How to make improved shield wanted by ele

#0 - Aug. 17, 2010, 10:49 p.m.

So in GC's most recent posts regarding shaman, he noted the problems with the lowest tier of the enhancement talent tree: namely that elemental shaman don't feel any need for the improved shield talent, but all elemental shaman are basically required to take it to have a functioning PvP spec or a powerful PvE spec.

So what can blizzard do to make elemental shields a fun/useful tool for elemental shaman?

There are a number of ways to do it, and i know blizzard probably has an abundance of ideas for it, but what sort of idea would you like to see to make shields enjoyable? They have room to make a new useful talent in the elemental tree if they get rid of improved fire nova, which at this point doesn't seem like a sensible talent to exist at all.

Ghostcrawler

#13 - Aug. 18, 2010, 4:27 a.m.

In the next beta build (or the one after that), you will see two important changes to Elemental shaman. First, you will use Lightning Shield (for damage!) instead of Water Shield. Second, you will want to use Earthquake for AE over Fire Nova. These changes, especially the former, will provide Elemental shaman with a bit of an upgrade in the rotation over what you're used to in LK.

I don't want to oversell it, because players have a tendency to imagine herds of glittering ponies when left to their own imaginations, but it should be a fun change.