Comments on: Death Knight Q&A w/Ghostcrawler mediated by yours truly, Skeleton Jack.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:05:39 +0000

Calling all DK’s to boycott patch 3.2 …

Don’t play your DK’s

If you play your DK’s do not tank for any instances, heroics or raids. Do not DPS for any instances, heroics, or raids. This continuous nerfing of the DK has to stop.

Balance is required of course in any game but these changes are over the top and just plain outrageous. I have been driven now from my raid group due to these changes as I will no longer be a viable tank, I will no longer have viable DPS.

Thank you blizz,

I say good day to you.

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By: Deathwasp

Deathwasp — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:26:12 +0000

Thanks Micky. What really gets me is the gold that I spent to get my talents/spells from the trainer and the amount I paid for the glymphs (sic, possibly). If Blizz was truly good, they would give each class they screwed over not only free talent respec’s but 2000 gold to pay for everything one has to relearn. But this is not a perfect world and one still has to buy a waffle one at a time. Hmmm, waffles….

By: Skeleton Jack

Skeleton Jack — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:45 +0000

Unholy is far too weak when compared to Blood to win the “ST” (single target) dps game. With a massive reduction on their AoE capacity, more and more DK’s will lean into the Blood build. Blood has the best ST dps, solid cleaves, and the best self healing around making it amazing for learning new content etc. Frost is subpar as is in 3.1, and Unholy is losing it’s one edge over Blood. I’m not impressed still.

By: Deathwasp

Deathwasp — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:24:26 +0000

I havent seen the patch notes, but as one who solo’s on a pve server, I find these changes disturbing. I only pvp when some fool runs by with pvp flag turned on. I have lost as much as I won, so I wouldn’t say we were that op.
Yesterday I was leveling my grand daughter’s DK (from 73 to 77, tyvm) and some lvl 71 gnome dk wanted to fight. lol, I fell to the floor laffing. Well, SJ, I’ll be waiting to see what you recommend for the talents. If Ihave to go blood, I will, but I sure love being unholy.

By: J Skaven

J Skaven — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:38:50 +0000

Read patch notes today. Any mention of SS has been removed, and BS buff has been reduced to 25%, down from 50%. The new UB is 20% of DC damage, down from 30%.

Things are changing rapidly for the Unholy changes.

By: Plazmatic

Plazmatic — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:56:16 +0000

Since starting my DK, I always found it a bit odd that all 3 trees could be specc’d to either dps or tank. While I can appreciate that players want to customize their own playstyle around 3 trees that can each handle every capability of the class…it seems to be creating alot of confusion with the devs. This is only my opinion, but I think the class would be better off if it were able to spec to fill another role in pve , perhaps even a secondary healing role kind of like Disciples of Khaine in Warhammer Online. Just my opinion, but it would put our versatility just under Druids and perhaps would give the devs a clearer idea as what to do with the class.

By: Dredknott

Dredknott — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:20:18 +0000

Blizz is slowly ripping the soul of DK’s out, urinating on it, wiping it off and trying to put it back in. Remember how fresh it felt to switch from blood to unholy spec and it just changed the way you played, well that time is dead for now and I am praying they do not completely F’up DW:[

By: JSkaven

JSkaven — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:22:54 +0000

“Death knights are the only current Hero class, which means they are supposed to be the best class in the game.

…

I jest again…”

I see people referring to the top comment entirely to often, in a manner suggesting that GC was being serious. It does us no favor if people believe he was being anything other than facetious with the above comment.

Honestly, GC really stepped in it this time, just trying to be funny. But be realistic, folks. There cannot be a “best class in game” if WoW is to survive. It should be in the eye of the beholder, as a matter of opinion.

By: Atsuki

Atsuki — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:23:57 +0000

Single target UH is ACTUALLY BUFFED…tbh i don’t see any nerf, at all; Prolly only on tanking and pvp aspects, but dpswise they changed us not nerfed us.