Paladin Tier 17 Preview, Warlords of Draenor Alpha Official Notes Update

[Ulminia]

is it me or does the paladin set look like the destroyer from thor?

[Coronius]

dem warlock changes

[Teebone]

is it me or does the paladin set look like the destroyer from thor?

I thought t16 hunter fit that description better...

[Flutterguy]

It's like we're getting the tier 4 before it was old and kinda crappy. I like it.

[calmestchaos]

Love how Warlocks have so little changes, not even worth the mention in class summaries.......seriously though, is a warlock tank so bad? i mean with changes to tanks in general, i almost feel it wouldn't be as huge a leap as it would have been last expansion. ;P

[Deleted]

No more haste breakpoints and no more snapshotting with dots... !
As a shadowpriest I'm so happy about these changes. 8D

[Twilight Cultist]

Armor: I got two words for ya... From scratch!™

Changes... I thought that's how dots worked already. The new Mage cooldown... wtf? Shouldn't that be on a class that actually heals?

My monk is getting nerfed in the speed department, but instead of having a button to press every GCD I now get to let my auto-attacks do more damage while I pool energy. Like a rogue. Or a feral. *sigh* Whatever.

If it looks like bullshit, smells like bullshit and sounds like bullshit, it can't be bullshit. Too obvious.

Nope, dots snapshot your buffs. That is what Affliction Warlocks' gameplay is centered around. Getting as many buffs as possible and reapplying your dots so they are hella strong and even when your buffs fall off, your dots are still buffed until you reapply them.

[Lothaeryn]

That tier 17 seriously looks sick, and that's on an old human model. It'll look even better on updated models. I'm surprised, though. From the icon, I figured the waistband part would be 3D, too. Not only the buckle and loincloth thing. Or might that still be the case, and you just didn't find a way to fix that yet?

I really hope its only the buckle, i hated the Wrestler belt models for every damn belt after ICC, the lack of a band makes it look unique and fitting to the theme of the set, and gives it more practicality as an actual belt.

[Zetman64]

Finally they made a cool looking Teir set for the paladins which looks amazing cant wait to start raiding to get this gear for my paladin tank

[Moradim]

is it me, or is this basically a rework of the old power rangers tier set?

[Elegant]

is it me, or is this basically a rework of the old power rangers tier set?

So what if it is? It's rebuilt from the ground up (higher resolution would prove that). I really hope those that complain (not saying you are) understand that in order to consider this a rehash/waste of time is to consider the new character models the same. If you consider those a waste please leave.

[Deleted]

Nvm..... my bad!I

[Apollet]

I haven't been fabulous since 2008. Will I be getting my healthy pink glow back?

[Winterstrife]

Looks pretty awesome, I'm digging the looks even though there is a hint of reminiscence of T4. Probably looks waaaay better on a Draenei.

[MrKnubbles]

You know, I actually like this Pally set. The pink version is reminiscent of Tier 4. I feel like too many sets have been released that don't feel like a Paladin set. This one fits the theme perfectly.

[Dastreus]

No one's going to mention that this change to DK parry and Rune Regen is a bad idea? Blood DKs are going to have to choose between having haste so their rune regeneration isn't shit and they can keep blood shield up, or crit, so they don't have little to no parry. This sounds awful.

[Mooshelle]

Dam pallies get the fugliest gear

[Deleted]

Tier 17 = Tier 4 on steroids.

[Deleted]

Stoked. That tier set looks great, really, REALLY pleased with the art direction for this expansion so far

[majesta]

I really dislike the direction class designs have headed the last few expansions.

They really should just merge classes into the following: Tank, Healer, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS.

Tank Skills: Hey Boss Look at Me, Your Mama is so..., Oh Shit!
Healer Skills: Mash Heal Tank, Boss Vomited on Raid Heal, Dumb Ass Raider Standing in Fire Heal
Melee DPS Skills: Stab, Stabby Stab, Stabby Stab McStabs A Lot
Ranged DPS Skills: Magic Missile, Bigger Magic Missile, Even Bigger Magic Missile

There is one raid buff that happens and is automatically applied to the raid group upon creation called: Super Awesome and it makes all the raiders sparkle as they do stuff.

In all seriousness, I feel talents are pointless and the class specs do feel very blurred. The idea of different player talent type classes started to die in WotLK. Elemental mages etc...