How usefull is//was lifesteal for a warrior prepatch/patched?

I got a lifesteal weapon and can say it honestly really feels underwhelming to say the least from a warriors perspective. I know the last patch made it a small percentage I assume that’s 5% and if I understand correctly it gives you your damage back as hp.

For a tank it becomes kind of useless then because we barely do any damage with the big shield. I can’t say that the small shield makes a big difference either I barely see any effect in my health when I’m soloing either. I tried hitting the desert healing mobs for a good 7 minutes and my hp only went down… it didn’t go up once.

I can understand that the per hit mechanic was kind of favoring the warrior but the mechanic we have in place here really makes it kind of a useless stat for a tank or a fighter. I know that there are more useless stats for classes but this one really seemed nice and cut out for a tank which it is not at all especially with the last change.

i’d like to know how much hp it gave back per hit pre nerf cause if I do the math now with an avg hit of 100dmg heal back as a warrior in tank mode at 5% that would mean it would give given back 5hp per hit as of now. in the patch note it says that it should give back more health now then before. i think the average lvl 20 warrior has like10k+hp that kinda would explain why the lifesteal effect didn’t even move the health bar a single mm in 7 minutes of fighting a mob.

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The amount that you regain is based on the amount of damage you deal, so it might be much more useful for a DPS class than a tank class. I don’t think the intent is that every affix in the game is super useful for every class equally, that would be pretty impossible to balance.

I actually think the Lifepull affix is going to be one of the better ones for the Warrior (as it will basically just be like getting a constant small heal over time in a group), I really need to get that implemented fully.

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As a Ranger with sticky rings, I have to concur

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Yeah. As a Frost Mage :wink: with a Sticky ring, I was thrilled when I learned what my Sticky ring does.
So few MMORPGs give you options to play how you want to play; they railroad you into cookie-cutter specs and mandatory rotations.

That being said, if I could load up on Lifesteal affixes… “I am invincible!” :wink:

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With current mage DPS I don’t doubt it

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