Synopsis
On the previous posts I discussed Swipe. Some new news is out on that.
Quick update: Swipe (bear) now goes 360 degrees. There is a bug that its range is reduced and it no longer chains to targets up to 10 yards away. If it indeed is a bug, once fixed swipe has become in my opinion the best aoe tanking ability of all tanks. We'll get other classes complaining about that!
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The rage of swipe will be 8 yards. So similar to other tanking aoe effects.
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Showing posts with label Swipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swipe. Show all posts
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Roundhouse kick
Synopsis
There are possibly going to be some changes to swipe.
3.1 content is far from being complete. Lots of loot has been seen in Ulduar that are simple placeholders (see Karthis' most recent post) for which yet has to be figured out what the stats should be.
According to a recent blue post they want to take a new look at swipe. Rather then making it a test of skill to be positioned right to swipe them all they want to make it a bit easier which should improve aoe tanking. There will be some form of 360 degrees aoe that builds a lot more threat then Demoralizing Roar
I think swipe will still be the main aoe ability, the thing they are looking at, I think, is something to grab initial agro, after which you can walk a bit back making them all face you from one side.
There are, lorewise, 2 ways that can be done, imo. Some roar or some physical thing, rather then something magical which is not something feral druids do. What I would really like to see, as I said before, is a roundhouse kick/roundhouse swipe, for comical purposes referred to as a "Chucky Swipe" or something!. The druid turns around it's own axis in 0.5 sec or something and swipes all around him.
It would look awesome, but that would require a new animation where as a new shout would just be one of the the same animations already in game. For 3.1 that is possibly too short time so I am afraid it'll be a shout, if it is implemented in 3.1 at all.
There are possibly going to be some changes to swipe.
3.1 content is far from being complete. Lots of loot has been seen in Ulduar that are simple placeholders (see Karthis' most recent post) for which yet has to be figured out what the stats should be.
According to a recent blue post they want to take a new look at swipe. Rather then making it a test of skill to be positioned right to swipe them all they want to make it a bit easier which should improve aoe tanking. There will be some form of 360 degrees aoe that builds a lot more threat then Demoralizing Roar
I think swipe will still be the main aoe ability, the thing they are looking at, I think, is something to grab initial agro, after which you can walk a bit back making them all face you from one side.
There are, lorewise, 2 ways that can be done, imo. Some roar or some physical thing, rather then something magical which is not something feral druids do. What I would really like to see, as I said before, is a roundhouse kick/roundhouse swipe, for comical purposes referred to as a "Chucky Swipe" or something!. The druid turns around it's own axis in 0.5 sec or something and swipes all around him.
It would look awesome, but that would require a new animation where as a new shout would just be one of the the same animations already in game. For 3.1 that is possibly too short time so I am afraid it'll be a shout, if it is implemented in 3.1 at all.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Swipe swoop - another epic story
Synopsys
Swipe might be OP... Ya think?
This will be a bit more shorter then my last story. More of a joke with a great punchline.
Last night we did Naxx 25 again. As boring as it is on the spider wing our DK tank wanted to make it a... bit... more exiting. In Grand Widow Faerlinas room the trash consists of 4 or 5 packs of 10 caster trash and a pack of about 15 small spider. So he pulled them all!
I was fully cat on this run and I had planned on swiping these mobs. I must say I was lucky I was one of the last to die (how I managed to live that long, I have no idea). Anyway I had SR up the whole time (gotten myself a 34 sec buff on a big spider before that) but I did not use Berserk which would have meant even more dps.
On that trash on damage done I (Monedula) am just a bit over our DK tank, but just look at the DPS.
17k DPS. So swipe might be a wee bit OP!
Swipe might be OP... Ya think?
This will be a bit more shorter then my last story. More of a joke with a great punchline.
Last night we did Naxx 25 again. As boring as it is on the spider wing our DK tank wanted to make it a... bit... more exiting. In Grand Widow Faerlinas room the trash consists of 4 or 5 packs of 10 caster trash and a pack of about 15 small spider. So he pulled them all!
I was fully cat on this run and I had planned on swiping these mobs. I must say I was lucky I was one of the last to die (how I managed to live that long, I have no idea). Anyway I had SR up the whole time (gotten myself a 34 sec buff on a big spider before that) but I did not use Berserk which would have meant even more dps.
On that trash on damage done I (Monedula) am just a bit over our DK tank, but just look at the DPS.
17k DPS. So swipe might be a wee bit OP!
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