I had zero interest in playing a Shaman until this stream came out so I definately think they nailed it from my perspective. The only thing I want to mention is that they made some comment (this is a very rough remembering of that comment dont kill me over it) along the lines that they had reduced the health and mana pools so that the spells they were showcassing would be visually noticeable to those watching the stream. or something along those lines correct me please if I misunderstood what was being said. So what we saw was an unrealistic interpretation of how much these spells will actually do in game. I hope someone can maybe speak better about this.
SugarWood said:I had zero interest in playing a Shaman until this stream came out so I definately think they nailed it from my perspective. The only thing I want to mention is that they made some comment (this is a very rough remembering of that comment dont kill me over it) along the lines that they had reduced the health and mana pools so that the spells they were showcassing would be visually noticeable to those watching the stream. or something along those lines correct me please if I misunderstood what was being said. So what we saw was an unrealistic interpretation of how much these spells will actually do in game. I hope someone can maybe speak better about this.
The intepretation I had is they were using special developer commands to take their health and mana pools down to 10% of their pool cap to showcase those abilities, and not that they were lowering the cap on the pool.
I would assume though that they are using on level abilities for both players and enemies to give the most accurate interpretation.
At this point, after 6+ years of following this and being focused so intently upon the Shaman class (as I'm a decades long Shaman class player), it comes down to needing to experience this in PA and Alpha. While I liked the Shaman stream, it was just 3 guys standing in a static location attacking a mob that doesn't fight back. The existence of Chronoburn is welcomed news as I've been hoping to see a Cannabalize type ability for Shaman since day 1.
