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As an enhancement shaman looking at the changes to come, I get the feeling that Blizzard just haven't gotten around to change much for us yet, so therefore, before anything is final I wanted to post my ideas and opinions on what could be changed.

I will start with listing the current problems, not counting any numbers since that can easily be balanced later on.

- Searing totem is a retarded relic of the past. It has a bad AI and it limits the enhancement spec in alot of ways.

- Our only worthwile secondary stat is mastery, I would like either crit or haste to atleast become somewhat more useful again.

- We lack the ability to push that extra bit of dps when needed, I am not requesting an insane damage cooldown like Avenging Wrath for paladins, but atleast something more than our current subpar wolves. (From what I hear they are even weaker on the beta, I may be wrong though.)

These are some points that I feel could use some work. My perspective is as a semi hardcore raider that sometimes do some really casual pvp, all as enhancement. I do not have alot of insight into the actual math behind these ideas or much work it would require to make it happen. It is just ideas, nothing more, nothing less.

Searing Flames rework

To begin with, I would like to implement Searing flames as a resource, it would have 5 charges and regenerate fully over ~15 seconds unbuffed. The regeneration speed however would scale with haste, similar to how dk runes work. Also, every time your Flame Shock deals damage, it will regen 1 stack instantly.

Lava Lash rework

Lava lash would need to tweaked abit to fit this new resource, since the damage of Lava Lash will be based on the amount of Searing Flames available. It basicly works the same way as it works, Lava Lash deals x% damage with no stacks +20% per stack. The twist is that Lava Lash's cooldown now scales with haste aswell, the same way Crusader strike does atm for paladins. Lava Lash still has a base cooldown of 10 seconds. Lava Lash no longer spreads Flame Shock

The basic idea here is that if you have no extra haste, Searing flames with Flame Shock on one target should stack up fully in about 8 seconds, and then 2 seconds after that Lava Lash comes off cooldown again.

But that is just wasted mechanics you say, it will be just like having it hit for maximum damage all the time anyways. Not at all, because even if it's not much, it will require you to keep Flame shock up, otherwise you will lose dps. And with my rework of Fire Nova, this might just aswell become interesting.

Fire Nova rework

Fire Nova will be reworked so that it now is based from the Shaman instead of a flame shock or a totem, it will also have it's cooldown removed. Fire Nova costs 1 Searing Flame and deals pretty good damage since it has to make up for the fact that it is just one pulse and not 5+.

What this will do is it will allow skilled enhancement shamans to weave in a Fire Nova every once in a while in the rotation. This will become possible when you have Flame Shock on more than one target since that will increase your Searing Flame regeneration.

Flame Shock will now be spread by Chain Lightning.

Searing Totem rework

Searing totem will be a baselise totem for enhancement and maybe elemental. It is pretty much a version of the Warrior last tier talent Bloodbath. But it will only affect certain fire spells, Lava Lash, Lava Burst and Fire Nova. I would like to put it on a 2 minute cooldown and a 15 second duration. It increases Fire damage done by 10% and leaves a damage over time effect called Searing Wounds on the target. The damage is equal to 60% of the damage dealt.

The reason that I don't think this would be a good idea to add for Elemental is because it would make their burst even more insane, but that's not really my concern anyways.

Most of the changes here have been made to the fire portion of enhancement dps, that is because I feel that the way the lightning side of things works is just fine. I might just want to change Storm strike to scale with haste the same way LL does in my example but I'm not sure about that.

I am fully aware of the fact that LL and SS scaling with haste has been brought up before and people have different opinions on wether it would be good or not. The thing I've been trying to do within these ideas is to try and keep the feel that we have atm yet remove the clunky mechanics that hold us back.

Thank you if you could be bothered with reading all of it. Have a good day/night.

Read all of it, thought it was brilliant.

You should add some of it to the existing searing totem "removal" thread:

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3548315133

The reason for this is so that Blizzard has one thread to go to in order to get their feedback, however this one was quite long so I understand why you created your own.

I support the ideas stated. Anything would help considering how horrible and stupid the way it works now is. Having searing flames become a resource that stacks on us is a popular request and I really want that to happen aswell.

Sounds great! I just wish Blizzard would give 2h an option again. Like Might of the Frozen Wastes for Frost DKs. It's subpar dual wield but it's an option.

Sounds great! I just wish Blizzard would give 2h an option again. Like Might of the Frozen Wastes for Frost DKs. It's subpar dual wield but it's an option.

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24/04/2012 07:31Posted by Thunderclash

Sounds great! I just wish Blizzard would give 2h an option again. Like Might of the Frozen Wastes for Frost DKs. It's subpar dual wield but it's an option.

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24/04/2012 07:31Posted by Thunderclash

Sounds great! I just wish Blizzard would give 2h an option again. Like Might of the Frozen Wastes for Frost DKs. It's subpar dual wield but it's an option.

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