I admit, I'm addicted. So addicted that things frustrate me to the point where I get pissed and it can ruin my day. People are like, "David, why are you not in a good mood?" Of course, I cant respond with; "WELL THIS RESTO DRUID HAD ALL THESE HOTS AND JUST KEPT ROTATING THEM AND MY TEAM COULDN'T MAKE ONE GOOD SWAP AND UGHHHHH!"
I guess I'll just have to vent my anger here, and question the reasoning for how it being possible. That being said, no I have no problem with Resto Druids, in fact, I like how balanced they are, from my point of view as a priest healer, paladin healer, paladin dps, in arenas. Yes, I play a Priest now as well, and I've shifted my focus to him. Why? Mass Dispel. I wanted to really get inside a Priest and understand just how balanced it is, and how game changing the spell is. So, while I sat there eating my manly breakfast of Iced Tea and Rice and Shrimp I decided to roll an Undead Priest. (I know, Undead, it's kinda a given but Ferarro was always like "DETAILS", at least, I think this is what she meant by that.)
So first up, how bad is Mass Dispel in reality? Well, in lower brackets, its devastating to paladins, because your teammate doesn't swap to the priest to kick the mass dispel. But I'm guessing that's why Blizzard gave paladins a 30% dispel resist on mass dispel with a talent that, well, you all better have, if not, I will punch kitten number one. All in all, I think it's pretty balanced, though I wish that there was some other mechanic other then dispel resist. It also allows paladins to get away with some additional survivability with the understanding that they can't always use the full affect of bubble. Still, pre-casting a mass dispel only to have it be resisted is heart breaking.
Round two; Prot Specs being so viable in PvP. Seriously, have you ever played against a geared prot warrior? "It's cool guys hes prot I'll just danc---WTF 8K SHIELD SLAM!?" Ya... I'd like to direct your attention to http://warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=129855 In this video the Prot Warrior fights 2 of my guilds teams. Mage/Rogue (who don't stand a chance) and a guild officer "Lolchains" in the DK/Druid comp. This Prot warrior doesn't even know what he is spell reflecting. At one point he makes the comment; "I don't know if that cyclone was intended for me or not..." Ok sweet, but ya know, high damage, spell lock out, high survivability is all good and balanced. Even without a direct MS the burst and control they have matched with the survivability is disgusting. Regardless if this is to keep everyone having fun or not with all specs, this is no bueno (that's Spanish for "mom your cooking sucks" or "no good") Watch that movie,continue to punch two kittens.
Round three, "spell cleave"
This one is easy; the damage feels so devastating. It's cheesy too, if people aren't really careful about their position, then it's ezmode win's. Ring of Valor is really cool for this, you are behind a pillar LoSing while regaining control and then the pillar says "lol@you" and oh, hey, 10k chaos bolt, 8k conflag, 9k lava burst. But don't worry, another kitten gets punched here.
Last round, bad community I saw a post the other day from a paladin claiming mages are too strong and one of his suggestions was putting counter spell on a 1.5 second cast. Uhhhh... ya... If he were to play a mage, or anyone with an interrupt, he would realize why all of them, are instant. I feel like some of these people have a lot of potential to suggest good things, but people don't stop to think about "Ok, well if I get this, to counter that, then what happens to this other class that was balanced by them?" Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but, you should strive to AT LEAST think 3 steps ahead in terms of class balance, and I think that's what gets me most. People take you seriously when you do that, and can take the suggestion and build from it, or give you reasons on why it wouldn't work constructively. Luckily, most of the stuff on these forum boards has been pretty decent, and I haven't wanted to kill any kittens over it, so, I'm going to let this one go.
Moral of the story, next time you have a problem and a kitten, you should probably take the two to separate rooms.
