Important info on slows

[Kneesmasher]

[WaringMcMarrin]

[Kneesmasher]

[Zyba]

[Kneesmasher]

[Kanamori Hitatomi]

[Kianor]

[WaringMcMarrin]

[Kneesmasher]

[Samanna]

[Lathdrinor]

Hmmmm. I think there's two ways to approach this, really. Either you can buff shaman heals (which would make us more cleric-like), or you could be more creative with slows. So, I've been thinking: if a 45% permanent slow is too powerful for high-end content, how about some damage-based mitigation tool like vie but applied to slows? For example, a spell that slows the mob for 50% till it's dealt 50,000 damage (or some such), can be reapplied, but would drain our mana. You can also introduce some type of HoT that heals huge to begin with, but then tapers off each tick (ie 5k first tick, 2.5k second tick, 1.25 tick third tick, etc.) That way there's a cost associated that can't be fulfilled simply by landing a single spell, but you'd have some tools to deal with situations where shamans have the most trouble, ie - named fights, multiple mobs, and group healing. I personally believe in the philosophy of slowing down time and think it's an integral part of the shaman class. When something as critical as this is reduced to 20% effectiveness at higher levels (maybe even less against named mobs), which is a far cry from the "average" 45% that Rashere claims, it really irks me and makes me question why I'm playing a shaman in the first place.

[Hecude Poison`Blood]

If you increase slows, shamans get the short end of the stick. Hey lets take a BL for DPS or a chanter for CC, they can slow just as good and provide more than the shaman. The only thing thats viable to do it to buff healing. Not so much that we are clerics but up to a decent level not 1700 HP behind the comparable clr heal(cast time).

[ThraallFV]

/agree waring. if we barely have time to slow if we are main healing there are issues.

When im healing cutting edge stuff i will HoT as the mob is coming, hit Tugur's AA and then start spamming heal. This basicly has me spamming heals from the get go. This is what i have to do. So if i get a resist on slow basicly everything goes to hell in a hand basket and im pulling out all the tricks in the bag.

As has been said, we arent a shaman when we are main healing, we are an underpowered cleric who prays to god slow lands on the initial cast. If im main healing im not panthering, im not doing dps im not doing anything besides healing (with an intial slow to make it barely feasible).

[Kneesmasher]

[Funi]

[Amanensia]

[ThraallFV]

[Ughbash]

[Kianor]

[Amanensia]

[Funi]

[Funi]

[Amanensia]

[Amanensia]

[Kanamori Hitatomi]

[Funi]

[Kneesmasher]

[Fenier]

[Fenier]

[Fenier]

[Bigcat Daddy-o]

[Kanamori Hitatomi]

[Kianor]

[Samanna]

[Sowslow]

[WaringMcMarrin]

[Amanensia]

[Fenier]

[Kneesmasher]

[Veril]