Much appreciated, that said it would be great if you looked at DHs, and WDs as well.
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Problem is, you run 2 weeks of PTR and encourage the community to take part into it, to test things, etc.
Then you close PTR “as is” and everyone is like “Good job everyone! We got some pretty good changes! See you in Live”.
…and then just 2 weeks before Live, You Doubled (Nerfed) It
Wtf is this? Even if you change some things back, you deserve all the bash in the world Blizzard, or is it Activision now?
Stupid will be the people who will come to PTR next time and “Help test things!”.
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Pretty sure it is the same in all communities.
But yeah, I would pull a Tseric (WoW CM) on my first day. Ban, ban them all.
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Everyone seems to quickly forgot rathma and how it has been… I don’t have word to describe that abomination
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Well, don’t mess up this bad then?
I mean … mostly, the CM is not at fault, but he should like really, put pressure on the Dev’s when he heard that things will get nerfed, because “…based on the community feedback I gathered, they will go mad! Don’t do this”.
If he did said this, which …I’m not sure, but if he did, then…good! That’s his job!
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Not really expecting much here but if I don’t try it’ll bug me forever: any chance of additional details on the WD nerf? I expanded on it in a little more depth here but some clarification about why SB was hit when WD is already in a pretty rough spot would be ace.
Regardless, appreciate the update, thanks for keeping us in the loop 
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This 
People are so ready to jump all over the CMs. They also need some love having to function between a rock and a hard place. I always felt sorry for Brandy.
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QFT
And because you need 20 characters,
I’m giving you a hell yeah!
Most people that play Diablo 3 don’t play to feel like a wet noodle. Majority of people want to collect the sets and blaze the monsters. Instead of focusing on bringing classes down…they should be buffing everyone up. There’s a reason that people “cry” - it’s because being powerful is FUN. Honestly, I don’t play the game competitively, like most people…I return for the seasons to enjoy whatever changes they implement and play for fun. Even for competitive players, why is anyone satisfied with the same group meta (rats) running the same content season after season. Adding new powerful ways to play opens up so much opportunity for new group play and fun. You don’t need to be able to steam roll a GR 150, but it should be achievable with some effort for all classes once you’ve collected your optimized pieces of gear. Who wants to get hung up at greater rift 120 and feel like you can never progress?
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Really encouraging. Thank you! Simply buff the 2000% to 4000% and we’re golden.
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i real question should be does the dev’s that run’s D3 know how to do math ?
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Thanks for the fast reply man,
just make only possible to aply the firebird set proc by aplying damage with the wizzard itself instead of pets, and then you can keep the same numbers from ptr. not even needed to nerf.
This is great news - I don’t think most people understand how much is on your plate as CM.
And if you guys could see your way into giving MVPs or trusted users a couple of moderation privileges on the forums, that might lighten the load for you. Just like on Le Reddit, community mods can shoulder the tremendous burden of keeping the threads from becoming toxic cesspools of redundant cross-posted nonsense lol.
I’m all for free speech but when you have 10,000 kids screaming in an elevator, it’s harder to have a positive community. Trusted community mods might do the trick since you guys have more important things to do. But I suppose you have some kind of Blizz corporate policy preventing that.
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I hope not. But yeah, you are right, some do.
Can’t say I agree. Challenge is fun.
Dont get me wrong. I want Blizzard to obliterate the Rat meta.
And the most efficient way to do that is through nerfs.
Well, since GR120 and G150 is essentially the same thing, due to how GRifts work, it doesn’t really matter if you are stuck on GR120 or GR150
But at least, if players are stuck at GR120, there is the sense that you might be able to push higher.
When everyone are stuck at GR150 due to endless powercreep, there is no way forward.
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Would be great if devs will take a look one more time at WD, because nerf second patch in a row is so painfull 
PS: also DH needs 5th piece to be actually viable in high GRs
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Actually it was nerfed about 24 times (to ~4% of PTR damage), not just 10 times, because legacy Etched Sigil was fixed not to buff Firebird’s damage and all top clears on PTR used legacy Etched Sigil, which provided additional 150% damage increase.
- 2-piece: 2.5x nerf
- 4-piece: 2x nerf
- 6-piece: 1.95x nerf
- legacy Etched Sigil fix: 2.5x nerf
So it means 20 tiers nerf, not 15.
Blizzard please revert 4-piece and 6-piece bonuses and keep 2-piece bonus of 3000%. This will be reasonable nerf.
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they would if they knew math
Thanks for listening to the community guys, keep up the good work!
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Honestly they prob just need to revert the 6pc bonus. I agree that the set needed a nerf from ptr and at least the 2pc needed nerfed. I am ok with the 4pc nerf because it was still quite strong though I do not think it was a huge issue. To make the 6pc bonus worse than the live version from a straight dmg bonus is what is beyond foolish to me. Even if the set is better seeing any number be worse than current live is just disheartening.
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please fix this weak rathma set need more dmg reduction and more dmg output
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