GC: Starfall to be Buffed Soon ™

Posted by admin on 02 3rd, 2009

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With the recent nerf’s to Starfall there has been a lot of discussion on the WoW Forums about the purpose of Starfall. Now that it doesn’t stun or de-stealth people PvPers don’t like it, and the damage scales so poorly that most PvEers don’t really care if they have it. Well, the discussion has prompted Ghost Crawler to chime in with these two posts ( one , two ). The purpose of Starfall is to do extra damage. What I mean by that is that the spell is not channeled so you can use it along with a Hurricane or whatever other spell you want to cast. It was never intended to be a de-stealther and we’ve become unenamored with random stun chances added to other spells. One criticism which we think is totally valid is the paltry coefficient on Starfall. We will be hotfixing in a more reasonable number soon ™. And As I said, Starfall is a damage spell. While it does AE damage, that does not mean it is ineffective against single targets. If you cast it and keep using Starfire / Wrath etc. on bosses then your dps will be higher than if you did not cast it. I realize its large area can bring in extra groups, but this is rarely a problem on actual bosses. The PvP utility spell, as Lissanna (I think) pointed out, is Typhoon. If your primary concern is Arenas, you might want to direct your feedback toward Typhoon rather than trying to turn Starfall into a different spell. My Thoughts: 1. It’s great to hear that they are going to buff the Spell Power coefficient on Starfall. I just hope they bump it up enough. The current coefficient is so low that we can take off all of our gear and Starfall’s damage wouldn’t drop much. For a 51 point talent and a spell with a 3 minute cooldown that sucks. However, I don’t think that the spell in it’s current form is a complete waste as some have indicated on the forums. Even on a single target it has a very high DPCT (damage per cast time), and if used correctly that can increase dramatically. Its like Force of Nature. It just has to be used properly to get the most out of it. 2. I could easily be completely wrong about this because I am not a PvPer, but I don’t see why PvPkins are so harsh on this spell now. I understand that the stuns and de-stealthing was awesome. I would hate to lose them also, but it is still a decent damage spell that you don’t have to target. Unless it is really easy to counter, I don’t see why it is trashed so much. 3. I think all of us knew this already but it is nice to know that Typhoon is meant to be the spell with PvP utility. I am not saying that it doesn’t have PvE uses, but I have never understood why some very smart moonkin insist that it is a good PvE spell.

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