zedek

12 second duration is ridiculous. This was a massive disappointment to me as a newcomer. The worst part is that they don't even tell you! There is nothing in the tooltip mentioning this pathetic duration, and then I wasted talents on wildstrike right out the gate. It wasn't until much later that I thought there was a bug that was knocking me out of spiritshift, and it was then that I found that this was *intentional*. Unbelievable. Hours of my time wasted based on a form that lasts 12 seconds, and can only be used once unless you waste even more talents into it. If you make a melee druid, spiritshift is completely worthless, especially later in the game. Spiritshift completely gimps you in almost every way, yet I could forgive that if it didn't merely last 12 seconds. Other classes, particularly casting classes, have much more powerful defensive abilities that last much longer. So at best, it's a subpar defense mechanism for a caster druid, and at worst is a complete waste of time that imposes a handicap on your playing experience. In short, Spiritshift is bad. It does not scale well at all, it has an absurdly short duration which is not indicated via tooltip, and all talents pertaining to it are a complete waste. Also, no, telling me that the form is temporary does not tell me that it only lasts 12 seconds. It tells me that it is temporary... which COULD mean that I only stay in that form for the duration of combat, and then shift back into a person. Just make it last throughout the duration of combat. Surely they don't actually think this would be overpowered... this 12 second duration must be some sort of thoughtless oversight.