Greater Drums Added for Burning Crusade Classic Beta

TBC Posted 2021/03/25 at 12:20 AM by Rokman

planning to adjust how Leatherworking Drums workNew Leatherworking Drum Recipes

Pattern: Greater Drums of War
Pattern: Greater Drums of Speed
Pattern: Greater Drums of Restoration
Pattern: Greater Drums of Panic
Pattern: Greater Drums of Battle

New Leatherworking Drums

Greater Drums of War
Greater Drums of Speed
Greater Drums of Restoration
Greater Drums of Panic
Greater Drums of Battle

Comparing Drums versus Greater Drums

Drums of Battle

Was Rare Quality in Burning Crusade
Has 50 Charges
Requires 365 Leatherworking to Craft
Requires 6 Heavy Knothide Leather and 4 Thick Clefthoof Leather
Requires 350 Leatherworking to use
Only buffs party members within 8 yard range
Obtained from Sha'tari Quartermaster when Honored with Sha'tar

Greater Drums of Battle

Did not exist in Burning Crusade
Has 50 Charges
Requires 375 Leatherworking to Craft
Requires 8 Heavy Knothide Leather and 6 Thick Clefthoof Leather
Requires 375 Leatherworking to use
Only buffs party members within 40 yard range
Unknown how to obtain

Ideas from the community on how to "fix" Drums

Drums give a "Tinnitus" debuff, preventing players from gaining the Drums effect back to back.

Drums give the buff to the entire raid, meaning only 4-5 Leatherworkers are requires for a high end raid.

Drums no longer have Leatherworking requirement to use, meaning no Raiders need to be Leatherworking.

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Comment by MayiaAdding some is a bad idea imo, all they needed to do was add a 1-2 min debuff to players who get effected by drums and they're done.
That or make them raid wide with the 1 min debuff, so you can use one every minute.Comment by 0kitty020 yards, raid-wide, melee haste only

;-)Comment by kellarJust make this crap affect all raid members and 40 yards for the normal one, this is just adding more layers of minmaxing of people running ZA for the recipe ressed.Comment by MorbidjbyrdYou can run ZA every 3 days, and you won't need them until SWP. By then they'll be everywhere.

This is a very good solution, but of course the idiots that want a power boost will whine about it. The drums were buffed in ZA, which is why no one used them prior to that. This will mirror the original TBC, and at the same time not force people into LW the entirety of the expansion. By SWP, it won't matter, because you can easily drop a primary profession, and only the hardcore will make it that far anyways.

Aside from the people butthurt about wanting powercreep, idk how you can be dissatisfied with this solution.Comment by Luck4ya i can't wait for gear score classic edition

trade chat: LF20 heroic ICC GDKP must have lich king achievement and 375 gear score!Comment by Atokad2887the idea of letting everyone use drums outside leatherworkers is just silly to me. This is a healthy barrier so that shamans as a class can bring this to the table and feel needed. retail has gone way out of bounds to take that identity from them in a sense where they almost don't matter outside resto. BUT....if your willing to put in the work as a leatherworker from the immersive perspective to have the right to use the drums you create or other LW's create. That sounds like a good healthy way to use the spell and still allow the shamans of this era still feel like a wanted class for the buff.Comment by CammyClamClamThe people I play with are less concerned about "GIVE ME MORE POWER!" and more concerned that it's powerful enough that top tier guilds will basically be demanding their mains all take LW for 100% uptime.

That has weird knock-on effects on the whole economy too, as it increases the value of other professions, but also bumps up the price of LW mats.Comment by brotalniaDo you see now why today's Blizzard cannot be trusted to make changes? Not only did they screw up the thing people wanted them to change, but they immediately came out with stuff nobody asked for, like paid level boosts and new store mounts...Comment by Grumar
Not changing stuff, just adding stuffComment by Xfade
ya i can't wait for gear score classic edition

trade chat: LF20 heroic ICC GDKP must have lich king achievement and 375 gear score!Comment by BullseyedSounds like this BC Classic isn't going to follow the same design philosophy of Vanilla Classic. But, I don't think many people are concerned about these details this time.

I can't wait for LK Classic, though! Easier to play, more enjoyable, with less grind, and ofc more casual/alt friendy than retail. LMAO!Comment by marulolthese drums are terrible,. 8 yard range really? Pathetic I usually only get 1 or 2 people in range

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