Sweeping Strikes killing totems

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March 20, 2014
korsarqq

Sweeping Strikes killing totems

Hello dear shaman players on molten-wow.
I have been playing Molten-wow for a while now and just today i noticed a very annoying bug.Warriors' spell Sweeping Strikes is not supposed to do any damage on shamans' totems but unfortunately here on Molten it does.It makes the situation for shamans really difficult since warriors can one shot totems at once.
Whenever you use a totem,the warrior can easily kill it,without having to switch targets,do cleave on totem in order to keep dps on you,he can just do sweeping strikes.In that way he keeps dps-ing on you plus killing your totems.Also when you place a totem,the warrior can kill,as i said while "staying "on you,really fast.
Whenever you place an earthbind totem to slow him down,he pops sweeping strikes and destroys it immediately.Staying in the dead zone gets nearly impossible with no support of slowing totems.
If sweeping strikes worked properly,the warrior would have to change target(or make some macro),do an attack on the totem,while trying keep dpsing on you.Ofcourse you understand he can not do heroic strike or cleave becouse it takes time and sacrificing owerpower for a totem is worthless.This why noone does it,it has no use.
But with this owerpowered bug all you need to do is cast sweeping strikes.
I think now you understand how important issue that is.
Please guys tell me what do you think about that.
March 20, 2014
MajorDee

i think you should vote this bug up first

http://forum.molten-wow.com/bugtraq....&vbug_id=11619

inb4 precious warriors,every day i go to the bugtracker and vote up several bugs for every class in the game.

i want a blizzlike server like everyone else,so go vote up every bug you see!
March 22, 2014
brontokz

dont you think voting up every bug u see will kinda defeat the purpose? The voting system determines priority of bugs... so your vote up does not change anything if it goes to every single one
March 22, 2014
Kemii

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Originally Posted by brontokz

dont you think voting up every bug u see will kinda defeat the purpose? The voting system determines priority of bugs... so your vote up does not change anything if it goes to every single one

Incorrect too, Bug Votes do not go towards a priotity system, the bugs which are more gamebreaking, exploitable, troublesome get doe first. On my list of submitted bug two of them were exploitable, one gamebreaking and with only 20-30 votes fixed in a few weeks.
March 22, 2014
lave

tried that today.. lolstormed into 2 shamans, with active sweeping strikes - didnt do any harm to their totems.

no idea what you are on about here
March 22, 2014
Kemii

I love how shamans moan that people kill their totems with "bug" yet act all innocent about abusing earthbind totem through LOS and 100% hit (despite resistances and hit chance).
March 22, 2014
MajorDee

Quote:

Originally Posted by brontokz

dont you think voting up every bug u see will kinda defeat the purpose? The voting system determines priority of bugs... so your vote up does not change anything if it goes to every single one

no.the only reason they prioritize bugs is to maximize playerbase.if they had enough developers there would be no prioritization at all
March 22, 2014
vint

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Originally Posted by Orija

I love how shamans moan that people kill their totems with "bug" yet act all innocent about abusing earthbind totem through LOS and 100% hit (despite resistances and hit chance).

i love how rets can talk about any other spec in molten. pure epic.
March 22, 2014
Kemii

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Originally Posted by vint

i love how rets can talk about any other spec in molten. pure epic.

Considering I'm a Priest, sure. LOL.

I havent played a ret paladin since November.
March 22, 2014
vint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orija

Considering I'm a Priest, sure. LOL.

I havent played a ret paladin since November.

im a mage now. so what ?
yet still none of you talks about ridiculously op rets in molten, and please, don't post bull**** how rets aint literally blowing you up mkay ?

yes, totem issue is quite pissing-off, but there's no "los issues" with it. behind a pillar - if debuff ends - there wont be another tick, quit with bull**** ok ?
March 22, 2014
Rexarjr

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Originally Posted by vint

im a mage now. so what ?
yet still none of you talks about ridiculously op rets in molten, and please, don't post bull**** how rets aint literally blowing you up mkay ?

yes, totem issue is quite pissing-off, but there's no "los issues" with it. behind a pillar - if debuff ends - there wont be another tick, quit with bull**** ok ?

LFMAO. Maybe Sweeping Strikes kill your totems, maybe not - on Molten such bugs vary randomly. Don't worry about that. Look at ability info Sweeping Strikes; it doing physical damage to an addition nearby hostile target (your totem). Early totems was bugged (immune to spells and such abilities), now they can be destroyed.

To save yourself and your totems, you must open your attack against a warrior with Stoneclaw Totem! So for warriors, which loves to apply the Sweeping Strike ability frequently the ability can turn into nightmare when they facing shamans :).

The trick is next: HIS SWEEPING STRIKE CAN HIT YOUR STONECLAW TOTEM, AS A RESULT HE CAN GET 3 SEC STUN :D; also Stoneclaw protects all your totems.

Tip for ele shamans mostly. Use Earthbind Totem when you gonna kite and you are far away from your other totems. Support your Earthbind with Frost Shock. When the warrior is close or gonna Intercept you, stay stunned (Astral Shift will save you), drop Stoneclaw (for stun chance), Frost Shock (Enhancement shamans can root with this shock - a mirrored ability of ele shaman's Earthbind totem talented ability) and Ghost Wolf away. Drop your Earthbind totem when you are in 10 yards range to aditionally root him (for Elemental shamans only), moreover he can't melee kill it (only Throw will help him). And cast some CL or Lava + FS. Don't run far away in Dalaran, don't waste time on that. Because he will Intercept you instantly. Stay close enought. Thunderstorm/"Enhancement" Frost Shock will help you to control the distance, when your totems are in cooldown. When he gonna run away, just drop Stoneclaw again, because next will be: Intercept + Sweeping Strike + Hamstring + Blade Storm + Mortal Strike or like that. Enhancement shamans should use this tactic, when they must to kite for healing or... More or less, it's a simple description anyway.

How to use totems in time at specified position and ability is the hardest task for any PVP shaman. Just remember, the totem combinations are the key to any PVP mode fights. Try this method. In 6-10 months you will do such actions perfectly, due to my and others experince I seen.