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Originally Posted by Netherzul
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Bard: The Good - Gained a haste that was stack-able with Enchanter haste, making Monks and Rogues jizz'm in their pantaloons, that much more over their dps.
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??? Pretty sure this wasn't until Luclin, War Song of the Vah'shir or whatever. Occlusion of Sound is awesome because it stacks with other shit.
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Druid: The Good - They also get a new fantastic buff that also adds mana regeneration.
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I thought this was Luclin too - Protection of the Cabbage?
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Shaman - no real improvements from Kunark, but the class carries over well.
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Canni IV is a huge improvement over the Canni I-III crap, dramatically increases shaman mana regen so you can laugh at lesser classes who actually need med breaks.
Pretty much it's good to be a melee in Velious. Hybrids may still be lacking, but they're still better off than they were in Classic-Kunark. They actually get some niche roles to fill (flurry drakes, rampage tanking). They went so overboard with Velious gear that pretty much anyone who needs gear is doing a lot better, which pretty much excludes casters other than Shaman (AC+HP=Mana). FT is obviously great for casters, but I'm not quite sure if it competes with all the AC and extra dps that melees will be getting directly from gear.
You can see why Shaman became so beastly, they're just about the only caster class that directly benefits from gear stats. This is why focus effects in Luclin were so necessary to stop the out of control class disparity that was going on in Velious. They tried with FT, but it basically came down if the item has FT, try to get it, if it doesn't, then pass. Then once you capped out at 15 (which wasn't necessarily impossible, especially with Tunare and CT 2.0 loot) you were back to not caring about gear again.