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06-10-2009, 07:21 AM
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The first answer post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17730193271&sid=1) from the class Q&A series (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/29/blizz-wants-your-class-questions/) is up! 6:30 PM on a Tuesday night is not exactly when I expected this to drop, but I'm not complaining, and neither are most shamans, I expect. 4,400 words from the devs answering the community's questions is always nice. I've summarized the major points below; my summary may seem long, but it is only 20% of the original post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17730193271&sid=1).
As of Wrath, the goal is for all three Shaman trees to be viable in end-game raiding, and for Shaman DPS to be not necessarily quite as high as pure classes, but close; the goal is that "no raid worth its salt would turn down" any shaman out of concerns that the class is underpowered.
They do think Shamans are a bit underpowered in PvP, especially smaller Arenas, and view that as a problem. They mention particularly wanting to improve Shaman performance on 2v2s.
Continue reading Class Q&A: Shaman questions answered (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/10/class-qanda-shaman-questions-answered/)
Filed under: Shaman (http://www.wow.com/category/shaman/), News items (http://www.wow.com/category/news-items/)
Class Q&A: Shaman questions answered (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/10/class-qanda-shaman-questions-answered/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The first answer post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17730193271&sid=1) from the class Q&A series (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/29/blizz-wants-your-class-questions/) is up! 6:30 PM on a Tuesday night is not exactly when I expected this to drop, but I'm not complaining, and neither are most shamans, I expect. 4,400 words from the devs answering the community's questions is always nice. I've summarized the major points below; my summary may seem long, but it is only 20% of the original post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17730193271&sid=1).
As of Wrath, the goal is for all three Shaman trees to be viable in end-game raiding, and for Shaman DPS to be not necessarily quite as high as pure classes, but close; the goal is that "no raid worth its salt would turn down" any shaman out of concerns that the class is underpowered.
They do think Shamans are a bit underpowered in PvP, especially smaller Arenas, and view that as a problem. They mention particularly wanting to improve Shaman performance on 2v2s.
Continue reading Class Q&A: Shaman questions answered (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/10/class-qanda-shaman-questions-answered/)
Filed under: Shaman (http://www.wow.com/category/shaman/), News items (http://www.wow.com/category/news-items/)
Class Q&A: Shaman questions answered (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/10/class-qanda-shaman-questions-answered/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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