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searing totem and lava lash
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for the love of azeroth unlink them please!!!!
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Short answer: No.
Long answer: This would be a bad idea. Personally, I love the synergy between Lava Lash and Searing Totem. If you unlink them, you make searing totem useless -which we don't need-, and you give us a free OP ability? Considering you probably want to remove Searing flames also and give Lava Lash all the damage alone? No way. I love that the two work together, what I dislike is how they work together. Maybe make Searing Flames stack on you, like every ~1 second you get one stack of Searing Flames on you -kinda like the Arcane Blast debuff- and you can use it whenever you want. That'd be great. But no, don't unlink them completely. |
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as long as the ai on searing is flat stupid, they can't be reliant in its current form.
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Short answer: No. Not one shaman I have ever seen asking for flames/LL to be unlinked has suggested making lava lash that powerful baseline. We have always asked for the ability to be linked to flametongue. PVP guys have asked for a way to link it to frostbrand. The ramp is there for a reason. It works well. What doesn't work is having to drop the totem several times to get it on your target. Less issue in pve than pvp, but still an issue on both sides. I always say it, ask rogues or paladins to tie combo points/holy power to a 5hp stick in the ground with a 20 yard range and see what they say... |
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Edited by Bullettime on 2/16/12 4:52 PM (PST)
They could easily link the ability to Flametongue Weapon. This would also make it easier to ramp back up after a target swap by bypassing crappy totem AI.
The existing Searing Flames/LL is essentially Shaman combo points tied to a stump. Making them easier to use would give no straight DPS benefit but a big QoL boost. |
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I hate the searing totem mechanic.
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I hate the searing totem mechanic. Its a cool concept yes. It works most of the time but currently I'm working on Heroic spine and I wanna smash my hand through my computer because I can not get that stupid totem to attack my target with so many flame shocks going out. Being connected to my hardest hitting ability really gets me raging. Even on regular fights I need to begin the encounter before I drop it so It attacks immediately. In Pvp I am rarely able to get a 5 stack of searing on anyone. It's not working. This is the #2 thing I wish was fixed next to haste. This is where I wouldn't have a problem with more homogenization. If we could apply stacks like ret paladins that would be great. Please fix it blizz. |
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Don't even have an 85 shammy, but it sucks!! |
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Edited by Movement on 2/17/12 5:49 PM (PST)
On spine, I hadn't had much time to try it but when I throw searing down as the amalgamation casting nuke blast thing it will, for some reason, assist on the tendon. Funny thing is, I literally watched my searing totem switch back and forth between the amalgamation and burning bloods even though I had SS and FS on the amalgamation. |
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Searing totem and FE totem are some of the worst mechanics in the game and should be fixed for MoP. If they are unable to be fixed then scrap them. Its not fun having a vital mechanic of your class be completely unreliable and broken.
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Consistently seeing my searing totem attack mobs in DS without flame shock OR stormstrike on them, with both on another.
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I'll try that. I need all the help I can get. I can get stacks going on amalgamations pretty well but it always needs baby sitting. The tendon though oh man I can't get it to attack it. Some one told me earlier that maybe to try and drop my totem in the back , something to do with los. If anyone else has any good pointers I would appreciate it. Pretty much last on tendon damage is not cool.
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Totally agree. on dragon soul i'm having some bad problems with that totem. When i summon it, and attack something.... like ultraxion after the totem is already placed, the totem doesn't attack. On a multiple unit fight, like those 2 adds on blackhorn, I hit one add, my totem hits the another one. Unlinking lava lash and that totem would be too problematic, but i think they should allow us to control who the totem is attacking and when to switch targets. |
Totally agree with that idea. They should do a talent where Enh's Flametongue Weapon apply those stacks, but by doing that, we lose the searing totem. Losing it shouldn't be a bad idea, since we could use a fire totem to buff instead. |
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Edited by Stormspellz on 2/18/12 10:17 AM (PST)
bump
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Bumping with the word bump is a good way to get a temp ban btw. Just letting you know. Happens all the time in guild recruitment forums and other forums.
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