Shield Slam Nerf

[Livingforce]

"Was that Sarcasm?" - Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory - YouTube

And thank god, finally start rolling my warrior at my preferred spec again.

I dont know the guy so how can i know hes joking, text does not express sarcasm.

 

[R Prime]

Shield slam - working as intended. It's keeping the FOTMs busy rerolling and not playing druid/pally.

 

[Franciska]

What a Shame, i hated 5 rogues on one team in WSG. I guess they will be back after the Shield Slam nerf...

 

[Ginger]

sweet no more one shots. they need to fix prot pallies too. Can't stand a dps spec doing less dmg than a tank spec

 

[Franciska]

sweet no more one shots. they need to fix prot pallies too. Can't stand a dps spec doing less dmg than a tank spec

Prot Paladins aren't really OP, Ret is just shit.

 

[Vandiir]

... they need to fix prot pallies too. Can't stand a dps spec doing less dmg than a tank spec

Or buff the dps spec in question, or both. As is, one may also argue that holyadins deals more or roughly equal sustained damage compared to ret as well (and in my humble opinion, a healing spec dealing more or equal damage than a dps spec is worse than tank dealing more damage than dps spec. At least tanks can be killed with one class, unlike 2+ for healers.).

Similarly too with comparing holyadins, frost mages, and warlocks (currently or at least way back in 5.1).
Or other possible comparisons one may find.


Basically, the 20-24 bracket is imbalanced for a lot more reasons than just Shield Slam damage, or any other single reason.

 

[The Saint]

idc if they get nerfed or not. people will just move on to the next FotM anyway.

 

[allahkazam]

worst part about prot warriors is the constant stun. i'd take having to hit purge more than being stunned over and over and over.

 

[MarzRider]

Prot Paladins aren't really OP, Ret is just shit.

Pew Pew 650 crit shield throw bullshit silence thing.

 

[Izac]

The thing I don't Iike about prot paIadins is the fact that avenger's shieId animation is so epic that it probabIy makes them feeI reaIIy cooI in addition to being overpowered

I wouidn't mind it so much if they threw the shieId underhanded or something

 

[monkeydoodoo]

shield slam is not that bad anyway, warriors still seem to have an impossible task vs healers. if shield slam gets nerfed it will be even worse :|

 

[Plift]

The one time warriors get spoiled and they have to ruin it for us

 

[allahkazam]

The one time warriors get spoiled and they have to ruin it for us

i'm sure the 3 week old warrior in your sig will move on quickly and become a resto druid before long

 

[Naq]

mmochamp's datamined changes of the most recent ptr patch included this:

• Shield Slam Slam the target with your shield, causing [ 11,216 + 120% of AP [ AP * (gte(Level, 85) * (0.75) + 0.75) + 13,670 ] to [ AP * (gte(Level, 85) * (0.75) + 0.75) + 14,371 ;] damage. Generates 20 Rage in Defensive Stance. Requires Shields. Warrior - Protection Spec. Melee range. Instant. 6 sec cooldown.

 

[TaXiCaB]

ouch all these prot warriors will soon have to switch to arms....and realize how much they failed

post count is getting higher btw

 

[Plift]

i'm sure the 3 week old warrior in your sig will move on quickly and become a resto druid before long

That's just my new warrior I previously had a nelf warrior so shh or you shall receive a slap

 

[Franciska]

ouch all these prot warriors will soon have to switch to arms....and realize how much they failed

Warriors will magically disappear like Surv Hunters and Ret Paladins at the start of MoP and 24´s when 5.2 hit. People will just reroll Rogue/Prot or Hpal and perhaps Resto Druid. Tell me something new.

 

[SilverEU]

Hooray!

 

[Stamm]

I wish blizz would bring back spell ranks so they could adjust things as needed rather than having a ripple fall through the levels. It's honestly not that hard to set up a base dmg and AP/SP percentile scaling for every 5-10 levels and just tweak it if it's needed.