Paracleets wrote:
Because Pain Suppression is on a cooldown, with a higher mana-cost IIRC.
It's also unaffected by Mortal Strike. But that's really neither here nor there. The spells really aren't that similiar, I was just trying to draw on the closest example I could.
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And it's only dispel resistance, not immunity.
I know. Which is why I said Earth Shield needs resistance. I never said anything about immunity. Besides, Priests have plenty of other tools available to them. And, as you go on to say...
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Even if Earthshield was pushed to the point of being immune to dispel effects, I still don't believe it will fix glaring problems Resto Shamans face in Arena + BG PVP. Namely, having to stand still to cast heals and no defensive dispel/cleanse. Glaringly obvious problems with root and CC effects, and our terrible mana efficiency on quick heals.
It will help though.
Exactly. Right now Earth Shield is more or less a Resto Shaman's only major survival tool. For how completely reliant on it they are, it should be better than good. It should be phenominal. Of course, I would prefer they just fix the class as a whole and give us the tools we so desperately need, but... Blizzard doesn't seem too keen on that.