~Former Priest/Guild Wars 2 Moderator~
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~When you speak, I hear silence. Every word a defiance~
~Former Priest/Guild Wars 2 Moderator~
Now TESTING: ArcheAge (Alpha)
Now PLAYING: MonoRed Burn (MtG Standard)
Twitter: @KelestiMMO come say hi!
~When you speak, I hear silence. Every word a defiance~
... I just read with amusement the enduring blizzard comments, reporting that shield spamming is not how they want us to play, apparently because it's mindless and takes no skill.
How ironic then, that their entire investment in expanding the scope of the spec has been to encourage us to simply spam a different spell that of all things chooses our heal target for us.
On the contrary. Atonement works in some situations, and not in others.
They want you to use all your tools. Shields, Penance, Mending, Prayers, and direct target heals. Sometimes smiting (now with added Holy Fire! For your balanced breakfast) can fit into that.
They just don't want you to cast Shield, Shield, Shield, repeat ad nauseum.
Really there's only one encounter you can do that with Smite, and it's a gimmick.
~Former Priest/Guild Wars 2 Moderator~
Now TESTING: ArcheAge (Alpha)
Now PLAYING: MonoRed Burn (MtG Standard)
Twitter: @KelestiMMO come say hi!
~When you speak, I hear silence. Every word a defiance~
I like the idea that they are playing around with atonement, but if you really want to make atonement useful increase the healing radius yet again (on some fights, like atramedes, if the tank stands on the outer edge of the hitbox he won't get hit by atonement, this in my opinion is a design flaw) and possibly let atonement heals stack Grace. I have been raiding in atonement spec from pretty much the start, and whilst it is a bit situational I do believe it's a useful tool in the box.
click inner will and keep on spamming
ot: attonement is fun :> if they feel it´s lacking then it´s good that they buff it, otherwise it would be a completely useless talent. if it´s viable on a few encounters then i´m totally fine with that, as long as it isn´t op ( halfus hc, i´m looking at you!)
Last edited by mmoc6d823f96e4; 2011-03-13 at 12:47 PM.
Pre bubbling isnt the issue, as for Mana rofl lawl wtf 25m heroic raids usually have multiple tides at this point Moonkins are not spending there innervates on themselves. What it comes down to is knowing when to shield and when to smite. Personally i PoM/Bubble/penance and obviously raid bubble/pain suppress. Lets not forget Our lil fiend he is a good dude. Bubble spam is fully possible in Mastery/Spirit specs.