Alacor

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

Hey @Zirene any chance of adding Blazefury Neck to the real vendor? Lots of new/returning players lately and it's an item that has some strong staying power throughout the end game for certain builds and Kazzak is becoming increasingly difficult to field groups for. Thoughts?

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene It's time again :) Thoughts on Shockadin going into P7? Sims don't seem fully updated yet so I haven't been able to tinker much but options seem potentially limited. Judging by the Sanctified bonus trinkets, are you guys doing away with allowing us to swap to Draconic?

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @notoriusogb @AggrendWoW yet being more balanced in pvp since you're unlikely to maintain full world buffs for that? It would give us moments that feel great where we pop off a string of them but we aren't always pressing one button and have to adapt. 2/2

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @notoriusogb @AggrendWoW What if Infusion of Light reduced the CD on Shock by 3 sec and then had an additional chance equal to your Holy Shock crit chance to reduce it by another 3 sec? That way you have potential to fully reset and it's even more potent in a raid setting with full world buffs 1/2

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @notoriusogb @AggrendWoW Like even if we get a string of good crits, we'll still be at the bottom of the meter and won't even pop up for a second. 4/4

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @notoriusogb @AggrendWoW every other dps spec, but even outside of the fact that it's unrealistic to hit a sim number, it's doubly so for shockadin because we won't have access to all the raid buffs we'd need to do so. It feels like it's gonna lack the feeling of popping off that it should have. 3/?

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @Foulhues @rob82684 @notoriusogb @brinkofwar1 @ChairmanBreezy Appreciate you trying regardless man. Really hope we get to see these changes! Sounds like good stuff.

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @Shadowmaneguy @eskfourseven @ChrisBarry82839 @ChicagoBoy2023 @rvsn911 @JustWoksThings in a meaningful way or in a way that makes people feel safe/supported by the devs in investing time into those specs. Holy inquisitor, burning with righteous flames, etc.. it's a really cool fantasy that WoW has kinda lacked. Ret never really hit the mark imo. 2/2

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @Shadowmaneguy @eskfourseven @ChrisBarry82839 @ChicagoBoy2023 @rvsn911 @JustWoksThings Should def pitch that anyways, or pitch it for a future Classic+ if that ever happens. I think there's def a subset of players that really want dps casters that deal holy damage and there's a lot more that WOULD play it but don't clamor for it because it hasn't REALLY existed 1/2

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @rob82684 @notoriusogb @brinkofwar1 @Foulhues @ChairmanBreezy I feel like 2k hps (via doing dps) on a tank isn't going to be something you can rely on which may end up with a lot of overhealing, either from healers or the shockadin. Spriests, while still overhealing, I think provide more useful healing in keeping a party topped off yknow?

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @rob82684 @notoriusogb @brinkofwar1 @Foulhues @ChairmanBreezy That's all I really want. While I like the ability to be able to sacrifice some dps for more healing, I want to be able to focus on damage as well. But also I'm not 100% convinced 2k hps with 3.5k dps is that great. I don't think spriests have had to sacrifice that much and 1/2

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @rob82684 @notoriusogb @brinkofwar1 @Foulhues @ChairmanBreezy At the very least, though, the sim includes a baseline Sanc Aura from another player. This is the absolute top end of what Shockadin can do and it's using 6p draconic ret + ZG set. IF you use 6p drac holy + ZG, it drops to less than 3500 dps at best. It's low enough to feel bad.

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @Foulhues @ChairmanBreezy @AggrendWoW would be nice to see your input on this topic as well. We know we CAN play shockadin still, but it doesn't feel good to be so far behind everything else in the role we're trying to fill. That's why people aren't playing it in its current state.

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @Foulhues @ChairmanBreezy find a way to let us pick up RV and add Holy Shock back onto it. A holy burn effect would be sick and super thematic. It's a DoT as well, so between the ZG set being a ramp and this being a DoT, it spreads out our damage more. Let us do damage and feel somewhat good about it. 2/2

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

Any possibility of getting Glyph of Stars/Astral Form added to SoD? Balance Druid's one of my favorite caster specs but I've always hated Moonkin form. Getting the option to have a druid spec where we can see druid sets in combat would be awesome! @AggrendWoW @OptimusJones

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @vurbuzgural @catpatter90 @tjdragon4 "of the Hidden Technique" sounded like it might be implying something there and since the effect says the same thing as Blazefury, it seemed like it would make sense to proc AoW as well. I guess it could just be referencing Vengeance triggers..? Unintuitive, if so.

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @AggrendWoW Looks like the Pally discord is reporting Blazefury does indeed work to proc AoW. Seems strange that Fiery Plate Gauntlets don't?

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene Not sure if it's gotten your attention yet, but please check out my feedback thread on Shockadin post-Shock and Awe! I don't think it needs many changes on your end to see viability and to let us use plate: https://t.co/XHobz74jI7

[Alacor @AlacorFX]

@Zirene @AggrendWoW Hey @Zirene - hearing reports in the pally discord that Fiery Plate Gauntlets aren't proccing AoW (which means Blazefury likely won't either?). Assuming you guys meant for them to, hence "of the Hidden Technique"? Can you look into this and/or confirm whether or not they should?