Retribution Paladins and "Classic" hybrids rejoice. Even in the midst of all these recent nerfs, Blizzard is working on a few buffs. The latest news from the PTR via MMO Champion is that we can expect to see a few tweaks to Relics and Retribution Gear alike, mostly on the good side. Various pieces of Retribution Paladin focused gear, mostly from the heroic dungeon level, has had its spell damage removed and replaced with strength. Not great news for Shockadins, perhaps, but good for Retribution Paladins, whose talents and skills have been moved more to the side of shedding all spell damage for quite some time. Druids, Shamans, and Paladins can rejoice at seeing a lot of their Idols gets a boost, with various stats and effects on them being boosted, sometimes by as much as twice their old values.
There's also a somewhat interesting, but probably ultimately minor tweak coming to arena and honor weapons, as all three levels of Feral Druid and spellcaster PvP weapons have seen their attack speed reduced by 1 to 1.60 seconds. You'll rarely see any of those classes using those weapons to melee anyone to death, so it seems a bit superfluous, but perhaps it was done for consistency with the recent Vengeful Gladiator's Waraxe change.
There will probably be a few more changes when the server comes back up, of course, and we'll be here to deliver you the news on them, so stay tuned.
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2-25-2008 @ 6:01PM
Clink said...
Spell caster weapon speed reduced? Woo hoo! Now where did I put that Firestone....
Seriously though, it's nice to see librams and such buffed. I've always thought their benefits were nice but smaller than they should be.
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2-25-2008 @ 6:15PM
thebvp said...
The pvp staff, in particular, was an excellent totem whacking tool. I was under the impression that they nerfed it as a passive buff to shaman.
The other weapons were probably changed to keep in line with the staff.
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2-25-2008 @ 8:22PM
Culhag said...
I'll have to find something else to replace the ret T4 parts heroic loot I used with my shockadin... :( some mix of my healing and tanking gears I guess...
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2-26-2008 @ 3:01AM
Christian Stricker said...
What armor is the paladin in the picture wearing?
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2-26-2008 @ 4:42AM
Culhag said...
I think it's the horde paladin pvp set.