The GCD on Soothing Mist needs to go

[Rompuche-kazzak]

Does anyone in here have access to the beta forums?
Please make a thread about this. BFA Mistweaver is awful.

[Rev-alonsus]

I want to agree with you, however if you removed the GCD then you make it so that you would cast soothing mist every time you time you Vivify as its quicker than casting vivify on its own.
What i’ve learned with mists weaver actually quite recently is that its quicker to cast vivify on its own, you shouldn’t really target swap with soothing mists, you only use it when you really need to hard one target for more than 1 or 2 casts.

This does however raise another issues as Mistweavers have a legendary designed around soothing mists which doesn’t work with this current style. also Summon jade statue also looses some value which is going to make rushing jade winds even more the default pick in shadowlannds

[Rompuche-kazzak]

@Rev-alonsus

I want to agree with you, however if you removed the GCD then you make it so that you would cast soothing mist every time you time you Vivify as its quicker than casting vivify on its own.

So?
That’s been the core Mistweaver gameplay up until BFA. What’s the issue with this?

[Kimora-aggramar]

@Rev-alonsus

cast soothing mist every time you time you Vivify as its quicker than casting vivify on its own.

That’s the whole point, and it’s been like that previously, and it worked, AND made the spec feel very fluid.

Bring it back imo, it’s so clunky.

[Rev-alonsus]

No it hasn’t. For a soothing mists was a passive in legion when they re-did Mistweaver monk so it never existed in the same world as viivfy and Esscence font before bfa . So it has only worked without the GCD way for 2 expansions max.
Soothing mists provides the some of strongest single target healing out of all the healing classes. It doesn’t need to exist for spot healing as well. If you remove the GCD you would have to increase its initial Mana costs to balance it which means you wouldn’t use it anyway

[Rompuche-kazzak]

@Rev-alonsus

For a soothing mists was a passive in legion when they re-did Mistweaver monk so it never existed in the same world as viivfy and Esscence font before bfa

It did, thanks to the PvP talent called Ancient Mistweaver Arts.

@Rev-alonsus

Soothing mists provides the some of strongest single target healing out of all the healing classes. It doesn’t need to exist for spot healing as well. If you remove the GCD you would have to increase its initial Mana costs to balance it which means you wouldn’t use it anyway

Just lower soothing mist’s healing output and allow it to serve its purpose as merely a way to channel powerful healing spells through it then.

[Kimora-aggramar]

@Rev-alonsus

For a soothing mists was a passive in legion when they re-did Mistweaver monk

Legion MW felt like it was in the middle of a rework, but they forgot about it on release. Did you feel like hard casting every ability and getting thrown into soothing mist felt good? To me it looked and felt stupid.

Maybe I’m biased since the first iteration of MW Monk was my favourite… but the constant spamming soothing mist to funnel healing into them with vivify and enveloping mists felt soooo good. It also feels unique being a healer that heals through beaming players lol.

[Rev-alonsus]

soothing mists healing isn’t the problem. Its the fact that its makes everything instant cast which is ridiculously strong. I didn’t know about the PVP thing sorry but its not exacltly the same still.

I like the original version of MW and if they were to go back to a mists style of Mistweaver I would fully agree as current MW feels unfinished. But with this current iteration it would simply be to strong to remove the GCD.

[Kimora-aggramar]

@Rev-alonsus

Its the fact that its makes everything instant cast which is ridiculously strong. I

It doesn’t make anything instant cast, because you have to cast soothing mist lol

[Rev-alonsus]

if you didn’t have a gcd then it would. Either way for the next 8 second or whatever your main heal is instant.

[Rompuche-kazzak]

You don’t keep casting soothing mist uninterrupted on a single target in any serious type of content.

But wait.
Why are you arguing for a more boring playstyle again?

[Rev-alonsus]

I’m not sure what is so exciting about having to cast soothing mists all the time so you can use your other abilities more effective ?

the logical conclusion from the gameplay you are suggesting would be to remove soothing mists all together and just make all your abilities instant cast.