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Are casters going to look the exact same!
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Post by
Venomc
With the new spell power in WotLK, healers and DPSers will be rolling on the exact same gear. This leaves only 3 classes that won't be able to roll on caster gear, Warriors/Rogues/Hunters.. With everyone wanting the same basic gear, will all casters not look the exact same? It seems a little odd that the warlock DPSing in a raid will have identical gear as the priest healing him.. With the new talents focusing on spirit much more as well, this is just going to make it even harder to differentiate between class gear. It just doesn't seem like a good idea to have say, close to 20 casters in a single raid rolling on the same 1 item. I'm going only by what I've read in forums, articles, and notes, so if any of what I've said is wrong I apologize...
Post by
ArgentSun
+40 int
+30 spirit
+80 Spellpower
Would that be for a warlock? Me no thinkie so, it looks like a priest.
+40 int
+42 spell crit
+60 spell power
Priest? No, mage more like it.
mp5 and spell crit? Paladin, methinks.
The fact that DPS and healing casters get the same stat doesn't mean they will roll on the same gear. Your everyday shaman doesn't take the warlock's hood because it has spell damage on it.
Post by
GenXCub
Why wouldn't a shaman roll on a cloth caster helm? Now that there's no such thing as spell crit (crit is for both physical and spells), why wouldn't a shaman roll on it if it's an upgrade?
Imagine elemental shamans who have low AP, but high crits still doing decent melee damage.
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Post by
Falrinn
While the stat makeup will be largely the same you'll still have your unique PvP and Tier sets. Leveling gear will probably end up mashing together but that's not as big of a deal.
Post by
blah17
I dont think the stat blending is too big of a deal.
Boss dies...
Now - Boss drops something good for a warlock, something good for a hunter and something good for a preist. Thats all well and good, but @#$%! no warlocks in the group (Especialy with a greater focus on 10 mans in WotlK)! well... DE it I guess.
In the future - Boss drops two things good for casters and one thing good for physical dps, What are the chances you have less than 2 casters / 1 physical dps?
I do however agree that having every character look the exact same kinda (as in very much) sucks. However, even with this change I doubt it's going to be "This boss drops one tank, one phys dps and one caster item, that is all."
I think it will end up resulting in each class being more diverse, but overall each role being equelly or slightly less diverse.
What that means is, Not all Warlocks will look the same anymore, however it will no longer be as easy to immediatly Identify someone as a warlock by looking at their gear.
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Nolanoth
:P I'm sure they will make all the Tiers look different. lol j/k anyway they might make something like the Dungeon sets from pre TBC. That would be nice. At least it would be nice if they did.
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