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idk if it's the scaling or what but healing is now a struggle for priests.

also, booted from raid for required update lol

EDIT: didn't even update the 17mb download lmao, random server reboot.

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This is false. Arcane shot is still there for hunters, but serpent sting is gone.

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Anyone else having issues even launching the game? My update install stopped at 400~ MB left, and ceased receiving any kb to update. It is stupid cause I was playing just fine a while ago, but then i got DC'd and it says game is "Unplayable" Wtf?

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They are doing live required updates that you have to finish in order to play. I finished them and now I can play again.

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I think you are missing the point - The patch update on the Battle.net desktop app has completely stopped.



"Downloading: 404.05 MB remaining at 0 B/s"

Been like this for at least 35 minutes.

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Mine said the same thing and yet, I downloaded it just fine. Throughout the whole way it said 0kb/s and still finished.

Think you just need a better computer.

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Funnily enough, after actually posting that - It did continue to update.

But yeah, this computer is junk and so is my WiFi.

Oh well. lol At least I can play again!

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Welcome to the real world where you can't instant heal 800,000 health with a 1 second cast and can only heal through at most or less than 1 enemy at a time. This is how healing should be.

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I'm still 1 heal full life on my pally and he's Ret haha.

Also the lower level multipliers are stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid. Really? 5k crits on a 90, 400k crits on an 85, are you kidding me?

In my personal opinion, I'm not going to play whatsoever this expansion. The pre-patch has already ruined any taste I had of the game.

(Also Saru, I owe you an apology, only Marksmanship Hunters lost Arcane Shot + Serpent Sting)

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I was in Hellfire earlier just skinning since I was 1 lvl under being able to quest there. 59-60 monsters died in less than 15 secs, but I go and fight my lvl monster or a few below, takes forever! WTF?!

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1.5 hour AV where we summoned the ice lord. Greatest AV since classic wow.

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Is this from PvP or PvE viewpoint?

I'm coming from a PvE standpoint as I find it more fun. I have never really tried PvP besides random fights in the open when leveling up.

There's multiple things that drastically changed. You can't plow through mobs anymore, people are learning their new rotation (which I might add that it's a shitload simpler now which is nice but boring at the same time), and tanks and DPS have to think about CC now instead of just topping meters.

Healing was broken, especially for discipline priests. Blizzard and players knew that, but there are no emergency heals/cooldowns now (the few that there are, hardly worth the casting/use.) Dungeons are hard as hell atm simply because you can't keep up with the damage from multiple mobs (not even big pulls; simple 2-4 trash mobs are a struggle.) Being 90 is a lot easier than trying to heal leveling up (seriously, level 20-60 healing is horrendous the couple times I've tried with alts; 4 out of 5 dungeons, the group just quit after a couple wipes.) I have a 523 disc priest and it should not be this hard to keep people alive in random dungeons/LFR/normals from simple attacks instead of void zones or when it's DPS/tank fault for their damage where it should be punishing. I can't test what's it like in 429-463 gear but I can't expect it to be more fun or manageable.

Blizzard wanted to address the spike/burst damage to kill someone. It's better now for tanks (except monks who lost a chunk of their dodge; they take considerable spike damage at times now.) But theirs hardly any forgiveness if the tanks take a huge spike or if a mob gets aggro'd by a dps. They nerfed the hell out of AoE/raidwide healing, excluding holy nova that will probably be nerfed hard. Druids/shamans are fairing well but monks/priests are falling flat behind those (monks are in the middle while priests are in the bottom).

I'm all for balancing it, but as it is right now, healing cannot keep up. There aren't any smart/tactical heals. Spam chain heal/flash heal/PW:Shield/rejuv/etc. to keep hp up. Couple of raids/dungeons that tank actually outhealed me and other healers with the few cooldowns he had with the help of resolve. There's no downtime to do anything. It's bad enough to try and avoid boss damage/void zones when you have to stare at raid frames 90% of the time.

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So, once the patch hit, instances got ore difficult as well as world questing. Early this morning when they patched a few things, mainly to make instances less difficult, they did the same to world monsters and questing. Was it needed? For instances, hell yeah, I saw tanks getting 1 shotted in dungeons for a 2k+ Overkill. It was ridiculous. was it needed in world? No, it was a nice difficulty, but now, at least for me (lvl 59), taking down 60-63s in just a few seconds, without heirlooms, is too easy. What do you think?

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RIP WoW

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This period before the expansion comes out is probably to work out these kinks. It is in the right direction for sure. I am having more fun with retail wow than I have in 5 years.