What are some of the most unusual/ridiculous/cool/lame specs you’ve tried or come across?
And also, since this game has “already been played” what are your thoughts upon this?
Will we be seeing new metas, or will history just repeat itself?
I like the energy.
We have something we didn't have back in the day: data. And as we all know, data helps with analysis, which feeds into action.
Watch "The Big Hack" for a good recent concrete experience and explanation on Netflix.
The data and analysis paired with just about 15 years of experience for many of us will cultivate a different approach to Vanilla than what it once was.
For me, I was a huge shadow proponent and supporter but fell into a Main Tank / Class Lead healer in PVE and PVP. *unless I was on my Warrior Alt*
Now I am eyeballing and evaluating the "smite spec" that some priests employed effectively on private servers. Gives me combat power as well as a reliable raid slot because I can heal well enough to stop eastee from happening.
I'm all about the datamine that is classic right now and im on board the hype-train to see where it ends up on Aug 27th. (and beyond)
Hmm I was sure I replied to this thread.. maybe it was another one.
There is one build that is being theorycrafted a lot, and it is indeed spelladin. I think vanilla theorycrafters could not make it a full-fledged build, but I think there are (were) items that benefited from spellpower. The meteor trinket comes to mind for one. Many of these items were in late raids (AQ40/Naxx I believe?) so they couldn't really get to "test" them with all off-spec characters.
The shockadin on private servers is mostly guessing Blizzard's code. We don't know if they are accurate and if I had to guess, they are probably wildy inaccurate. I think there will definitely be some new areas to "discover" (read: to re-learn how some items / spellpower coefficients etc run on some items / spells / classes).
There are also many "odd" items that probably work quite differently. Was https://classic.wowhead.com/item=9449/manual-crowd-pummeler a thing for bears tanking raids in classic? Does https://classic.wowhead.com/item=2243 allow instant HS? How about instant AB capping? Honestly I don't know. I don't think anyone really does, unless there are some videos dating 2004-05. We have some private server data, but then again they reverse engineered many things but had to do guesswork on a gazillion of things. I think finding out about odd little items and seeing if they work is going to be interesting.
I mean I saw a private server where https://classic.wowhead.com/item=7734/six-demon-bag was effected by spell damage.. so yeah.
@Caperfin Seems like everyone wants to know. :smile: Would you mind posting some of the specs here?
Caperfin me too please. Wanna check these builds!
- Priest Raid Tank (probably the funnest rotation in the game)
- Rogue Raid Tank
Caperfin if you are able to send me information about these i would be very appreciative :)
- Priest Raid Tank (probably the funnest rotation in the game)
- Rogue Raid Tank
@Caperfin if you are able to send me information about these i would be very appreciative :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-upMY_-VkY
I am working on priest tank guide, stay subbed to be notified.
Melee Spell Power Hunter is a weird build but causes more damage than Ranged Hunter.
Can u tell more infos about this build? Sounds very interessting.