What all has changed for Enchanters

[sabersyii]

Hi

I was just wondering what all has changed for Enchanters when it comes to this new Green server, does anyone have a list of what all has changed for them?

Thanks for your time.

[kabouter]

There will be more competition for groups, since according to the polls 25% of the users will play an enchanter.

Besides that:
- no breeze
- perhaps no clarity for the first x months
- no pet window
- no npc cycling (this is a big one for crowd control)

[Fammaden]

Based on what I've been seeing of the beta population for enchanters that poll is probably pretty accurate too. Druid numbers might be inflated by boxers right now, but I'd expect they will be number one or two anyway.

[Nuggie]

Edit: ignore

[DMN]

Originally Posted by kabouter [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There will be more competition for groups, since according to the polls 25% of the users will play an enchanter.

Besides that:
- no breeze
- perhaps no clarity for the first x months
- no pet window
- no npc cycling (this is a big one for crowd control)

more if it's actually vanilla:

tashan resists at about the same rate as "normal' spells, like root.
DD spells save as all or nothing. this means you will get a huge amount full resists on anything higher than a green. basically, the DD line is trash.

[flacidpenguin]

Enchanters are super important in nearly every group for mez alone, and lull is going to be important as well. Later haste and slow are super strong as well. Healer/tank/enchanter is the core of any group. I think there will always be room for enchanters.

And later you solo extremely well.

[Sinistria]

If there are tanks... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[DMN]

Originally Posted by flacidpenguin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Enchanters are super important in nearly every group for mez alone, and lull is going to be important as well. Later haste and slow are super strong as well. Healer/tank/enchanter is the core of any group. I think there will always be room for enchanters.

And later you solo extremely well.

The problem is that enchanters generally only thrive where monsters are plentiful, either as pure CC class or charming. once mobs start becoming scarce the enchanter tool kit is pretty mediocre. So depending on the population of green this could be a pretty huge deal.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

more if it's actually vanilla:

tashan resists at about the same rate as "normal' spells, like root.
DD spells save as all or nothing. this means you will get a huge amount full resists on anything higher than a green. basically, the DD line is trash.

Is there proof of this being the case at launch?

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The problem is that enchanters generally only thrive where monsters are plentiful, either as pure CC class or charming. once mobs start becoming scarce the enchanter tool kit is pretty mediocre. So depending on the population of green this could be a pretty huge deal.

Eh, that mostly applies from like 24 or so on. Until then, the Enchanter pet is actually quite solid. At some levels pre-24, it's actually good enough that letting the pet kill things and taking the 50% EXP penalty is faster XP per hour than trying to damage the mob yourself.

[bum3]

My favorite is the lack of twinking. When a buffed charmed pet breaks on a naked ench the damage is real.