RuinatorVek wrote:
The 2.5 sec cooldown on the TLC is so that AoE mages don't get to be throwing out extra damage all over the place from AoE crits.
Arcane explosion while surrounded by 10 enemies, you could easily be getting a TLC proc each splosion.
I would think they were not so concerned with AoE triggering it since no mage in their right minds would go AoE just to get procs. Even in PvP the impact is minimal especially since you most probably not use this trinket in PvP anyway.
This change is more or less targeted at MSD mages who throw 2.5s arcane missiles. That DD spell hits for 5 times and if you do it at the right time you can get heaps of crit hits. I applaude this attempt at reducing the effectiveness of the trinket from one spell (arcane missle) instead of slapping an internal CD on it like they did with MSD.
There is some significant impact on Shamans.
Lightning bolt will be 2.0s next patch. If we factor in elemental talents then it will become a 1.5s cast. Add in travel times of the spell, Shamans will still be harder hit by this change than mages are. Plus the crit from lightning overload procs will most likely be ignored as well. This will reduce elemental Shaman dps by a larger margin than mage's.