All bitching aside we need to point out AS A GROUP that the T16 4set compared to T15 in all aspects is not worth it and rets will not be upgrading tier from such a large dps drop.
Let's just call it what it is; insulting. That is easily one of the most useless bonuses I have seen to date.
I have yet to be able to rationalize why our sub class is treated the way that it is during these modifications. There were whole expansion patches where Ret Paladins were collectively sat out until another patch or quick fix was released because we could not put out effective numbers as compared to Warriors and Death Knights.
If a Blizzard Dev does come in here then let him or her read this:
If you guys are just that damn pissy about Retribution Paladins, then just eliminate the sub class or revamp it altogether from whole cloth. But stop playing games with the class as it is. Either make us comparable to the other plate wearing dps classes or just scrap it.
Okay. Rant over. Condone, condemn, or ignore at your pleasure, folks.
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Okay...I posted my above comment before I read your comment.
I concur. I won't delete my post though because it does speak my heart and mind on the subject.
I'm not going to rage-quit the game or anything so illogical. But at the same time; I am a consumer and I do reserve the right to complain about a product (or in this case a service) that I feel is not providing me due value for my dollar.
Do you guys delay your 2nd GoAK by a minute to line up with 3rd AW? Or do you just use it right away when it comes out CD?
i think its a little sad how people think that this new t16 4 set is just "the worst ever" and comparing it to t15's 4 set is down right laughable considering its pretty much one of THE strongest tier sets they have put in the game. you have to remember, these patch notes JUST came out, they already KNOW that DS by itself is somewhat weak and we have no idea if they are changing DS or not. Lets also not forget how silly it looks when all during cata and early in this expansion people were crying "give us back old DS for single target!!" so before we get ahead of ourselves, its not the end of the world.
As far as the rest of the changes go, they look pretty nice, i tested some of the stuff on the ptr, like the fear and its down right diabolical how we can fear those pesky locks and Spriests that have tormented us with their fears for years.
TLDR: PTR is not final, for all we know everything introduced can be scraped. just have a lil fun with it and contribute without screaming the sky is falling!
EDIT: yes, fears for years is a rhyme, one that if the fear stays will be our new motto for RBGs and arena
I'm usually one to complain if people take patch note numbers like they are final tuning, but Reghame that post is simply unrealistic.
This isn't a numbers complaint. This is a mechanics complaint. If DS doesn't generate holy power, or if it's not off the GCD, it will be our last priority.There is no magical change that will fix that. They could buff it to 75%, 80%, higher of the strength of TV (totally unrealistic) and it would be true. I'd like to know the fix you think might happen to Divine Storm that would change our predictions for the bonus.
I know it's easy to read this thread and think "Oh I'm going to make fun of all the rets who are crying the sky is falling," and be that guy who's not on the bandwagon, and make some super cute comparisons to Wrath. But if your content is wrong, then sorry, you are still wrong. This bonus is not exciting. It doesn't look good, and no magic change to DS will fix that.
Not unless they change how the bonus works-- for example making it grant holy power, or simply supercharging a single DS, or taking it off the GCD.
its true that it will be last in priority, but you also forget about one talent that most seem to just scoff at, which is divine purpose. having this new 4 set also means more TVs as well and if im not mistaken DP already starts to push its little self ahead of SW once we obtain a certain threshold of wpn damage.
Also, considering some of the resent posts have been oh QQ it does less damage that CS in damage ill never even press DS ever is what im reffering to, its not as bad as people think and under the right circumstances is even a dps increase to what we have now. not only that but if it was an issue with being fun or not why would so many have paladins been crying to use it in single targets for quite a while up until now.
all im saying is, as before, the PTR JUST landed, complaining about it is not what you do, you put in feedback about it. for example, i find it a little counter productive to use AOE in single target. instead, we have that ability sucks, its a trash tier set blizzard sucks etc etc.
Also, i have tested a lil bit on the ptr some more, i did 30 some dummy tests and found our current t15 and the t16 to be equal or favoring the t16 one in damage, although this is chuck full of errors such as gems being 100% inactive on gear and it is a small sample pool, i dont think the tier set is THAT bad, i can be fun though for AOE ill tell you that much, the tier set is SUPER good on aoe, DP + 4 set = spam DS still everything is dead. (note it would seem if you have DP + the 4 set active and you DS, it will consume BOTH procs. not sure if its a bug but that sort of diminishes its value.)
I feel like I am walking into a trap, but I will respond. How in the world would speccing DP and getting more procs and fillers help this set bonus be better? The problem with the set bonus is that DS is a last priority spell, so we believe we will use it only in filler GCDs. More empty GCDs would mean more room to use the proc. Less empty GCDs equals less room to use the proc. DP provides more TV's = more GCDs are used up, with less room for the bonus proc.... logic, how does it work?
If you think the set bonus is fun on a dummy then that's fine, that's your opinion. I personally love that they are taking DS and doing something interesting with it, and I love that this is a proccy set bonus instead of +dmg. I admit it, I want the bonus to be something like this. But you can't be like "well I sat on a target dummy and I think that T15 and T16 are the same strength!!!!!!!1111" and then expect us to believe that you have better data about the strength of the bonus than some pretty freaking simple logic. You can say you like how it works and that's fine, but that is a pretty different statement than "this is a strong bonus."
It's also very possible to be both unhappy and constructive. If you think this thread is all "that ability sucks, its a trash tier set blizzard sucks etc etc." then you have simply not been reading, or you've been picking out only the posts that you want to dislike. There is a lot of QQ, but that doesn't make all of it useless. This post is my favorite:
Yeah. This is exactly what we should do.
Last edited by Anafielle; 2013-06-14 at 05:39 AM.
i think revo went to sleep already, but as of like 3 hours ago if you get a 4pce proc and DP proc at the same time, using up the 4pce proc eats the DP........ also there was something else that seemed super buggy but i can't remember it at the moment ill ask him when he's around tomorrow
So.
4set = DP for DS only?
Haven't looked in detail on T16 encounters but if this "sort" of 4set bonus is what devs want to stick on rets for T16 our aoe should be godly... if targets are in a 8yard aoe, like always.
Still don't like set bonuses being dependent on RNG... breaks the whole idea of being able to balance something...
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i really cant understand why they dont make that 4set work like DP , cant really understand who had that terrible idea to make set-bonuses be good only for 1 type of damage and not both (single+aoe) on the same scale.
Making that 4set just work like DP seems the simplest solution if they dont want to scrap it completely.
So something like this...
"Holy Power consumers have a 25% chance to make your next ability that consumes HP free" ...as simple as that and let us decide if it is gonna be TV,DS or even WOG.