I love how the state of Shamans right now is so indefensible that the go-to line for Blizzard defenders is "Who is this guy?" and "Nobody cares about theorycrafters."
I love how the state of Shamans right now is so indefensible that the go-to line for Blizzard defenders is "Who is this guy?" and "Nobody cares about theorycrafters."
That's okay. We can't expect everyone to read it, it's pretty long, and well above some people's level of reading comprehension.
But to break it down for you, he hits five big points. He even put them in big, bold text, but let me just summarize 'em here, so you don't have to wander all the long way back to the first page:
-Azerite armor is a significantly inferior replacement for legendaries, artifacts and set bonuses. Getting a new piece can also feel like a struggle simply to get back the exact same thing you had with the old one.
-His main class is in a shitty place, and specs in general are far too simplified to be fun.
----He makes a sub-point here, and I think this is the little bit that you might have actually read? Where he mentions his role as a 'community leader', one paragraph where he establishes his interest in theorycrafting, and how generally pleased he was with his class in Legion. Then he juxtaposes that with the BfA beta, and goes on to make his main point.
-Forced personal loot isn't his cup of tea.
-Warfronts are a waste of time for everyone.
-BfA is a bug-ridden, beta-level release.
A. Bullshit, the majority of the player base uses 1 form or another of the theorycrafters findings, PvE, PvP, Raids, Mythic+ and even outside tools are all in large part to the theory crafters.
B. Blizzard doesn't give a fuck because they can't be wrong. This a company that would rather fly blind and deal in educated guesses then go to an outside source, which eventually they just use what the outside source has stated months ago during an Alpha testing.. Meanwhile they continue to claim that their internal testing and data is soo much better, an yet we continue to see stuff being buffed by 200%...
To be nerfed by 150% a couple days later, then to be buffed by 300% next patch.
This is what blizzard calls the iterative development, also know as "let the end user find out and beta test"
Releasing to the end-user specs like elemental/feral(before the hotfixes) in its actual state was just a load of crap
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Elemental shaman comunity is very small its a subset of Shamans that alot of ppl dont play. Warlock also has a small playerbase but but warlocks do make some noise thanks to alot of very bright ppl on it also warlocks are a pure and aff is a iconic spec.
Its not a excuse for Blizzard behaviour and locks dont have any faults in it, its just how it is. I do agree that blizzard doesnt play favorites but they do cater to the loudest crowd
Last edited by Hellfury; 2018-09-18 at 04:29 PM.
Says Slanderman:
My man, I got in their face and warned 'em four years ago.The simplification of specs has been harmful across the board.
enhancement was godly during EN, then got nerfed into oblivion when NH hit.