New Patch..... What does everyone think?

Phlumar

Open Beta testers got to experience the new patch for the last 2 days of the final stress test.  What did everyone think about the changes to the priest class in specific?  And other improvements as well as class changes? 

I am not happy with the changes to the (should be) best support character in the game!!

Maabus1999

What changes to the priest?  None in the notes, save removing the reagent cost from the buffs.  That is good news, is it not?  Maybe you should be more specific (yeah I do know there are tons of hidden changes in each patch, been through 3 months of them)

Grayh_Sanc

It was some minor but needed tweaks.  Being a preist I liked the change to regs and disapproved of the nerf to the Renew talent.... however it wont' stop me from being a priest

chronical1

I think the change that the first poster is referring to, other than the renew talent, is possibly the change to the way the absorb spell works.  From the way it was explained on the VN boards was that the absorb spell now gets figured in before the armor class of the character.  Some see this as a nerf, but it actually makes the absorb more effective on lower armor class characters, it was addressing a bug in high level character absorb spells.  The way it worked before was the armor was figured in first, then the absorb.  Now the absorb takes the first bit of damage, then the armor takes a percentage of that, making the absorb more effective slightly.  Dunno if that changes the duration of the spell or not, but it does make it so that the character takes less damage.

 

Overall, I didn't see a huge change in the game, my paladin absorb, freedom of movement and invincibilty spells didn't see any changes, or minimal at most.  I didn't mind the last day or two of the beta, as the changes didn't effect me or the priest I was grouping with much at all.