WCPI - Warrior Priests, An Old Journal, and Weapons of Sieging

[PhoenixRed]

Three times a week, Warhammer Alliance will be participating in the WAR Community Promotion Initiative, an effort to cross-promote fansites, blogs, and other WAR-related presence on the web.

Today we've got the following WCPI members to look at:

Kutu from Kutu's Blog talks about the vital 1.2 changes happening with regards to the Warrior Priest class. You get a blow by blow description of some of the largest changes along with comparative screenshots, as well as some other bits and piece from the PTS. Read up on all the dirty details here:
http://lolhammer.wordpress.com/2009/...hts-and-views/

Forjador of Portraits of WAR has an extremely beautiful wallpaper up depicting an old journal that might have been a record of some intrepid adventurer in WAR. Feel free to check out that as well as the other sketches and pictures that have been done!
http://forjador.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/lost-journal/

Werit writes about improvements to WAR's siege weaponry in Werit's Blog. What does he use for a comparison? Why "that other game", of course. World of Warcraft's Lake Wintergrasp and its handling of siege weaponry is looked at and you'll have to read to see how WAR's stack up.
http://werit.blogspot.com/2009/02/siege-weapons.html

[Ahti]

World of Warcraft's Lake Wintergrasp and its handling of siege weaponry is looked at and you'll have to read to see how WAR's stack up.

how WAR's stack up.

They don't need to, because WoW's Wintergrasp is on a timer and can't just be freely fought over like WAR's keeps.

Why are we comparing mechanics in PvP games to PvE games, again?


Edit: The warrior priest changes are demoralizing. Warrior priests' point of strength was being able to spam their group heal. Less cooldown does not sound like it will slow down a WP with an epic book. NOT a change I wanted to see, especially when they wrote Shaman and Archmages a rain check for 1.3.

[Omaani]

Originally Posted by Ahti

They don't need to, because WoW's Wintergrasp is on a timer and can't just be freely fought over like WAR's keeps.

Why are we comparing mechanics in PvP games to PvE games, again?

Maybe because WoW siege engine mechanics work well and WARs needs some major improvement. It doesnt matter that Wintergrasp is on a cooldown timer as since I believe strands of the ancients also has siege like equipment and thats just a scenario. So I am not sure why you bring up the whole timer bit when the subject at hand is about the siege equipment itself.

So far in my time I hardly ever bother using siege equipment because they dont really make much of an impact. Most siege equipment can be easily healed through and, from an offensive standpoint, you will have a hard time even hitting anything behind the wall.

Also, the other good points is the first person zoomed in view. It really should be a 3rd person view so you can see around you because you really cant see what is happening to your character and as the blog posted, you dont get any warnings that you are being hit except if you kept a decent eye on that shrunken health bar in the corner.

[Seriphina]

Originally Posted by Ahti

Edit: The warrior priest changes are demoralizing. Warrior priests' point of strength was being able to spam their group heal. Less cooldown does not sound like it will slow down a WP with an epic book. NOT a change I wanted to see, especially when they wrote Shaman and Archmages a rain check for 1.3.

honestly, truth. I'm not really sure why WPs were buffed. we need a few things fixed (and very few things at that), and a few things nerfed (like epic books). the other classes should really be getting the love.

[Sukino]

WP gets buffed and AM gets nerfed (excluding global changes)...

Are people in Mythic clinically insane?

[kuwatatak]

Honestly if you played with a really good RP or AM, you would see that WP where stronger is some areas, but beatan in others. I feel the ToTD buff is going to be great to completly balance it.

Tomes defiantly dont need a nerf. They run out enough as it is.

[Ahti]

Originally Posted by kuwatatak

Honestly if you played with a really good RP or AM, you would see that WP where stronger is some areas, but beatan in others. I feel the ToTD buff is going to be great to completly balance it.

Tomes defiantly dont need a nerf. They run out enough as it is.

Eh? I have a -blue- tome and never run out of RF. Pace yourself, don't spam. By the time one can click a new target, that's enough pacing to be able to throw another heal.