Quitting the game tonight, no more...

#0 - Aug. 9, 2007, 11:50 p.m.
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I know nobody cares, nobody gives a damn, the 12 year old alt posters will flame, but maybe Blizzard should pay attention to what I got to say. First of all, as a closed beta participant since april 2004, vivid bug reporter and glitch finder in the beta, aswell as a content tester and raided every instance in the original World of Warcraft and killed KelThuzad, reported numerous of bugs maybe my word should have some validness, and now that I am permanently quitting, my opinion can possibly be seen as somewhat objective. I have played the following classes at highlevel : Warrior, Mage, Rogue, Shaman and somewhat Druid.

Enough about that. Now to the reason why I'm quitting. DoTs. Yup. Damage over Time spells. Warlocks and Shadowpriest combined are probably the hugest pile of overpowered bollocks i have seen in my entire life of MMO-gaming, and that is a huge _huge_ list. When two classes combined can burst through 14560 (buffed) hitpoints within a few seconds even with a healer on my back and purely with DoT's while finishing me off with some SW:Death / Shadowburn combo, the mechanics are terribly broken. I have recieved a DoT for 925 damage(this one in WSG with the priest having beserking), 880 damage(corruption), 790(mindflay) damage while hitting the target with my weapon (check armory) and about 2250 attack power for 700 damage and critting for measly 1100-1350 with a 3.80 speed on my swings... Also i just get a unstable affliction on me to make sure dispelling is out of the question, get like 6-7 dots from both sides and they tick me down like Arcanepower mages used to gib bluegeared warriors with beserking at level 60....

I have so many words, but I just dont know how to formulate it to a constructive thread and it will just end up as whine, as it already is. I really don't care how Blizzard decides to handle this case anymore, but me who has backed them up on tons of other forums from bad critique, been their loyal fan and customer ever since the original Diablo game, I just honestly feel screwed over in what they are allowing and the way they allow the FOTM combos to dominate. They are allowing certain classes to enjoy the game while others are left behind as ugly stepchildren. Shadowpriest + Warlock in 3on3 with some random healer, doesnt even need a healer honestly with the damage they provide to everyone with instacast spells is just.... unbelievable. I will end my thread with some screenshots just to back up my previous facts.

Thanks a lot Blizzard, really love the way you have handled most of your situations previously and now this one. If you think the resilience change will change anything, you are only fooling yourselves. It will help warlocks and shadowpriests more than it does them harm.

One more fact: My 3on3 team had nearly 2000 rating. We dropped down due to Shadowpriest / Warlock combos dominating us and there aint a damn thing we can do about it.

/rant over

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Screens :

Screen 1; some random dots :
http://i10.tinypic.com/4oqir60.jpg

Screen 2; the infamous 41/41/41 specc does really exist :
http://i11.tinypic.com/6at7jaa.jpg
#370 - Aug. 13, 2007, 10:23 a.m.
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This thread turned into a nasty flamefest, hence the lock.