Testing new 41 point specs on test realm
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ayashiTesting specs on the test realm...
I have MOSTLY played my druid Alaphrei, who is balance specced (51 points, rofl) right now. First impressions... Balance is incredible. Fire spec on my mage is fun, but I don't think I'll really get a good feel for it until I'm grouping with other people. Beast Mastery spec on my hunter is great, but overall I'm kind of bored with her now :( It makes me sad to look at my ranged attack power and see it only reading 1100 or so - it's at least 300 below where it was before :( I've only PvP'd with my hunter, no PvE, so I'm not sure how my pet is at holding aggro or anything yet.
Arenas seem fun. I wrote a little bit about my arena experiences (mostly under the priest section).
With my druid I ONLY did PvE (balance spec). Same with the mage (fire spec). I did ONLY PvP with my hunter (beast mastery) and priest (both shadow and holy spec)
Anyway time to catch the bus and meet Chris for lunch :)
Druid
Granted that I have not tried feral or restoration yet - but balance is incredible!
Moonfire TICKS For 145
Starfire crits for ~1600-1700 and hits normally for ~821.
Wrath hits for ~450 and crits for about 800-900.
Her gear isn't stellar for balance. A lot of it doesn't have any dmg/healing on it or it is only healing: http://ctprofiles.net/4165055 She has 113 +dmg currently, and on test her +dmg (same exact gear) is about 187, which is quite a nice boost. In addition to all the +%dmg talents I have for moonfire, and the +crit talents ^^
But granted I do have all 51 talent points specced into Balance :) I decided that if I couldn't have Reflection, then I wouldn't put any points into Resto XD
(For the record, I would not normally put 51 points in Balance. But I figured, if I can't get Reflection (15% mana regen while casting) then I'll just go all-out into Balance. I might do something like this at level 70. I chose omen of clarity because it is kind of nice to melee in moonkin anyway - you get free mana every hit! (I got about 70-something mana every time I hit something with my staff - my attack power is 200-something.
I found the treants to be fun and powerful, but they have a very short duration and a bit too long of a cooldown to be terribly useful (imo).
It seems that moonkins are oom no more :) I was able to grind successfully on mobs in Winterspring (level 55-58) with no problem. I had to stop and drink every once and a while, but it was pretty rare. I have dreamstate and innervate to thank!
Priest
I played Veela for a bit. There are 2 versions of her on the server - one full shadow and one almost full holy with a little bit of disc. (Alan was playing over there and specced them). I pvp'd a little bit on Shadow Veela, which was really fun although I didn't play very long. I stopped playing early because I was told we were going out to eat - so I /afk'd out of the battlegrounds (and got deserter buff) and theeen I was told we were eating at home. So I logged on Holy Vee and decided to pvp a little...
Granted, Holy Vee isn't a PvP spec... I think disc would be a much better pvp healing spec. So I'll withhold my judgment... I think Holy will be great for PvE (circle of healing is a very interesting spell, I would like to see it at work in a raid, and with more +healing gear than Vee has - I couldn't transfer over Voice because my 4 transfers on that account were used up :X) but I was getting really frustrated with PvP. I just didn't have the survivability I wanted (which I THINK disc could give me) and I died a lot. Granted, part of the problem is 80% of the people on the test realms are all in tier 2/2.5/3, and Veela just didn't have the stamina to put up with it, especially with PUG group members who didn't do a spec of healing or protecting me :( (dumb pallies!) Arena fights look like they'll be really fun though.
One note, while pvping on Veela, I got feared through a door and the warlock/hunter who were fighting had to use their pets to kill me :P that was interesting. Also, it's odd that you can talk to the arena people you are fighting... I ended up usualyl fighting alliance. Right now arenas do have some big flaws though... I often was not put in a full group, or someone would leave, and then the battle would be very unfair... in small pvp the difference of one person is HUGE. But... arenas do look darn fun :)
Hunter
Beast Mastery is fun. I'm sad at Aimed Shot sucking. Still not used to being able to trap in combat. I'd like to write more but I have to catch the bus very soon :P Anyway, my pet was powerful, it was fun, I kicked one shammy's butt over and over :) as BM I don't really have anything to worry about with regards to frost shock, because with The Beast Within, it couldn't slow me down, so I could still wing clip and get range. I was having trouble kiting and stuff because my buttons are in different places (I use the CT bars, not the Blizzard ones).
Mage
I only played my mage for a few minutes and said pretty much all there is to say up above. Seems fun, I'd know better if I could group with her. That's what is fun for my mage anyway :) soloing isn't near as fun as grouping!
I have MOSTLY played my druid Alaphrei, who is balance specced (51 points, rofl) right now. First impressions... Balance is incredible. Fire spec on my mage is fun, but I don't think I'll really get a good feel for it until I'm grouping with other people. Beast Mastery spec on my hunter is great, but overall I'm kind of bored with her now :( It makes me sad to look at my ranged attack power and see it only reading 1100 or so - it's at least 300 below where it was before :( I've only PvP'd with my hunter, no PvE, so I'm not sure how my pet is at holding aggro or anything yet.
Arenas seem fun. I wrote a little bit about my arena experiences (mostly under the priest section).
With my druid I ONLY did PvE (balance spec). Same with the mage (fire spec). I did ONLY PvP with my hunter (beast mastery) and priest (both shadow and holy spec)
Anyway time to catch the bus and meet Chris for lunch :)
Druid
Granted that I have not tried feral or restoration yet - but balance is incredible!
Moonfire TICKS For 145
Starfire crits for ~1600-1700 and hits normally for ~821.
Wrath hits for ~450 and crits for about 800-900.
Her gear isn't stellar for balance. A lot of it doesn't have any dmg/healing on it or it is only healing: http://ctprofiles.net/4165055 She has 113 +dmg currently, and on test her +dmg (same exact gear) is about 187, which is quite a nice boost. In addition to all the +%dmg talents I have for moonfire, and the +crit talents ^^
But granted I do have all 51 talent points specced into Balance :) I decided that if I couldn't have Reflection, then I wouldn't put any points into Resto XD
(For the record, I would not normally put 51 points in Balance. But I figured, if I can't get Reflection (15% mana regen while casting) then I'll just go all-out into Balance. I might do something like this at level 70. I chose omen of clarity because it is kind of nice to melee in moonkin anyway - you get free mana every hit! (I got about 70-something mana every time I hit something with my staff - my attack power is 200-something.
I found the treants to be fun and powerful, but they have a very short duration and a bit too long of a cooldown to be terribly useful (imo).
It seems that moonkins are oom no more :) I was able to grind successfully on mobs in Winterspring (level 55-58) with no problem. I had to stop and drink every once and a while, but it was pretty rare. I have dreamstate and innervate to thank!
Priest
I played Veela for a bit. There are 2 versions of her on the server - one full shadow and one almost full holy with a little bit of disc. (Alan was playing over there and specced them). I pvp'd a little bit on Shadow Veela, which was really fun although I didn't play very long. I stopped playing early because I was told we were going out to eat - so I /afk'd out of the battlegrounds (and got deserter buff) and theeen I was told we were eating at home. So I logged on Holy Vee and decided to pvp a little...
Granted, Holy Vee isn't a PvP spec... I think disc would be a much better pvp healing spec. So I'll withhold my judgment... I think Holy will be great for PvE (circle of healing is a very interesting spell, I would like to see it at work in a raid, and with more +healing gear than Vee has - I couldn't transfer over Voice because my 4 transfers on that account were used up :X) but I was getting really frustrated with PvP. I just didn't have the survivability I wanted (which I THINK disc could give me) and I died a lot. Granted, part of the problem is 80% of the people on the test realms are all in tier 2/2.5/3, and Veela just didn't have the stamina to put up with it, especially with PUG group members who didn't do a spec of healing or protecting me :( (dumb pallies!) Arena fights look like they'll be really fun though.
One note, while pvping on Veela, I got feared through a door and the warlock/hunter who were fighting had to use their pets to kill me :P that was interesting. Also, it's odd that you can talk to the arena people you are fighting... I ended up usualyl fighting alliance. Right now arenas do have some big flaws though... I often was not put in a full group, or someone would leave, and then the battle would be very unfair... in small pvp the difference of one person is HUGE. But... arenas do look darn fun :)
Hunter
Beast Mastery is fun. I'm sad at Aimed Shot sucking. Still not used to being able to trap in combat. I'd like to write more but I have to catch the bus very soon :P Anyway, my pet was powerful, it was fun, I kicked one shammy's butt over and over :) as BM I don't really have anything to worry about with regards to frost shock, because with The Beast Within, it couldn't slow me down, so I could still wing clip and get range. I was having trouble kiting and stuff because my buttons are in different places (I use the CT bars, not the Blizzard ones).
Mage
I only played my mage for a few minutes and said pretty much all there is to say up above. Seems fun, I'd know better if I could group with her. That's what is fun for my mage anyway :) soloing isn't near as fun as grouping!
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Date: 2006-11-27 05:01 pm (UTC)I wish I could've messed with Aerene more, but I didn't have time. I'm kind of nervous about the hunter changes...I mean, I'm sure they're good, but the fact they killed Aimed Shot makes me sad. Don't get me wrong, I don't wanna be one of those people who complains about one little nerf, it's more that I have a sentimental attachment to it. Anyway, if I ever get to actually test the hunter talents I'll let you know how that goes :)
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Date: 2006-11-27 06:33 pm (UTC)I feel the same way about Aimed Shot - and I liked that I was forced to think, at least a little bit, about how I was DPSing. I had to use it at the right time to maximize DPS, blah blah... and then they make Aimed Shot useless and buff Arcane Shot. Yay... an instant :( It's kind of sad...
I haven't tried my warrior much yet (all I did was spec her mostly fury with a tiny bit of arms and tactical mastery in prot) but I'm excited to try a fury build and also a protection one :D (hehe, I'll need to find something to tank!)
(in other completely unrelated news - SPIRE, all versions of it, including the newest, sucks ;_;)
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