Season 2 Class Tuning Plans

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With the launch of Curse of Ula’tek, the first major content update for Midnight, we’re sharing an updated look at our class tuning roadmap for Season 2.

The Curse of Ula’tek content update brings a broad set of class updates along with the opening of the Coiled Isle and its new challenges. As we monitor class performance across the Venomous Abyss, Mythic Keystone dungeons, PvP, Delves, and other endgame activities, we will use a combination of internal data and player feedback to identify opportunities for targeted adjustments, while preserving the strengths and gameplay identity of each specialization.

Our next planned tuning pass will arrive with the start of Midnight Season 2 on August 18, when Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties of the Venomous Abyss open and the new Mythic+ and PvP season begins. We expect to follow with additional adjustments after reviewing the first full week of live Season 2 data.

Thereafter, we will continue to evaluate balance as players progress through PvP, Mythic difficulty, push higher Mythic Keystone levels, and acquire Season 2 class sets and optimized gear. Early progression tuning will generally be conservative, especially before Ula’tek has been defeated on Mythic difficulty, to avoid unnecessary disruption to competitive progression. That said, if we notice unhealthy trends begin to emerge, we’ll quickly develop tuning changes to ensure a more equitable start to the season. Once more representative data is available, we’ll make broader adjustments where appropriate and schedule additional check-in passes throughout the season.

Our currently-planned tuning dates are listed below. Planned changes will be applied with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region.

  • August 18 - Midnight Season 2 begins
  • August 25 - First week of Season 2 tuning
  • September 1 - Second week of Season 2 tuning
  • September 22 - Fifth week of Season 2 tuning
  • (Additional tuning passes as needed)

Again, these dates are subject to change. We may also adjust classes via hotfix, especially disruptive bugs, or tuning issues, at any time. We expect to have roughly four additional tuning passes between September 22 and the start of Season 3. The exact dates of those tuning passes are still to be determined.

Thank you for your continued feedback. We look forward to seeing you on the Coiled Isle and in Midnight Season 2!

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Class Tuning Incoming – August 25
Rogue buffs on latest notes for 12.1 PTR Very good!
So, Is it next Patch?
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Im sure folks appreciate the timeline and can look forward to when things will be happening

Good job with the open communication

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There should be tuning every week. Big, small, idc. But it should be a weekly thing.

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So wait a month into season before choosing what class to push m+, got it.

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Just to clarify, will there be tuning on 8/18 when the season begins? Or are you going to wait until that first week is finished before tuning?

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Open communication is great. We need more of this.

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Nuke Demon Hunters and Buff Rogues…

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I assume there is a good chunk of data they can get from mythic 0s. Though hopefully they don’t go overboard with it like they did with fury warrior in TWW season 1 and nerf specs into the ground that have great opening burst, then fall off a cliff after that burst is over lol.

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they normally share what is being tuned a few days before maintenance and will be live with that day’s reset

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First tuning on the 25th

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Serious question here, why do we even do PTRs anymore?

If you need 5 rapid fire tuning passes once it’s live after 7 weeks of PTR either nobody is playing PTR to give useful information for tuning, and it’s all done on vibes, or the PTR information just doesn’t matter at all.

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Ruby Life Pools…dragons won’t come down after killing first boss on heroic

It’s happened every time I get it so far

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Mainly this. Most folks are in there just to get early access to content so they can come out swinging and knowing everything already

Not to mention theres a lot to be tuned and bugs to be fixed. Bugs and what not take a priority as it affects gameplay. Tuning can be done at any point.

And since a lot of folks arent actually.giving numbers type feedback, you get weekly tuning patches when they can gather their own information.

Also, PTR numbers are very very small compared to the collective data you can get out of live

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If you guys listen to player feedback you would’ve already made changes to Holy Priest…

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first pass on the 18th

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Ah good catch. Glanced over that

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Please keep in mind 5 man dungeon tuning when tuning a class in raid. Sometimes M+ needs a compensatory buff when a class is nerfed in raid.

-signed voidweaver disc priest

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I approve this message. :ok_hand:

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Yeah, but they also say… it’s not exactly clear. Or it is and I just don’t see it.

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all 4 are dates of tuning but the “first week of season 2 tuning” just means “data used from the first week of season 2”