Not exactly.
During the PTR patch 2.6.7, Blizzard nerfed both wizards and thorns necromancers. The top worldwide non-season wizard clear was GR 148 (rank #2 GR 146) and thorns necromancer was GR 147 (rank #2 GR143). They also made a new build ww/rend where the lamentation belt had a new 150%-200% rend damage modifier. The prior version of lamentation lacked this damage modifier in its entirety.
During the PTR, a 10K paragon player in the first few days cleared GR 140 with suboptimal gear and greater rift. A few of us predicted that if the build went live as is, the top worldwide potential was GR 144-146. I was one of those. I presented numbers to back up my hypothesis using the PTR leaderboard data. As you can imagine, this was an unpopular opinion and there was much animosity expressed to anyone who held that view.
I advocated for the rend damage buff being a flat 100%. Needless to say, the majority felt that the GR 144-146 prediction was way too high. During Blizzcon, it was discovered much to everyone’s chagrin including my own, that Blizzard decided not to buff the lamentation belt at all that went live in patch 2.6.7. In patch 2.6.7a, they buffed the belt to 100-150% rend damage modifier. As of today, the ww/rend build has cleared GR 148 with a weaker version of the lamentation belt that was tested on the PTR. My supposed “lie” was a prediction about a build where my thought of the top worldwide clear was GR 144-146 that was considered outrageous. The real data proved that the ww/rend build was even stronger than I predicted.
You can read what I posted about the rend damage modifier here that gives some numbers and my thoughts at that time.
The fact of the matter is I consider balance between classes good game design and dislike the idea of an OP class where the other classes are weak in comparison. There also is a widespread misperception that I main a wizard. This is not true. My 3 main classes are DH (31%) = WD (29%) > Barb (12%). I support the nerf to WD that cleared GR 150 in non-season and also a nerf to DH GoD build. I take an unbiased and consistent approach to my ideas on balance. I do not play favorites when I analyze the leaderboard data.
https://us.diablo3.com/en/profile/MicroRNA-1507/career
I do not discuss politics on a video game forum as I consider it inappropriate and not in accordance with the forum guidelines.
The Forum Code of Conduct Description starts with:
“Welcome to the Blizzard Forums! These forums are here to provide you with a friendly environment where you can discuss ideas, give game play advice, role-play, and converse about any other aspects of Blizzard games with other players. Community forums are at their best when participants treat their fellow posters with respect and courtesy. Therefore, we ask that you conduct yourself in a civilized manner when participating in these forums.”
This is why my “sentence structure” sometimes is weird as I try to make sure that if I disagree with someone, I discuss the merits of their arguments and not the person. I do my best never to attack forum members personally or use an insulting pejorative.