tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123785171085674237.post4445184392366866775..comments2022-03-22T16:33:24.410-05:00Comments on bubblespec: more shards for you: spellpower plateenlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04113088007518211865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123785171085674237.post-23900856300472451492011-04-15T09:37:41.391-05:002011-04-15T09:37:41.391-05:00Alipally, thanks for stopping by! Sounds like you&...Alipally, thanks for stopping by! Sounds like you've been unlucky with the healadin drops. I still have never seen bracers, and we just last week saw our first healing paladin head.<br /><br />The trash belt highlights another problem: we have items for the same slot available from rep AND as an extremely common drop from Conclave (in randomized form), so why in the world is there a BoE belt? I guess I'm of the opinion that BoE epic drops should be itemized more generally, IE, we have 5 casters still crossing their fingers each time we pull the BWD trash for their wand.enlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113088007518211865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123785171085674237.post-47410952376937692972011-04-14T09:01:57.144-05:002011-04-14T09:01:57.144-05:00As of today, I have 78 boss kills in BWD/BoT under...As of today, I have 78 boss kills in BWD/BoT under my belt. I have the following pieces of spell plate looted from bosses: Shoulders (Chimaeron - 7 kills), Chest (Magmaw - 13 kills), Legs (Halfus - 13 kills) , Feet (Trons - 13 kills); of these, I have not seen the Shoulders or Legs drop more than once.<br />I have yet to see Head (Council - 5 kills), Wrist (Chogall - 2 kills), or Gloves (Maloriak - 9 kills) drop. <br />If people think that it's unfair for me to have 4 pieces of Spell Plate from 78 boss kills, or put another way, from 14 weeks of raiding, then I can only shake my head and disagree with them.<br />Blizzard are not showing me favouritism over other classes as far as I am concerned.<br />Oh yes, and the only trash drop we get is a belt that no Holy Paladin should even want.Alipallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123785171085674237.post-14218687879178812192011-04-08T13:05:52.039-05:002011-04-08T13:05:52.039-05:00I'd thought about the possibility of ret palli...I'd thought about the possibility of ret pallies and dks using spellpower plate, but that also sounds like a huge problem till they figured it out. Blizzard has been keeping such a close eye on Ret and Prot's healing abilities. To keep them even, while putting Ret in intellect gear, they would have to nerf the hell out of paladin's baseline healing and bake extra healing, efficiency, and mana into the talent tree. Which would be alright, as long as you don't spec holy until you're level 85.<br /><br />Indeed, I am glad that relics have been streamlined. I think the biggest problem with those dropping was that there was also always one available from the points vendor. I like how they do it now: we buy those with points, or get them from heroics, but not from raids. I think that was a great idea.<br /><br />And it seems to me like there is less spellpower plate in Cataclysm than there was in, say, Ulduar. Perhaps there's less variety in all gear (I think there may be, though I haven't been paying attention for sure), but it hasn't felt like a problem.<br /><br />Rather, not that it's not a problem, but it's not such a big problem that I want it changed. If I got to pick what Blizzard worried about, it would be some variety in paladin healing, not loot!enlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113088007518211865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123785171085674237.post-67461339334818912302011-04-06T18:06:37.381-05:002011-04-06T18:06:37.381-05:00I kind of have to disagree to an extent. While I a...I kind of have to disagree to an extent. While I agree that "wasted" drops are a natural part of raiding, there are degrees to everything. Do you miss having to shard feral druid relics? Probably not. Blizzard did away with all other drops that were only useful for a single spec and it's fair to point out that holy pallies being the only exception is awkward.<br /><br />That said, they seem to have done a decent job this expansion actually lowering the amount of random spell plate drops, as I haven't seen nearly as many of them so far as I used to, and while gearing up my own paladin I actually found myself wondering where all the healing plate had gone (which is a good thing IMO).<br /><br />I have to say I quite liked the suggestion that I've seen elsewhere, to simply make intellect plate useful for <i>more</i> specs (retri pallies, death knights?) But I guess Blizzard would shy away from completely overhauling another class's mechanics just to address loot imbalances.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com