Saturday, November 1, 2008

All over again

It's really quite amazing how much can happen in just a few short weeks. Nerf after nerf after nerf quite literately. This post is of course in response to the latest post from Blizzard poster (and developer) Ghostcrawler.

I understand that any class redesign as sweeping as what has happened to paladins will require some tweaks but seriously how could they be THIS off with their calculations? It's also interesting to note how quick they are to apply hotfixes to quell the QQ from the community yet Arcane Mages and Balance Druids are still running rampant with very little notice apparently. Why is retribution and paladins in general always under such a harsh light by not only the players but act as the target for rapid nerfs?

So far Ghostcrawler has stated that they don't listen and make class decisions based on player QQ. This is false as all the feedback has come from the QQ of others at this point--not enough time has passed for accurate data at level 80. He has also stated that they LOVE retribution paladins yet every action in the past and in the recent time period has been to the contrary seemingly catering to every other class that plays the game. What's worse is that Holy is STILL vastly underpowered as a healer in any setting PvP or PvE and Protection and Holy is suffering from the damage nerfs on all seals. It's really becoming a challenge to believe anything GC says anymore and this feels like TBC all over again right before release (and classic WoW coming out of open beta furthermore).

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