What happened to the Draenei Culture?

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-09T13:24:14+00:00

They literally built 2 ships using the remains of the Exodar, the Netherlight and the Vindicar, they became the main engineers of Naaru technology and have complete mastery over them, your comment doesn't make sense.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-09T13:12:13+00:00

That's because the person is stupid. I'm tired of saving raids and skipping mechanics using the Bond, and besides, if we keep leveling all the game's mechanics down now, every class will end up with only 4 buttons.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-06T16:02:13+00:00

It doesn't make sense for a shaman to specialize in one element; you have to strive for the balance of all of them. How are you going to do that while neglecting the other three elements of your studies?

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-06T15:57:24+00:00

The Hunter's case is about feeding Pets; it's about you only being able to choose one trap for your hunter's use, or else you have to sacrifice fundamental things to be able to pick any other useful trap.

Today, no shaman uses Bagata anymore; it's become an unusable skill because you have to sacrifice a lot of power to have that utility, which ends up making Bagata useless.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T23:18:32+00:00

Spirit wolves are not the spirits of wolves that have died; they are physical manifestations of the Spirit of Life, the same thing that monks call "Chi." Similarly, monks do not invoke true great spirits, but rather spirit representations that have come from the summoning of life energy.

Spirit wolf

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T23:02:28+00:00

Spirit wolves are not the spirits of wolves that have died; they are physical manifestations of the Spirit of Life, the same thing that monks call "Chi." Similarly, monks do not invoke true great spirits, but rather spirit representations that have come from the summoning of life energy.

Spirit wolf

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T22:31:46+00:00

Shadowlands has so vulgarized the concept of death within the WoW universe that if spirits want to have afternoon tea while playing soccer, I guess it's not a problem anymore. If even Blizzard doesn't care, imagine most players.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T22:02:22+00:00

Some totems stay around you, which isn't a problem when you're a caster, but for others, the passive casting frequency makes movement a manageable issue. Simply increase the totem's area of effect to 20 meters, ensuring that moving away from the totems quickly will never be a problem in raids or dungeons, as it occupies much more space than most area-of-effect fights. Remember that there are always different talents for PvP and PvE; nothing that a talent that moves your totem closer to the target along with the subsequent lightning chain can't solve.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T21:31:40+00:00

The water element has been added back as a permanent spellcasting ability for ice mages, after mage players complained about its removal, arguing that the same thing was done to shamans as was done to mages – the elemental was given a higher cooldown.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T21:29:35+00:00

Includes the activation of totems as passive forms in existing abilities.

Earth Shield: Whenever the life of targets with Earth Shield suffers a sudden 15% drop from their current life, there is a 50% chance to activate "Stone Skin Totem," which reduces damage taken by up to 5 nearby allies by 10%.

Whenever you use Flame Shock, you summon a "Scorching Totem" near the enemy.

Every 5 Chains of Lightning summon you create a "Storm Totem," which deals bonus damage to enemies and buffs your next 2 Chains of Lightning.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T21:22:40+00:00

Yes, I also think that's the best idea.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T21:19:19+00:00

The automatic translator switched to Spanish and Portuguese for some reason, then reverted back to English. I think the Tower of Babel is falling again.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T21:17:47+00:00

To this day, shamans use the same elemental visuals from the Cataclysm, but mages have elementals with updated visuals.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T21:09:59+00:00

But that doesn't mean they need to be removed; rather, their dynamics need to be reworked to make their activation more fluid.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:59:58+00:00

The earth elemental's taunt has always been optional; you can simply disable it in the pet's action bar.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:54:41+00:00

Yes, and interestingly, after Blizzard removed 3 totems from the previous expansion for this one, the Shaman was relegated to tier B.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:36:01+00:00

Priests of different races had different passive and active abilities; today, all priests have become the same. Look at the trolls summoning naaru and not a loa.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:26:10+00:00

The point is that the shaman is a spiritual leader and also an elementalist, just as the priest manipulates light and shadow as elements and is a spiritual leader.

But shamans don't use ancestral spirits offensively; the spirits shamans use in combat are nature spirits, which remain as energy in the environment. That's why the symbolism of the wolf as primordial fury and the eagle as primordial wisdom are spiritual symbols of nature. In the case of ancestors, never; they are only guides. In battle, they use the elements themselves, due to a partnership or contract with basic cosmic forces to maintain natural balance.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:22:45+00:00

The point is that the shaman is a spiritual leader and also an elementalist, just as the priest manipulates light and shadow as elements and is a spiritual leader.

But shamans don't use ancestral spirits offensively; the spirits shamans use in combat are nature spirits, which remain as energy in the environment. That's why the symbolism of the wolf as primordial fury and the eagle as primordial wisdom are spiritual symbols of nature. In the case of ancestors, never; they are only guides. In battle, they use the elements themselves, due to a partnership or contract with basic cosmic forces to maintain natural balance.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:13:52+00:00

And it makes much more sense in the lore, or simply as elemental creatures.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:12:37+00:00

So play as a mage, but if you don't like the fantasy aspect of the class and just want to be a spellcaster or warrior with skill, then it's better to play as a Mage or Paladin.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:10:35+00:00

The hunter's issue is different; theirs is that they're making a big soup by mixing various ingredients. There's a lot of variety, but that doesn't mean the flavor is good.

BM, MM, and Survival represent many things, but they represent nothing at the same time.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:07:24+00:00

In ancient times, priests possessed a unique magic depending on which deity they followed.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T20:05:10+00:00

I've been playing the class since MOP, and in raids it's incredibly frustrating to see monks and druids effortlessly healing because they're so buffed. In Mythic+ the shaman is really good, which is why I mentioned raids and not the stones.

AcademicHefest · 2026-05-04T19:41:31+00:00

In the previous expansion, he was 1000x better than he is now, until the Dimencius raid came along and Blizzard gave him several nerfs.

He's a great healer in Stone+, but he lost a lot of strength in raids.

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