highlighted a frustrated druid player who wrote a very extensive list of issues with the druid class. It covered PvE & PvP problems for Balance, Feral and Restoration specs. Tharfor, a Blizzard Europe Community Manager, has created a summary of that very lengthy document.

From that summary, here are the questions he is going to take to the devs:

*Will druids ever be able to gain benefit from melee 'buffs' such as windfury or weapon procs?

*Are there any plans to re-evaluate the scaling and itemisation so that druids (of all specs) have their own loot upgrades to chase rather than stealing other classes' loot?

*Constantly shifting roles takes its toll on the druids mana pool, are there any plans to adjust the costs/penalties to make shapeshifting 'easier' and more viable in longer battles?

*Can the restoration tree be looked at so that druids are able to be dedicated, and useful, healers whilst still having the ability to play the game alone outside of raid situations?

*Can the balance tree have more burst DPS options to remove the tediousness of the current slow and steady output of damage?

His full summary after the jump.

A frustrated druid player on the European WoW Forums, Synneth, composed a lengthy, druid class complaint thread. She clearly stated the problems for druids in both PvE and PvP for all specs and backed up her assertions with examples. She did not flame, accuse or demand. She simply made a well-informed argument backed by facts.

And she got a blue response. She got many blue responses. Admittedly, it's not devs who responded, it was Community Managers. But those blues are the ones who take player concerns to the devs. They couldn't guarantee a dev response, but they did promise to take her concerns to them.

So take note, those of your who feel your class is broken and your complaints are falling on deaf ears: a calm, strong argument supported by facts may be the quickest route for change. Now would be a great time to get the attention of the devs as they plan new abilities and talents for the expansion as well as itemizing the new zones.

Since Synneth did not provide a synopsis of her extensive post, I'll be summarizing it in Tuesday's druid class column, Shifting Perspectives, as well as analyzing her points about PvE play.