GC I don't get your quote here.

#0 - Nov. 8, 2008, 4:31 a.m.

Q u o t e:
This sounds like a potentially scary change because it has a lot of ramifications -- one of the reasons we are mentioning it so early is to get feedback. We don't want Resto shammies to push other healers out of raids.

"We don't want Resto shammies to push other healers out of raids"

Which is exactly what happened the last 1.5 years while doing TBC raid content. Paladins/Druids were given a back seat as Shamans were stacked in raids.

So my question is, Why was it ok for two classes to take a back seat for 1.5 years but now all of a sudden "It's an issue" when shamans won't be stacked anymore?

Ghostcrawler

#4 - Nov. 8, 2008, 8:09 p.m.

It was bad that shamans were being stacked to the exclusion of other healers. There were a number of reasons that happened, and many of the changes we've made in LK were to address those problems. You can't realistically stack Bloodlust anymore, and you don't need to work a shaman into every group for their totems.

It's hard for me to explain why it wasn't addressed before, because honestly I wasn't the one making the call. I am reluctant to bring that up because it sounds like I'm passing the buck, and I'm sure they had good reasons for doing what they did. Maybe it was just that nerfing Bloodlust as raids were learning to fight Kil'jaeden would have felt like a slap in the face at that moment, even if ultimately it would have gotten more classes into those raids. Some of the problems were so systemic to the old buff system that it might not have been an easy fix.

We'll try to do better. That's all I can really offer.