Latest from PTR - Swipe not breaking CCFollow

Latest build on the PTR's patch notes say that Swipe, Cleave & Multi-Shot will no longer hit CC'd targets.

Turning the entire game into easy mode! Where do we get a chance to display our skill as distinct to showing what our gear can do :(

Newbs can turn up and get their welfare epics and do pretty much as good a job as me, despite my months/years of experience and studying of forums and guides.

/sigh

ya, i saw it too. i can see it for, say, the felguards cleave, but warrior cleave? swipe? jesus. easy mode the game more blizz.

I agree. This is basically saying, well lets make this game as easy as possible. Not that CC was anything hard for me before, but this is making it okay for a Hunter to spam Multi Shot. This makes it okay for our Bears to swipe, swipe, swipe...I'm not to thrilled, this game has become to easy. Progression is no longer the issue, more or less just time put into it is what matters.

Well, lots of times people are able to slack off due to inavailability of other players at the time. I had really bad luck getting a group for shattered halls when I needed thrallmar rep, so after 2 days I'm gonna take what I can get, even if it's a bunch of idiots. Making it so you dont have to spend extra effort compensating for incompetence means less repair bills.

In a perfect world, all CC would be on the ball, and communication would be sufficient to allow the tank to know when to and not to swipe. But 3/4 of the people dont even use voice chat (and typing takes way too long in this situation) and there are times when you must group with idiots or else spend a few more hours in LFG.

So while I will agree we shouldn't need this change, with the level of idiots in the game I'd prefer it.

Actually that wouldn't be huntardish at all with this change, it would be an increase in DPS.

And I just read something on the wowhead forums, apparently a mage had experienced glitches where polymorphed mobs would still walk straight at the tank. This would make it so if THAT happens, CC wouldn't break.

You say you don't understand, but then you go on to describe the exact state of affairs - Blizzard is a business.


This game is not hard, bear tanking is not hard, and making it "easier" in this way is like making a grade 2 puzzle easier for university students by taking it down to grade 1, while at the same time making it 20% faster to do because you dont have to worry about reading the instructions. Maneuvering mobs is not challenging as it is, this will remove tediousness and nothing more.

I heard they're going to hotfix the patch immediately after it's gone live to remove the cooldown on Challenging Roar and Growl.

True story.

thats the irony; huntards already multishot at every cooldown. these huntards dont get groups.

hunters with a modicum of skill and brain power dont do that. this change means the huntards will now no longer break CC because of their own retarded nature. yet, somehow, im sure these huntards will find other ways to wipe their groups.

"HAI GUYZ DUZ FAYN DETH DROP AGGROZ LOL!?!!1"

yeah, pretty much every class skill except for whirlwind, thunderclap, sweeping strikes, and blade flurry has that change.

its the consistency that blizzard is implementing this change with that makes me really love it. im also oozing sarcasm from my pores.

seems that all class multiple target spells are being effected such as the multo shot like someone said as well as the prot paladin's avengers shield.

Doesnt look to be they are nerfing the content to make it easy mode, more of preparing for the new xp which will present much more difficult challenges. Appears to be as well, that they are offering more opportunity to people to level up, experience some high end content they may not otherwise have been able to prior to the patch and get some epics before the xp comes out and the pieces become redundant or outdated as soon as you hit northrend.

Yes, some people had to work towards what they have and it sucks, sucked to that I had to work solo so many things on my first toon that they brought down in patch 2.3 as well, but its great for my alts.

Me, I LOVE challenges, and I agree some content is just bleh now, but there are still plenty of challenges in the game, as I still solo alot so I try to push each toon to be its best and to see what I can do. This would be the same for this, perhaps now higher challenges can be met that werent possible.

Well, it's a commonly known fact that Bears are capable of quickly retracting their claws when doing a swiping attack, so as to not harm the sheep or confuzzled person with the jelly-knees.

It's also a commonly known fact that Rogues and Warriors go blind when they use Blade Flurry and Whirlwind, causing them to strike random opponents.

Also, you cannot use bandages when you're bleeding and Mages have no problem conjuring great balls of fire under water.

I think someone at Blizzard HQ had a minor stroke.