by Lathdrinor » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:57 am
You know, this whole issue ultimately comes down to the nerfing of slow, which, if you consider in context, is really ironic. I mean, by Rashere's own words, the reason he doesn't want debuffs to play too large of a role is because then they become required. Okay, fair enough. We have three classes capable of slowing at near max capacity, and one that can't, yet is still able to manage, but fine. Requiring a slower might be too harsh. So why is it okay to require a cleric, instead? How does it make sense to nerf the effectiveness of slow so that slowers aren't required, and at the same time create such a huge discrepancy between healing abilities that only one class can truly be the main healer of a group?
I mean, you're right, traditionally shamans were not the best of healers. No, we were main slowers, and that term - that role - made sense back then. But that role was ultimately nerfed, via progressive mitigation, in the name of not forcing groups to bring a slower. I could agree with that, except that there were more main slowers than there are main healers. If slowing didn't constitute a "core role" that people should be required to have, healing was even less deserving of that title. Yet here we are, driven by the demands of the raid game into the embrace of requiring massive healing for all content.
So it's time for a former main slower to become a present day main healer. I see no contradiction in this, only what is necessary.