Um, Resto Shaman on Alpha?

[Irisel]

Am I missing something, or is there like super little info on Resto Shamans? Me wanty

[Deleted]

Shaman is disabled right now, so...

[Chucksauce]

they plan to remove us forever!

I personally hope that the devs have realized that what we do know about resto going into Legion is underwhelming, to say the least. So they're taking extra time to make what info we don't know about the spec extra good.

...But then, reality sets in and, given our history, the best we can hope for is some of our utility returned, since they won't know what else to do cuz, well, shamans.

[Zhaine]

I'm happy they're disabled, it can only mean they have gone back to the drawing board and aren't ready for us to test the class changes!

[Alltat]

We're not the only ones with very little info. There's no artifact preview for feral druids, brewmaster monks, demonology warlocks, arms warriors, or protection paladins either. It doesn't really mean anything for resto in particular.

[Nyel]

I personally hope that the devs have realized that what we do know about resto going into Legion is underwhelming, to say the least. So they're taking extra time to make what info we don't know about the spec extra good.

...But then, reality sets in and, given our history, the best we can hope for is some of our utility returned, since they won't know what else to do cuz, well, shamans.

Hopefully this is true. Resto in Legion just would have been the same as in WoD and that was very underwhelming.

[Deleted]

It's coming fella, don't worry. There's a LONG time 'til release.

[looorg]

It's coming fella, don't worry. There's a LONG time 'til release.

That comment gets less and less amusing with every passing expansion.

[Kelsierx]

I personally hope that the devs have realized that what we do know about resto going into Legion is underwhelming, to say the least. So they're taking extra time to make what info we don't know about the spec extra good.

...But then, reality sets in and, given our history, the best we can hope for is some of our utility returned, since they won't know what else to do cuz, well, shamans.

I'm hoping your right, although the cynic in me tells me that won't be the case.

[shammypie]

That comment gets less and less amusing with every passing expansion.

well maybe we have all been talking about a different expansion that hasn't happened yet?

[Kilrok]

well maybe we have all been talking about a different expansion that hasn't happened yet?

He means that every expansion has had a roster of "Oh relax, it's only beta!" people. That remark has not preceded positive changes in.. well.. any expansion ever.

[Alltat]

He means that every expansion has had a roster of "Oh relax, it's only beta!" people. That remark has not preceded positive changes in.. well.. any expansion ever.

And every expansion there's a huge crowd of doom-and-gloom people who foresee it as being the worst thing ever, and take every word or lack of words from the developers as somehow significant. And they're never right either.

We've had some good expansions and some bad expansions, same as anyone else, and the community has been terrible at figuring out which is which ahead of time.

[wordup]

The ones disabled are generally ones with incomplete artifacts. The artifact quests are the lions share of what is currently available (though with some clever waterwalking you can get to the two enabled zones, the class hall ports aren't yet working); so if your artifact isn't ready (that's the tree and the scenario) then there's not a great deal of point to adding it into the test pool.

[Irisel]

That comment gets less and less amusing with every passing expansion.

I'm officially starting with beta, with the "sky is falling, resto will be shit YET again." I do realize it's still alpha, and this is why I'm actually holding my breathe. The second beta hits, the cynic in me knows that it's in stone enough to start my bitching - depending on what the info looks like. *fingers crossed*

[wordup]

I'm officially starting with beta, with the "sky is falling, resto will be shit YET again." I do realize it's still alpha, and this is why I'm actually holding my breathe. The second beta hits, the cynic in me knows that it's in stone enough to start my bitching - depending on what the info looks like. *fingers crossed*

The most likely reason for the fact that the entire class is disabled is the class hall being unfinished, as it's an integral part of the Artifact chain, so class balance issues are, I'd assume not really integral to the reason they're switched off.

[stomination]

The most likely reason for the fact that the entire class is disabled is the class hall being unfinished, as it's an integral part of the Artifact chain, so class balance issues are, I'd assume not really integral to the reason they're switched off.

I was thinking still testing maelstrom as a resource. Seems they were using lunar power as a test first and now doing maelstrom.

Lots of changes compared to other classes.

[CoolHoodie]

Is this a good sign or bad sign!?

[Deleted]

I was thinking still testing maelstrom as a resource. Seems they were using lunar power as a test first and now doing maelstrom.

Lots of changes compared to other classes.

Well the first thing you currently do on alpha is get your artifact inside the class hall. And they stated that our class hall isn't close to being done, makes sense.

[Deleted]

Is this a good sign or bad sign!?

Bad for people who wanted to see how shaman plays like. Indifferent for the shaman class as a whole

[kosajk]

Is this a good sign or bad sign!?

no sign, most likely :P