TalonBot
09-12-2010, 03:14 PM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2010/09/drinking.jpg
Every Sunday, Chase Christian (http://www.wow.com/bloggers/chase-christian/) of The Light and How to Swing It (http://www.wow.com/category/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it/) invites you to discuss the finer side of the paladin class: the holy specialization. This week, we examine the changes in the latest beta patch.
If you read my post last week (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/05/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-why-is-the-mana-gone/#continued), then you're familiar with the pretty serious nerfs to our mana regeneration that came with the previous build of the Cataclysm beta (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1954-Cataclysm-Beta-Build-12857-%28Codename-Ninja%29). Apparently Blizzard was only halfway done, and they released build 12942 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1964-Cataclysm-Beta-Build-12942-(Codename-Fluffy)) on Thursday with even more cuts to our already-weak mana regeneration situation. Our last powerful tool to restore mana, Seal of Insight (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=20165)(the old Seal of Wisdom (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=20166)) was changed to only restore 4% of our base mana, instead of 4% of our maximum mana.
While I was already upset from reading that my vision of a melee-centric holy paladin was coming apart, I then saw that Holy Shock's base healing (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=20473#comments) was also nerfed by 30%. While Holy Shock was definitely powerful, it wasn't a spammable heal and you still needed to use the other heals in your toolbox to keep everyone alive. We had already lost Sacred Shield (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=53601) and the Infusion of Light HoT (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=53576), and our proactive healing is now purely based on our mastery bonus (http://www.wow.com/2010/08/01/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-valanyr-effect/). We need strong reactive healing to counter our lack of HoTs, and so nerfing Holy Shock just didn't make sense.Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: The latest casualty in the mana war (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/)
Filed under: Paladin (http://www.wow.com/category/paladin/), (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It (http://www.wow.com/category/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it/)
The Light and How to Swing It: The latest casualty in the mana war (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/) | Email this (http://www.wow.com/forward/19629853/) | Comments (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/#comments)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/0/di (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/1/di (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/1/da)
More... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WowInsider/~3/p95my4TLzzQ/)
Every Sunday, Chase Christian (http://www.wow.com/bloggers/chase-christian/) of The Light and How to Swing It (http://www.wow.com/category/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it/) invites you to discuss the finer side of the paladin class: the holy specialization. This week, we examine the changes in the latest beta patch.
If you read my post last week (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/05/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-why-is-the-mana-gone/#continued), then you're familiar with the pretty serious nerfs to our mana regeneration that came with the previous build of the Cataclysm beta (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1954-Cataclysm-Beta-Build-12857-%28Codename-Ninja%29). Apparently Blizzard was only halfway done, and they released build 12942 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1964-Cataclysm-Beta-Build-12942-(Codename-Fluffy)) on Thursday with even more cuts to our already-weak mana regeneration situation. Our last powerful tool to restore mana, Seal of Insight (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=20165)(the old Seal of Wisdom (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=20166)) was changed to only restore 4% of our base mana, instead of 4% of our maximum mana.
While I was already upset from reading that my vision of a melee-centric holy paladin was coming apart, I then saw that Holy Shock's base healing (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=20473#comments) was also nerfed by 30%. While Holy Shock was definitely powerful, it wasn't a spammable heal and you still needed to use the other heals in your toolbox to keep everyone alive. We had already lost Sacred Shield (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=53601) and the Infusion of Light HoT (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=53576), and our proactive healing is now purely based on our mastery bonus (http://www.wow.com/2010/08/01/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-valanyr-effect/). We need strong reactive healing to counter our lack of HoTs, and so nerfing Holy Shock just didn't make sense.Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: The latest casualty in the mana war (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/)
Filed under: Paladin (http://www.wow.com/category/paladin/), (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It (http://www.wow.com/category/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it/)
The Light and How to Swing It: The latest casualty in the mana war (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/) | Email this (http://www.wow.com/forward/19629853/) | Comments (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-latest-casualty-in-the-mana-w/#comments)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/0/di (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/1/di (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HebIMQJqevBIKNUsJ9Zpi6A_4-k/1/da)
More... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WowInsider/~3/p95my4TLzzQ/)