MMO-Champion BlueTracker - Would appreciate a Blizzard response re: SHoR

2008-09-22 12:15:00

Would appreciate a Blizzard response re: SHoR

Hi there,

As has been mentioned in countless threads by a multitude of people (though never directly with a question), I would like to know the answer to this:

Shield of the Righteous states a 240% block value as holy damage coefficient in the tooltips, but as of a "hotfix" or some other change which occurred in the hours leading up to Build 8970 being deployed, currently only deliver 100% (plus talented) increases. Is this a bug, or an intentional change?

A response from Blizzard would be greatly appreciated.

Mortehl

2008-09-22 14:56:44

Re: Would appreciate a Blizzard response re:

Shield of Righteousness was going to scale way too well as a multiplier on block value. We already saw cases where it was 40% or more of paladin dps with very few hits. I'm not sure if you got the entire change in with the hotfix, but it's now 100% of block with a flat component and two ranks. See how it feels in the next beta build.

Ghostcrawler

2008-09-22 15:12:44

Re: Would appreciate a Blizzard response re:

It's not critical that Shield Slam and Shield of Righteousness hit for equal amounts, so long as overall dps and threat are pretty close. We're trying to keep them as distinct as possible, since there are already concerns about the two classes moving too close together.

Ghostcrawler

2008-09-23 14:47:34

Re: Would appreciate a Blizzard response re:

Wer'e going to buff Hammer of the Righteous. That should even out with the Shield of Righteousness nerf, plus give you a little more reason to hand that +spell power blade back to the warlock.

Ghostcrawler