So apparantly two new buffs have appeared on the PTR...however, these only address Enhancement viability in PvP, and doesn't help the other two specs at all. Regardless, these are some very strange changes.
The first is a change to the talent Toughness, as seen here: http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7493/wowscrnshot022708220043ka9.jpg
Basically with 5/5 Toughness, the duration of all movement impairing effects is reduced by 50%. Frost Shocks wil only last 4 seconds, Hamstring will only last 7, etc....I honestly don't believe this will help prevent being kited against anything other than Hunters, Shaman, Mages, and Druids, but its a good step in the right direction.
The other change is definitely unexpected, which can be seen here:
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/february/flametonguedebuff.jpg
Seems Flametongue has gotten a Mortal Strike effect added to it. This is really out of the blue, and I wouldn't be surprised if this gets removed.
And here's yet another change, this time to Shamanistic Rage:
Duration reduced by half, mana return doubled.
And apparantly, there's news coming in that Totems will only have a 1 second Global Cooldown rather than a 1.5 second one. No proof as of yet for the last two. I'm wondering why Blizzard has decided to do this though. This doesn't address the fundamental issues with Enhancement Shaman in PvP. This is a bandaid, and nothing more. I don't like the idea of a "Mortal Strike" on Flametongue, it'll be used against us as an excuse not to give survivability buffs to ANY spec. I'm really hoping they revert it and give us a less lazy change that address the problems we have.
Giving Mortal Strike to classes that perform badly in the Arenas is NOT the answer!
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