Spriests OP on PTR?

[Deleted]

I would like to hear from pallys and hunters and dks: on the PTR, are you hiding out in bushes when shadow priests are passing by? Do they own you and melt your faces and put you into fear or horror all of the time? Is that really the case?
How afraid are you people on the PTR? Are shadow priests the new overpowered class in pvp?

Because I read in the blues that shadow priests are being nerfed, and I thought there must be a reason why they need it. Inform me please, I would like to know more.

[Nezoia]

Anyone know what the OP is on about? Must been some heavy stuff you're smoking man, pass it around please.

[Abandon]

I hear Blizzard has a pretty good supplier, if the new cooldown on Psychic Horror is anything to go on. Or the fact that they gave Improved Scorch an extra benefit to the caster, but Winter's Chill gives you nothing despite costing the same amount of talent points but being three tiers further down.

[AetherMcLoud]

Anyone know what the OP is on about? Must been some heavy stuff you're smoking man, pass it around please.

Psychic horror got nerfed from 1min CD to 2min CD.

Why nerf something before it even goes life? Because SPs were OP on PTR? That is the question. And I can say, no they were not fucking OP, they (we) need more buffs to make up for the loss of blackout and the old psychic horror.

[Deleted]

I don't understand why they moved this post, it was not aimed for priests really and I doubt that pallys, hunters or dks read the priest forum at any time. Priests themselves aren't the best people to answer if other classes are afraid and think we're overpowered on PTR =) I thought it would be suitable in general discussions because most classes read in that forum and probably people who have chars on PTR.
However, I didn't get many replies the short moment it actually was there and I guess it speaks for itselves. If shadow priests were in any way considered OP then lots of people would say so and complain about it, don't you think?

[Deleted]

Anyone know what the OP is on about? Must been some heavy stuff you're smoking man, pass it around please.

*pass the cup of tea to you*
No but really, I just wanted information why they nerfed psychic horror. I got some information in another thread here in the priest forum but it really doesn't make much sense. Nerfs should be done if something is considered too good, and I wonder if that was the case on the PTR, that other classes and especially pallys, dks and hunters thought that shadow priests were that much of a threat that the nerf was needed.

[fibre]

lol, I suspect that the dev-tester responsible for testing the spriest is a far superior player than his coworkers. So he's always beating the snot out of them, and the shadow-priest gets unnecessarily nerfed for it = )

[Unholyground]

lol, I suspect that the dev-tester responsible for testing the spriest is a far superior player than his coworkers. So he's always beating the snot out of them, and the shadow-priest gets unnecessarily nerfed for it = )

This, I do it all the time in Halo when my team gets split up and they all get pissed cause they get Pwned.

[Nezoia]

Less tea, more reading blues then:

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/1586...planation.html

[AetherMcLoud]

Less tea, more reading blues then:

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/1586...planation.html

We were worried about the short cooldown in combination with Psychic Horror not sharing the Psychic Scream diminishing returns. We imagined every fight starting with the priest just chain CC-ing someone.

The only thing I can say about the bolded sentence is:

[Dominada]

We imagined every fight starting with the priest just chain CC-ing someone.

LOL like stun, interupt, blind repeat -Rogue
Sheep, Counterspell, Sheep -Mage
Fear, Deathcoil, Fear -Warlock
Charge, Fear, Intercept -Warrior
Earth shock, hex, earth shock -Shaman

I could go on, but most classes have several CC abilities they can chain together to win a fight. Priest really does not. I think the cast time on Mind Control and the fact that it also CCs the priest in the process removes them from the group of classes with multiple CCs.

[sirpn5]

All I can say is that I'm glad I quit playing a priest sometime ago.

[Abandon]

There is only CC chain I can think of would be if you fully DoT up someone, fear them, Horror them to stop them running and then Mind Control them so that they cannot have the DoTs dispelled while they tick down. Which is going to actually work one in 100 times, like MCing someone off them lumber mill. I bet it will be satisfying when it does though.

[ItachiZaku]

The only chain we really have is vs casters - Psychic Scream/Arcane Torrent/Silence. Good mages will Trinket the Scream and IB the silence though.

Melee it is fairly pointless. Bubble lasts 1 hit (half a hit) and then dispersion buff was really a lolwut as we can't do anything while in out shadow ball anyways.

I don't see us getting anything in way of a real buff for pvp.

[Abandon]

Well, we still have -15% magical damage.

[Deleted]

Less tea, more reading blues then:

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/1586...planation.html

Yes, but I'm just wondering if that is something that actually is the case on PTR and even so: is it considered too OP?
And from info of today they seem to wanting to decrease the use of chain cc in game, and if that is true we will see major nerfs to other classes or will we really? Cause considering priests being on top of chain cc because of a 1 min cooldown instead of 2 min seems kind of silly, no?

[Serengir]

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/1586...planation.html

Lol, now that was one shitty explanation. Thanks GC, thanks again.