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Legion - Druid Tier 19
The latest Legion build added Druid Tier 19 sets!





Elemental Shaman Artifact Intro
Elemental Shaman will finally run into Li Li and Chen again!



Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Classes
Somewhat concerned that you're hitting tank AM instead of healer passives like Beacon of Light.
Passive healing is a huge contributor to the problem as well, and we plan to shift their healing to be more direct. (WarcraftDevs)

Can you clarify "more survivability than a non-tank [...] don’t necessarily need to be [...] more sturdy."
Currently tanks are up to 50x as sturdy as a non-tank. We don't think there needs to be that stark of a difference. (WarcraftDevs)

Was really hoping we'd move more towards mop style tanking, i.e. good tanks are self sufficient with passive heals
That ends up taking gameplay away from healers. It’s possible to have good tanks be better, and for healers to <1/2> (WarcraftDevs)
still have tank-healing gameplay. <2/2> (WarcraftDevs)

the tank changes appear to make tanking more passive and more boring as a result. Disappointing
Passive is definitely not the goal. We think that going from 90% to 60% AM uptime increases skill/impact of choices. (WarcraftDevs)
How does increased, focused "tank healer" dependency possibly jive with the new Disc PR spec, most notably in a 5-man PUG?
Tried it? Have Shadow Mend and the new Mind Blast not handled tank healing well enough for you? (Celestalon)

RE: Tank change post, please make sure AM tweaks are accounted for in old fights with mechs that ref AM directly
We plan to! We welcome any bug reports and feedback on this. (WarcraftDevs)

it doesn't. it really really does not. it just makes clunky, slow combat. choice = having more abilities to choose from.
We are definitely open to feedback on this! Make sure to read this post for more details: https://t.co/ICSdAkgtoJ (WarcraftDevs)

Hey boss the colors on these https://t.co/STGjZQY33Q resemble mounts but I see no saddles. Are these tameable mechs by chance?
Yep! (Muffinus)

Character / Items
Does the Artifact Talent to increase PW:Radiance's healing also apply to shadow covenant? (since it replaces PW:R)
Yep! Talents that replace base spells receive the same bonuses from their respective Artifact Traits. (WarcraftDevs)

Lore
What's up with Magni?
He's been having a hard time of it recently, but he's stone-cold, that Magni. Still rockin' it. (craig_amai)

Ghostcrawler Tweets
Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
What is the value in actively making something only 1% of your playerbase gets to enjoy? Also, more people own Thoridal and the Warglaives than Shadowmourne, Fangs, Valanyr or Dragonwrath. Can't just be age
From a player point of view, there can be a lot of prestige in having something that few players get. You certainly used to see this with the original WoW legendary weapons when players would hang out in IF/Org just so other players could come fawn over them. I did it with my tier 2 tank armor and Quel'Serrar.

To achieve that as a player, you have to a) be able to acquire something that b) other players can't easily (if ever) get. Having very low drop rates really hurts A because you can't just set your sights on a goal. The RNG will trump whatever commitment you throw at the game. It is however very good at B because it has the same effect on other players.

Long time commitments delay acquisition, but they don't really keep the items rare. The Long Strange Trip Protodrake was "hard" to get in that you had to be very dedicated for a long period of time (and IIRC there was some luck thrown in there as well) but when they were first available, many players had them and more got them over time, and in fact, the existence of that mount pushed us to just make very fast mounts something everyone could acquire.

As more and more players were able to achieve things that used to be rare, say a legendary or High Warlord's PvP gear, the bragging rights diminished. I worked on WoW for 6 years and played it for maybe 8 and even I couldn't tell you who were the elite raiders or gladiators in Mists just by seeing their armor.

What I'm arguing is that maybe that's inevitable. Maybe the time of "Check out that tauren's armor!" passed. Maybe there isn't a way to keep rare things really rare in ways that don't feel shitty to players. However, *if* you decide as a developer that it's important to have rare rewards, I believe the only way to keep them rare is low drop rates. Making them require massive skill or time investment just aren't sufficient any longer.



Final Boss - Elemental Shaman
Final Boss took a look at Elemental Shaman this week.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Legion - Druid Tier 19, Elemental Shaman Artifact Intro and Spec Preview, Tweets started by chaud View original post
Published on 2016-01-18 01:24 AM
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Comments 46 Comments
  1. moveth's Avatar
    I really hope the Black and Red version of the druid tier is available.
  1. teidden's Avatar
    No armor set can beat the stone skin bear.
  1. Averrix's Avatar
    Wow, an actual cool looking druid set.
  1. Sorshen's Avatar
    Finally, a great looking dr00d set.
  1. Alopex Major's Avatar
    "Elemental Shaman will finally run into Li Li and Chen again!"

    Oh godddddd no, I hate Li Li so much. Years later and my rage still burns.

    That druid set is actually nice though, top two colors are my favorite.
  1. Depakote's Avatar
    Elemental still looks broken without some sort of mobility.. Needs the Glyph of Unleashed Lightning back.
  1. Astronom's Avatar
    Why do each armor sets have five versions?
  1. mmoc25106239fd's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Astronom View Post
    Why do each armor sets have five versions?
    the druid actually has 6 colors if you look at the picture
    Theres alot of stuff, probably pvp-pvpelite-mythic-heroic-normal-LFR(or Challenge mode dungeons past a certain lvl since LFR always had its own set)
  1. Xandrigity's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by GenKIDama View Post
    the druid actually has 6 colors if you look at the picture
    Theres alot of stuff, probably pvp-pvpelite-mythic-heroic-normal-LFR(or Challenge mode dungeons past a certain lvl since LFR always had its own set)
    They are probably gonna throw LFR a bone in legion and let them have some more attractive gear.
  1. Cthulhu 2020's Avatar
    First good looking druid set in awhile.
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Xandrigity View Post
    They are probably gonna throw LFR a bone in legion and let them have some more attractive gear.
    God, I hope not.
  1. Sukhoi's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    God, I hope not.
    Found the special snowflake, god forbid blizzard brings lfr back to mop style when it was actually worth while.
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sukhoi View Post
    Found the special snowflake, god forbid blizzard brings lfr back to mop style when it was actually worth while.
    Found the guy on food stamps. I prefer giving rewards to people that earn them.
  1. muwatallis's Avatar
    The best druid set ever, and the most loyal to the druid essence one since tier2.
  1. Doomchicken's Avatar
    Black and red one will be mythic drop I reckon. I don't know for sure but it wouldn't surprise me or bother me if it was true.
  1. mmoc9526e93530's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Batman View Post
    First good looking druid set in awhile.
    Imo the mythic T18 set is the best for years, and even better than this one.
  1. mmoceb1073a651's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    Found the guy on food stamps. I prefer giving rewards to people that earn them.
    It's a videogame tier set that will be solo farmable 1-2 expansions after legion, not the Nobel Prize for the cure of cancer. Get your priorities right.
  1. Suggs's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    Found the guy on food stamps. I prefer giving rewards to people that earn them.
    Well seems as its Blizzards game and not yours, no one gives a monkeys fuck what you prefer cause you aint giving out shit.
    Hopefully Blizz does more of this just to ram it in the faces of all these toxic fucktards that ruin the game.
  1. Tedj's Avatar
    So no one is about to comment on Ghost Crawler's post?
    I always kinda liked the guy. And he does make perfect sense in what he says.
  1. rogueMatthias's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by StarGazer91 View Post
    PLEASE don't let the Black and Red Tier19 Druid set be on Mythic! It's BEAUTIFUL!!!
    Well its either going to be for Mythic or for Elite PVP so choose your poison

    I'm hoping it's Mythic so I can get it later on my Druid. I don't do a lot of PVP outside of my main so these time-locked PVP Elite sets really bugged me.

    - - - Updated - - -

    Quote Originally Posted by GenKIDama View Post
    the druid actually has 6 colors if you look at the picture
    Theres alot of stuff, probably pvp-pvpelite-mythic-heroic-normal-LFR(or Challenge mode dungeons past a certain lvl since LFR always had its own set)
    PVP (Horde)
    PVP (Alliance) (Horde and Alliance colours will swap later)
    PVP (Elite) (WITH GLOW)

    PVE Normal
    PVE Heroic
    PVE Mythic (WITH GLOW)
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