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Phaelia Druid in a Bottle

Published on July 13, 2007 by Phaelia
Items and Equipment, Spells and Talents
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MMO-Champion.com and World of Raids have posted images of the new Violet Eye recipes that will be available in patch 2.2. Among the additions is a new Flask recipe:

Flask of Chromatic Wonder
Requires Level 65
Use: Increases resistance to all schools of magic by 35 and all stats by 18 for 2 hrs. Counts as both a Battle and Guardian elixir.  This effect persists through death.

Compare this with the Druid class buff, Gift of the Wild:

Gift of the WildRank 3
1515 Mana40 yd range
Instant cast
Reagents: Wild Quillvine
Gives the Gift of the Wild to the target’s party, increasing armor by 340, all attributes by 14 and all resistances by 25 for 1 hour.

Apparently Blizzard missed the article about how underpowered our class buff is relative to those of other buff-casters and decided to create a Flask that’s essentially a Druid-in-a-bottle, almost perfectly mimicking the stat bonuses afforded by our Gift of the Wild (10 more of each resistance, 4 fewer to each stat, and no armor). Something tells me, however, that the Flask’s resistances will stack with Paladin, Hunter, and Priest resist buffs. Then again, maybe they’re planning to change Mark but wanted to ensure that the buff (as horrible as it is) is still available to players in some form.

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  • Gravatar Anonymous

    New flask has 10 more resistances :P
    besides, armor is all that matters.

    10:29 pm on 7/15/07
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    Oops – corrected. ^_^

    11:39 pm on 7/15/07

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