CoverItLive Q&A: Class Design & Balance Transcript
by
Zarhym
Nov 9, 2011 12:25 PM PST
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- Cataclysm
- Mists of Pandaria
Hosts: Community Managers Bashiok and Zarhym
Panelists: Class Designers Celestalon, Ghostcrawler, Koraa, Watcher, Wradyx, and Xelnath
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Dath'Remar
Thrall
Stormrage
Blackrock
Blackrock
Velen
Emerald Dream
Then you can take bows/guns/crossbows and give them the stats of a 2 handed weapon or slightly better. Yes this is still a slight nerf to hunters but my main is a rogue....I've been nerfed since well...ALWAYS. There have been maybe 4 patches that have buffed us in any notable way. but I don't !@#$% I love my class, for the good and the bad.
anyway I hope my suggestion makes sense and I feel like it would really help this whole debacle. And hunters, you have to admit you guys get to need roll EVERYTHING pertaining to agi...it wont kill you to lose a primary weapon slot if the buff the bows themselves and take em away from rogues/warriors.
Spinebreaker
1. If you're not Affliction you can forget about being commonly accepted in PvP.
2. If you're satisfied with being the lowbie in DPS in dungeons, without being geared a lot higher than the others, you've picked the right class.
3. It's impossible to solo higher level/elite mobs with new leveling Warlocks that I used to solo when I was leveling this one up.
4. Making a new look for Soul Harvest didn't enhance game play one bit and shouldn't be considered a "buff".
5. With interrupts and stuns it's almost impossible to defeat a melee player in PvP 1v1. Even if you do everything right, they have to do something wrong. Basically, you throw some DoTs and Fel Flame, while not interrupted/stunned, then stand there and die. Channeling is not an option. Even Death Coil rarely seems to have its fear option work. Maybe someone can shed some light on this? Look, I don't consider myself a good PvP player with 'Locks since I never really got into it for these reasons but what do you do when all your "nukes" are denied?
Elune
Imagine if it WAS still like in vanilla or BC or whatever.
People could go up one tree and 1/2 way up another.What would be the whole point of talent trees then?They gotta separate the talents more and more too keep from just eliminating the entire point of these "trees".
Turalyon
Turalyon
Blood Furnace
Mal'Ganis
Gul'dan
Malfurion
Gul'dan
Bleeding Hollow
Barthilas
Blood Furnace
Stormrage
Dalvengyr
Velen
agree..
Mal'Ganis
Tichondrius
Ghostlands
Kirin Tor
Velen
Vashj
Durotan
Farstriders
Darkspear
Azuremyst
Uldaman
Argent Dawn
The problem with cata is not enough endgame content. Instead you are worried about class balance. You can't balance classes because there are individuals playing these toons and some are better then others.
Durotan
Earthen Ring
Kalecgos
Duskwood
I apologize now for the !@#$%iness but, I'm sorry there's nothing better than getting a killing blow with Raptor Strike, in PVP.
You guys should REALLY consider bringing back the old combat hunters, they were nice and balanced.
(Side note...) Bone shield for all DK classes! Just have it do something different for each presence they are in. Like for Frost Presence- Damage boost, or maybe infects the attacking target with frost fever. For Unholy- Put a 15% movement speed increase (Don't let the glyph stack or maybe let it, who knows) . In Blood Pressence- the regular 20% damage mitigation. I'm sorry, I want to tank outside the blood tree, I MISS tanking outside the blood tree, and if you were to bring bone shield back to all three, you would be able to tank outside the blood tree. I've tested out frost the frost tree extensively while in blood presence, I didn't lose any threat and did some damned good damage.
Durotan
Kalecgos