Comments on: Notable Changes in Patch 2.4.3

By: Phaelia

Phaelia — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:15:24 +0000

@Cailh: Haha … good point!

By: Cailh

Cailh — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:12:23 +0000

“Taking the Druid flight path from Moonglade will no longer dispel buffs.”

Those flights take so danged long you probably just assumed that the buffs had expired on their own…

By: Phaelia

Phaelia — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:50:01 +0000

@Sydera: That’s a trick question, right? The answer is you should adjust your healing to whatever % is necessary for the Regrowth idol to be your idol of choice!

@Gelaende: Mr. Phae thinks that the 30-39 WSG bracket is likely a major reason they decided to give everyone mounts at 30. Apparently Cheetah Form is a big deal in that bracket. ^_^

@Donjo: I never reaslized it could become insta-cast. That’s really cool. I wonder why more Shamans don’t have it.

@Jimmy: I agree!

@Solidstate: I actually included that in my original summary but couldn’t think of a pithy enough comment. >.<

@Luke: I don’t dispute that Travel Form isn’t better than Ghost Wolf. I just think that Druids should be better at travelling than Shamans. I have no issue with them moving Ghost Wolf up another 10 levels, I just thought that having the ability to move faster sooner than everyone else was supposed to be a core perk of the class (though I suppose it’s far less relevant now with the level cap).

@Meanderingmind: No, I’m afraid we’d have to attribute THAT decision to another more controlled substance. LOL

By: MeanderingMind

MeanderingMind — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:37:29 +0000

I swear Druids are the most tooltip-maligned class. Our class developer must be the office drunk.

That would explain Moonkin.

*rimshot*

By: luke

luke — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:55:28 +0000

travel form, even at 30, has advantages over ghost wolf.

-GW needs 2 points in a second-tier talent in enhancement (ie at least 7 points in eh) in order to be instant cast
-GW does not provide immunity to polymorph, nor does it break polymorph or snares
-GW is dispellable

if travel form was moved to 30, GW would have to be given some of its advantages in order to compensate. breaking snares would be huge. shaman everywhere would cry tears of joy for something like that.

By: Solidstate

Solidstate — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:04:32 +0000

That’s a great list of important changes, but you forgot one of the best: “Zoning into an instance on a PvE realm will now drop your PvP flag”.

No more pvp-infected raid or 5-man party on PvE realms, yey!

Solidstates last blog post..patch 2.4.3

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:49:49 +0000

I think Shaman’s ghost wolf should be moved down to level ten since now they only have 10 levels to play with it compared to the previous 20

By: Donjio

Donjio — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:47:23 +0000

@Phae
Shamans can get instant ghost wolf… they have a 2 point talent in the 2nd tier of Enhancement that reduces the cast time to instant.

By: gelaende

gelaende — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:39:51 +0000

Aww no more bragging to 30s about our super speed. I wish I found out about that mount lvl requirement change earlier since I just bought my first mount on my alt not too long ago.

Why should a tree need to cast Barkskin? It sounds like something a tree would have naturally…

I never noticed that Moonglade glitch either, and I go there a lot. Did it dispel all buffs everytime or was there just a chance it would occur?

And who would buy 2 extra bag slots for 1200g?

By: Sydera

Sydera — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:22:44 +0000

I am quite saddened at the loss of idol swapping. It may not have made a big difference, but I liked it! Now Phae, you must tell me whether I need to have Idol of the Emerald Queen or Idol of the Crescent Goddess on. What should my regrowth % be before I switch to regrowth idol?