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Blizzard has stated that the class was lacking and in need of some improvements, and yet for all of their talk, virtually nothing was done to help them in Burning Crusade. They stated for patch 2.4, that they wanted to give one of the trees, some viability in 2v2 arena. But they didn't. Sure there were some minor buffs, but not what was needed to really compete.
We will state this though, as far as a raiding shaman is concerned, we do good. We have good output in terms of raw DPS, and our totems help those in our group. Enhance shaman also are fairing very well because they actually buff melee much better than elementals do.
Soloing as a class we are probably better suited than moast classes as well. The challenge is 5-mans, even some 10 (depending on group makeup), and PVP. Also, as far as element is concerned - lack of pushback talent other than a 4 piece gladiator set caused serious problems.
A lot seem to be on pins and needles waiting, giving Blizzard a chance until Wrath of the Lich King. The Druid and Warrior trees are out. No secret that he plays a Warrior and the best 2v2 combo is Warrior/Druid. And those 2 classes seem to be fairing well in the new talent trees. For example, the ability for a Warrior to duel wield two-handed weapons, is seriously O.P. But as stated, that's to be expected.
And those are just the ones who quit when Wrath of the Lich King comes out. We'd say with continued silence, and if really nothing changes, another 10% will leave before it comes out. There are other games out. After playing Age of Conan for about 2 days, it's an amazing looking game, seems to play well, though admittedly we are not very far. Warhammer will also be another big draw.
As those games come out, they are very customer centric. Meaning they actually seem to be listening to their customer base and implementing changes based on the feedback they receive as opposed to the constant ignoring that Blizzard seems to do on their end.
However, with those two games out and coming out, it could be a good thing for Blizzard. Though they have an insane amount of customers, 10 million + still. Once people begin to leave towards new horizons, even it's 1 million to AoC, and 1 million to Warhammer. It's still a significant part of the pie to Blizzard.
Blizzard can go a long ways towards customer retention by bringing up solid updates as the expansion of the Wrath of the Lich King draws near. They can go a long ways to keeping their customers by listening to them and by also balancing classes/specs.
Here we are talking something about the change in gear. We won't go into it too much. But chances are if you're reading this blog, you know what we are talking about. But the basics are that it supposed to help in terms of requiring less gear sets. However, with gemming and enchants, it won't solve the problem. People will still be need extra sets, and now they'll have generic armor that all clothes wear, that all leather wears, that all mail wears, and what all plate wears. It pretty much all looks the same from all the armor. The imagination is seriously lacking. It shows an overall laziness by the Wrath of the Lich King and Chilton. And remember this is also a team that didn't know how to itemize in the first place. It takes the shaman class and all of the mail armor into account and it was better for enhance to wear feral and leather gear, than it was to wear the armor they were designed for.
We will state this though, as far as a raiding shaman is concerned, we do good. We have good output in terms of raw DPS, and our totems help those in our group. Enhance shaman also are fairing very well because they actually buff melee much better than elementals do.
Soloing as a class we are probably better suited than moast classes as well. The challenge is 5-mans, even some 10 (depending on group makeup), and PVP. Also, as far as element is concerned - lack of pushback talent other than a 4 piece gladiator set caused serious problems.
A lot seem to be on pins and needles waiting, giving Blizzard a chance until Wrath of the Lich King. The Druid and Warrior trees are out. No secret that he plays a Warrior and the best 2v2 combo is Warrior/Druid. And those 2 classes seem to be fairing well in the new talent trees. For example, the ability for a Warrior to duel wield two-handed weapons, is seriously O.P. But as stated, that's to be expected.
And those are just the ones who quit when Wrath of the Lich King comes out. We'd say with continued silence, and if really nothing changes, another 10% will leave before it comes out. There are other games out. After playing Age of Conan for about 2 days, it's an amazing looking game, seems to play well, though admittedly we are not very far. Warhammer will also be another big draw.
As those games come out, they are very customer centric. Meaning they actually seem to be listening to their customer base and implementing changes based on the feedback they receive as opposed to the constant ignoring that Blizzard seems to do on their end.
However, with those two games out and coming out, it could be a good thing for Blizzard. Though they have an insane amount of customers, 10 million + still. Once people begin to leave towards new horizons, even it's 1 million to AoC, and 1 million to Warhammer. It's still a significant part of the pie to Blizzard.
Blizzard can go a long ways towards customer retention by bringing up solid updates as the expansion of the Wrath of the Lich King draws near. They can go a long ways to keeping their customers by listening to them and by also balancing classes/specs.
Here we are talking something about the change in gear. We won't go into it too much. But chances are if you're reading this blog, you know what we are talking about. But the basics are that it supposed to help in terms of requiring less gear sets. However, with gemming and enchants, it won't solve the problem. People will still be need extra sets, and now they'll have generic armor that all clothes wear, that all leather wears, that all mail wears, and what all plate wears. It pretty much all looks the same from all the armor. The imagination is seriously lacking. It shows an overall laziness by the Wrath of the Lich King and Chilton. And remember this is also a team that didn't know how to itemize in the first place. It takes the shaman class and all of the mail armor into account and it was better for enhance to wear feral and leather gear, than it was to wear the armor they were designed for.
