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Classes
Are encounters still designed *without* dual-spec in mind, as it was once claimed ? (Think 1-tank fights)
Yes, but during that time we've also seen the community shift from thinking a 10% dps delta is unacceptable to a 5% or 1%. (Source)

I feel as though your team has lost touch. You have nerfed my class every patch since MoP release. How fun do you think thatis
Probably not fun for you. That's understandable. Probably more fun for the players trying to compete with an OP class though. (Source)

Any chance on sticking to, "Bring the player and not the class" in regards to Mass Dispel?
What do you need Mass Dispel for that normal dispels can't solve? Not every 10 has a priest.... (Source)

Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
You completly destroyed Rdruid again with 30% healing reduction. We are now unplayable again, congratz...
How would a global healing debuff make one healer weaker than others? (Source)

I'd like to add to this, whats with the Resto druid nerfs when we are the only healing class yet to receive love
We have a crazy idea for mushrooms that we're working on. Too soon to know if it's a keeper. (Source)
Can you give us a hinty hint hint with what you are gonna do with Wild Mushroom: Bloom? Pretty please? *puppy dog eyes*
Love to, but we've learned to be cautious since some players can't differentiate work in progress vs. broken promises. (Source)

Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
no quivers in 5.2? cmon man this can't last as long
We removed quivers years ago. I'm not understanding the expectation that they will soon be coming back... (Source)

'Bestial Wrath may now be activated when there is no line of sight to the Hunter's pet.' it's a joke' ?
No joke. What's the issue? (Source)

Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
is the Frostjaw PvE bug known? it only lasts 4 seconds on all targets. #mildlyirritating
It does DR even in PvE. Do you never see it at 8? (Source)

what you think about mages situation? fire nerfed due to very high dps and now arcane doing crazy damage http://t.co/wSV44dVI
Compare individual fights (esp. all and not top 100) and they are pretty close on most fights. Some like Elegon throw #s off. (Source)

Greg, that is an incredibly ignorant thing to say. It also allows for movement, procs missiles, and does damage.
All that is also true, but the recent AB + Scorch "rotation" isn't super compelling and cheats Arcane's mana management. (Source)
Then stop redesigning arcane every expansion, forcing us to find the best way to play every time.
The goal hasn't changed. Arcane should manage mana. But the spec isn't fun when at just AB spam. We correct that when it occurs. (Source)
Lots of respect for the challenges your team faces. Seemed like scorch weaving was a fun mistake? Why not harness it?
Can you explain why you thought it was fun? It just seems like a way to get around Arcane's intended mana management. (Source)

Spam might be too strong a word don't you think ? :P
Probably. The design intent was still that Scorch is supposed to be about movement, not Arcane mana-savings. (Source)
mate dont just ignore the mage twitts .. without a silence & without a stun how are you suppose to be able to pvp ?
You'll have to use Counterspell to actually counter a spell. Blanket silences were on many PvP players' hit lists. (Source)
Is it fair to compare a silence to disarms? If one is too good, what about the other? If disarms fair, then silence fair?
Potentially, but players were complaining much more about silences. (Source)

Could you please explain what your aim is with the mage nerfs? It seems you just hate people playing arcane and want them to
Many mages saying right now we hate Fire and want you to play Arcane. Really, we're just trying to let you play what you like. (Source)
In all honesty, I'm feeling like we need a complete revamp. I don't see what direction you guys want Mages to be in for MoP.
We really like the mechanics of all 3 mages now. Most of the changed we've made are just damage adjustments. (Source)

Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
is there any talk about fixing monk tanking? from what i see no high end guilds are running monk tanks. They seem squishy.
I know of several. It probably requires a decent skill cap to play well though. Probably not for everyone. (Source)

Unsure if this is your department or not, are there any intentions to make Monk fist weapons show in combat?
We would like to, but there are some technical limitations. (Source)

Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Hey GC, could you explain the reasoning behind the ProtPal nerf to self healing?
HotR heal was degenerate vs. large #s. But we didn't want it to be a nerf on e.g. Stone Guard, so we might just buff SoI. (Source)
yeah i would like to know as well because battle healer was nice to have as ret and now its useless for raids
The change should not have affected Battle Healer, only Seal of Insight. (Source)

Interesting monk changes. I really think giving rets Divine Purpose baseline for them would help em a lot. Also no enh buffs;(
We heard from Rets before who didn't like the unpredictable play style of DP so we thought it made sense as a talent. (Source)

Retribution paladins bust is high but sustain damage is low compared to other classes, any chance on a buff on sustain dps?
This is common feedback, but not sure how to fix. Wings to 10% or a 5 min timer? Ick? (Source)

Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
please, pass huge regards to the art department for the priest T15 set. Looks amazing.
After so many sets, it impresses the hell out of us that they keep coming up with great new looks. (Source)

If Shadow is ALWAYS the superior DPS spec by at least 20% I'm OK with Holy DPS being alright, just not better.
Right. A Shadow priest should never consider going Holy to increase their DPS. (Source)

Given 250% Rapture(PTR) and 20k Spirit means Disc Priests gain free 13k mp5. There is no other healer class that comes close.
The 200% Rapture was only broken with bonus Spirit from stuff like procs. Why will 250% be worse? (Source)

Holy Priests' Chakra: Chastise being a viable DPS spec: Intended? Plans to fix? Maybe even a Spriest single target buff also?
It's not supposed to be a DPS spec the way Shadow is. We were probably too generous with Mind Sear. (Source)
While HolyDPS AoE is edging out Shadow AoE for now, single-target DPS between the two is competitive. Thoughts?
All the people comparing Holy to Shadow seem to be ignoring the fact that Holy is also beating a lot of non-priest DPS specs. (Source)

I really hope you address priest talents and streamline their glyphs. Spriests need double dispel in pvp for lack of utility
Disagree. We predict Shadow is going to be the new spec everyone complains about in PvP with all these other changes. (Source)
if you predict everyone will be complaining about Shadow, are you also implying that the buffs are too much?
I just meant there are no real nerfs for them in 5.2 yet and we suspect they're flying under the radar at the moment. (Source)

Holy priests are down at 5% of hc 25 total healingspots. Do you feel that is ok?
No, but we think it's because they all went Disc. We see Spirit Shell PoH spam in Raid Finder these days. (Source)

Divine Star just doesn't feel as fun as the alternatives, strong or not.
See, I actually find it fun. The others you can just use on cooldown without much thought as to best use. (Source)

maybe wrong, but wasn't the lateral healing along the path reduced from 6 to 3 yds? negates some of the buff
We're trying to distinguish it from the other heals. Sometimes Halo is better sometimes Divine Star is. (Source)

Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
"Sub" *may* be low!! LOLOL. Out to lunch man. truly, you are.
Have you tried it? Sub can do really comparable numbers, but many PvE rogues are Mut / Combat so there are 100x less Sub parses. (Source)

GC my friend, im trying to understand the Blade Fury nerf. Is it to get us rogues to play other specs on aoe fights more?
Yes. Combat had just become "swap on cleave fights only." A cleave advantage is fine, but it was too far off. (Source)
The problem is that BF was Combat's only "reliable" AoE. FoK and CT just do pitiful numbers for Combat.
They may need a better AE mechanic for larger groups. (Source)

Do you think the lack of distinction/identity in rogue specs is a problem? If so, would we not see a fix/revamp till 6.0?
Possibly. We want to see what the warlock revamp does to lock popularity. Risk is always alienating players who like their dude. (Source)

Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
New Level 75 Ability: Storm, Earth and Fire - shouldnt it be more shaman talent ? and is there plan to remake totem talents?
Check out the abilities that the Pandaren brewmaster had in Warcraft 3. (Source)

Enhancement Shaman are having troubles in pvp. Two silences chained together or a stun into a silence negates our abilities.
We think Enhance is in a good place in PvP, and the new patch brings some stun and silence nerfs as well. (Source)

Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
you say affliction is too high yet arcane is simming far higher? Bias much, also nerfing afflic will kill4 pvp
Simming is good for gear or rotation choices. It is generally not good at stack ranking dps. (Source)

would you guys consider baking the stamina buff into Dark Intent? It sucks to have to pull a bad pet just to buff the raid.
Do you mean you use another pet or you just always Sac them all? Neither is an ideal design. (Source)

New Blood Fear is awful, no one in their right mind will take it. And seriously why nerf destro dps? It's already crap
BF competes with def talents and needs to be defensive. Sac competes with other demon talents and can't be the only choice. (Source)

Did you miss the fact that most warlocks don't use pets, and those that do don't use Imps?!
Warlocks are supposed to use pets and all pets are supposed to be viable. That's the problem, not Blood Pact. (Source)

Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Think UH mostly hindered by mechanical over-pretzeling & Arms by being on very rigid treadmill rotationally.
Yeah, we would agree with both of those statements. Neither is just a raw numbers problem. (Source)

Do you worry Prot War Rage is way too consistent/predictable — sort of removing the identity of the Rage resource for Prot?
It was less predictable during beta, but we received a lot of negative feedback until it evolved to where it is now. (Source)

Prot warriors have at least 2 strong DPS glyphs. With tight enrage timers, these are mandatory. Isn't this against your goals?
It's challenging with tanks, because control and survivability glyphs would be considered more mandatory. The design space is tiny. (Source)

What about warrior/feral PvP burst ? You dont have plans to fix that ? You can remove Skull Banner form PvP ...
TfB, Heroic Leap and Sockwave were nerfed for warriors. Some burst is okay, and we think the Feral issue was the Cyclones. (Source)

With 2nd wind going 3% ->2% , will it no longer be affected by battle fatigue?
Potentially. We made the Second Wind nerf before the Battle Fatigue hotfix. (Source)

Can u confirm that second wind will no more be affected by Battle Fadigue?
All heals, even %s, are affected by Battle Fatigue. If that makes Second Wind too weak, we can adjust, but on live it feels OP. (Source)

any reasons about Shield Barrier nerf in the 5.2 patch notes?
Just trying to keep the balance between block and barrier even. Barrier risked becoming the only button. (Source)

Reason for Death From Above glyph nerf? Possible to make it apply only to damage against players/partially inactive in PVP?
Heroic Leap is already a powerful ability and the glyph makes it even more useful. The high damage on it just felt gratuitous. (Source)