Nice, about time!
As a shaman player(even though not Draenei) I'm quite happy with this, but as a shaman player I don't think that few visual changes will make players want to play shaman in it's current or slightly better(supposedly) future state. Shamans need a lot of re-work because until Mastery becomes their main stat they will always be really random in their damage waiting for those few overload proc's in a roll to start doing damage, but by then the pack of mobs is dead.
Anything new about Warlocks ? They have still some old animations. New Cataclysm animation or something ?
Very nice...For 8.1.5 can we get new Tauren totems? Please and thanks in advance!
Great update! Also they now look like mini versions of Draenei vessels :D
so... they say never look a gift horse in the mouth, but... the art team should be updating things that are not completely under-utilized. Unless they bring back the totem fantasy, this isnt a guaranteed spell effect draenei shaman will ever seen, as its only a talent, and not one everyone takes. They look great, absolutely, but it feels like time wasted that could have been put toward something better, in fact if I was to offer a really harsh but really honest opinion, it feels like this was a choice made by a team member who just said 'i wanna do this' and was not properly managed/told to do something in a better direction. They need to take a good hard look at the glyph system and try to maximize its potential, which they barely even attempted to breach honestly. Where are the different colors for spells (within reason) ? Or slightly altered animations for different races? Sticking with the same class as a small example, currently shaman have spirit wolf, or glyphed spirit raptor (plural of these for the enhancement CD ability). Both are great, both have nothing to do with the alliance shaman races. Where's the spirit talbuk (already an in-game model!)? Where's the spirit bears? Spirit gryphons? Spirit ravagers? The only argument against this I can think of is PvP concerns, but with the advancements made in PvP tech, I'm more than positive they could design it to turn off when entering a pvp situation. *Drops his ten cents*
shaman is overal totaly garbage and blizz care about visuals for totems REALY?
Ok, so I guess they already fixed up the whole broken azerite armor system and had time to go futz with totems... that's good news!
I really liked the new totems, they look great, I wish they would return with Magma Totem or something so we could look more at our totems.The fact that Earthquake in Legion had a land totem in their midst was cool, a pity they removed.On the yellow color of the earth totem, I even understand the choice of colors, due to always associate in the game the green for the vile magic I think it is a good choice to change the color of the earth element of shaman to slightly greenish yellow or brown.I would not bet that the totems that came during the cataclysm as the Orcs, Trolls and Goblins will receive an update, but of course the Taurens must receive, because with the draeneis they are the race that has the most ancient totems.About comments like: "As they are improving visual effects, they should be focusing on balancing"Remembering that they are completely different teams, one is not linked to another, and one does not influence the work of the other, if the gameplay of shaman is not pleasant is an error of the department of gameplay and not graphic artistry.
This is awesome. :)
you're deluded
#$%^ the aesthetics, fix shaman specs..... :facepalm:
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8.1 Patch NotesDruids~~ Various BuffsPriests~~ Various BuffsShaman~~ Draenai Shaman have updated TotemsWarrior~~ Various Buffs...wow, that really takes me back to the glory days of the game.
Ugh Draenei shouldn't even be able to be Shaman...Cleary everything game wise is on hold since everyone seemingly is fixated on the lore aspects... but fixing the game proper , let alone making for exciting new improvements, will take quite a long time.
The only change shamans get... as always :)