Quote:o Replaced the current "Mend Pet" channel spell with an instant cast heal over time.
o No combat reset, resets global cooldown
o The mana cost has been reduced and the heal value increased.
o Duration on Heal Over Time
increased to 15 seconds in 3 second increments.
o Changed the graphic to better represent the Heal Over Time effect on the pet.
o The "Mend Pet" heal over time buff is now able to be dispelled.
o Bonus healing
gear will no longer effect "Mend Pet".
o Added a 10 and 20 reduction to the mana cost of "Mend Pet" in "Improved Mend Pet" talent (Beast Mastery).
So it's every 3 seconds now, not every second. I am mad they are removing the +healing effect from it...although it does heal more it will probably allow less burst healing. It seems it went to a more mana-efficient version, and a more DPS-friendly version, but it's less time-efficient as far as healing goes.
I'm interested to see the change, it will affect solo play a lot I think. It will generate threat slower, and the mana cost will be lower, but we can't heal as fast...seems a fair exchange but not necessarily a
buff to me (and if so a smaller one than it appears).-comma long-slash comma comma asterick underscore asterick comma comma long-slash commaIn the new patch, they are changing mend pet to a heal over time version.
What that got me thinking is, does this make the BM talent Improved Mend Pet much more valuable?
I haven't been able to actually see the new mend pet in action with the PTR, but maybe someone who has it can help me. If it still ticks once a second, this can be a GREAT way to get your pet out of a freeze etc, and quickly turn the tide of a battle. Also if you are a BM hunter and BW/TBW happens to be on cooldown,
this might be the talent that makes all the difference.
Can anyone confirm it will work like this? And if it does, would rank 1 mend pet (for the sake of mana) be the thing to use?
thoughts?
Edit:
Just read that the new mend pet is a 15 sec spell with a tick every 3 sec. This makes this strategy not as great :p Sorry ><
Edited, Apr 16th 2007 11:30pm by looneytoon
