#0 - Dec. 13, 2006, 5:44 p.m.
We've noticed, during our long stint, that the classes that make hte most noise, and complain the loudest or do the most rash things, get thier problems fixed. Warriors had a sit-in when thier pleas fell on deaf ears when they were 'fixed' before public release of World of Warcraft, and thier problems were fixed almost immediately.
We got an incredibly inferior Holy Nova with a long cooldown.
Mages complained constantly in the worst possible way, throwing fits, cancelling accounts, contaminating other forums, and basically making life miserable for everybody on all of these forums, and they got pretty much all of the wishes granted in thier last major review.
We got Lightwell.
A lot of us are starting to see that Blizzard simply won't respond to reason, patience, and constructive input, and a lot of the other Priests are starting to think that the mannerisms that have been used by other classes to get thier way are the only things that Blizzard responds to, and are gearing up to do the same.
We're not asking for the world(well, not most of us). There are a few priests out there that want to be the best healer and still have DPS to rival most pure casters, and to be perfectly honest, I think those people are silly. i don't want to be a walking tank capable of incredible healing, amazing survivability, and awesome DPS. If I wanted that, I would reroll a Paladin now.
What most of us want is a bit of survivability; heck, not even that. We want a reliable way to escape from people. Fear is not reliable, and hasn't been for a long time.
What most of us want is a set of talent trees that have real focuses, like the rest of the classes.
What most of us want are talents that work, and really make marked improvements in our ability to do our jobs, not senseless point sinks leading to nothing.
What most of us want are the capability to be just as viable outside of raids as we are in them, just like the rest of the classes.
What most of us want is a class that works just as well as the rest of the classes in the game. We don't want to be gods among men, but we would like to be men among men, instead of children that have to be accompanied.
And if serious consideration isn't given to our cries, I really worry about what the rest of the class will do. Personally, I'm too busy to go to any sit-ins or server crashes or cross-server Priest boycotts or mass refusals to heal. I honestly hope it doesn't come to that, really I do.
However, it's no longer up to me. It's up to you Tseric, Eyonix, Netharea, Drysc, Mr. Kaplan, Mr. Chilton, Mr. Pardo, Mr. Afrasiabi.
Or, it's up to the organized mob of Priests to do what other classes have successfully done in the past, and force your hand.
I really hope it doesn't come to that. From a personal point of view, I think actions like that do nothing more than breed contempt on both party's sides, but if they're the only thing that works, I can't blame them.
*Please don't post CM names, call out CMs, Blue or Blizzard in thread titles. Thanks- Nethaera