[wow] Mists of pandaria - Page 63

On October 09 2012 10:01 erin[go]bragh wrote:


I actually have to disagree about the homogenization. This would have made sense in TBC- the progression curve took so long and characters demanded so much time to gear, a working/schooling person like myself just couldn't have the time to grind/gear multiple characters. But with stuff like heirlooms, xp boosts, dungeon finder and streamlined questing, it's easier than ever now to have more than one max level character. If I didnt like raid healing in WotLK, I wouldn't roll a druid. And if I wanted to tank heal, it wouldn't take long at all to grind up a pally.

I mained a resto druid and a resto shaman in WotLK and loved them because they played entirely different; my druid was proactive and mathmatical with HoT blanketing, while my shaman was reactive. (Though it eventually became nothing but chain heal spam )

Granted, certain classes are more effected than others. I hated what happened to resto druids in Cata. They decided every healer needed a 1/2/3 punch and while that model fit with pallys and priests, it just wasnt designed for druids at all.

That being said, I do feel like the niches are better now in MoP. I still enjoy playing all my different healers, the talents in particular shake things up a bit. The big offender in MoP however, is now tanks imo. I love the active mitigation model and think its great that tanks are more responsible for their mitigation (<3 my DK) but my prot war and guardian druid play almost exactly the same now. The abilities mirror each other too much for my taste. Shield Slam/Mangle, Frenzied Regen/Shield Barrier, Savage Defense/Shield Block, Heroic Strike/Maul, Thunderclap/Thrash.

For the record though, I'm much happier with how classes play now in MoP than I was in Cata, with the above guardian/prot thing being the only exception for now.

I guess my very long winded point is: it's easier than ever now to have multiple max level characters, and its quicker then ever to gear them up. For that reason, I don't think "we need to make everyone able to do everything so no one's char gets benched" is not a very good excuse anymore. Differences make the game fun! :D Though as I said I'm happy with how MoP is atm.

On October 09 2012 10:01 erin[go]bragh wrote:


I actually have to disagree about the homogenization. This would have made sense in TBC- the progression curve took so long and characters demanded so much time to gear, a working/schooling person like myself just couldn't have the time to grind/gear multiple characters. But with stuff like heirlooms, xp boosts, dungeon finder and streamlined questing, it's easier than ever now to have more than one max level character. If I didnt like raid healing in WotLK, I wouldn't roll a druid. And if I wanted to tank heal, it wouldn't take long at all to grind up a pally.

I mained a resto druid and a resto shaman in WotLK and loved them because they played entirely different; my druid was proactive and mathmatical with HoT blanketing, while my shaman was reactive. (Though it eventually became nothing but chain heal spam )

Granted, certain classes are more effected than others. I hated what happened to resto druids in Cata. They decided every healer needed a 1/2/3 punch and while that model fit with pallys and priests, it just wasnt designed for druids at all.

That being said, I do feel like the niches are better now in MoP. I still enjoy playing all my different healers, the talents in particular shake things up a bit. The big offender in MoP however, is now tanks imo. I love the active mitigation model and think its great that tanks are more responsible for their mitigation (<3 my DK) but my prot war and guardian druid play almost exactly the same now. The abilities mirror each other too much for my taste. Shield Slam/Mangle, Frenzied Regen/Shield Barrier, Savage Defense/Shield Block, Heroic Strike/Maul, Thunderclap/Thrash.

For the record though, I'm much happier with how classes play now in MoP than I was in Cata, with the above guardian/prot thing being the only exception for now.

I guess my very long winded point is: it's easier than ever now to have multiple max level characters, and its quicker then ever to gear them up. For that reason, I don't think "we need to make everyone able to do everything so no one's char gets benched" is not a very good excuse anymore. Differences make the game fun! :D Though as I said I'm happy with how MoP is atm.