8.1 feral feels slugish and seems to deal less damage

Is it just me or they seemed to nerfed the spec rather than fix it.
Our st is dealing less damage and our aoe talents seem underwelming.
Energy also feels really slow, its like playing a mini game where you have to wait for energy to go up to cast 1 spell then wait again.
And the pvp damage is just bad,
Fuse an r1 feral even said so.

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yup, feral got the nerf bat.

thats blizzard 4 ya.

usually theres like 1 or 2 super OP classes and a bunch of mediocre ones

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Its not even mediocre, feral right now is underwelming.

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Its terrible…

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My single target has dropped by around 2-3k dps however my AoE has skyrocketed.

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ya, dont feel any better

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That’s ok, we can wait for 8.1.5 for them to increase the energy regen…
/s btw
Though seriously, it’s probably something they aren’t able to hotfix.

your single target dps is 2-3k dps lol???

With raid buffs and with just tiger’s fury, i never go under 10k

Reading comprehension is overrated…

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Beanslayer is loving Feral right now, so what does that tell you about opinions?

Energy regen does feel a tad slower but I’m also lower on haste, I think I’m at 19% or so. Been trying to stack more Versa but even that is hurting at the moment. I dislike the random stats on gear I get…Feral gear drops and I get haste/crit or mastery/versa pieces. Getting Haste/Versa gear seems very challenging for me at the moment.

More than likely, once you sim you will find that you have way more haste than you need. This patch turned our stats all upside down and inside out.

Sims show haste=versa>crit>=mastery

Druid discord is going bonkers right now trying to figure this out.

SBT and SOTF are huge DPS gains right now too.

Im running…

SB
WC
RA
MG
SotF
PW <-- Not sold on this one yet.
MoC

You are running a strange setup on your talents. What numbers are you pulling with that?

Currently I’m simming this with my setup.
18,126 DPS
Weapon DPS 13.13
Agility 2.36
Mastery 2.33
Critical Strike 2.14
Versatility 2.07
Haste 1.95

I don’t PVE so I couldn’t tell you. I only play this game for PVP. PVE is the most utterly BORING aspect of this game.

Your’s is kinda strange too, but I don’t pvp so couldn’t tell you. But my previous comment was a reply to Zacx.

I was at 12-13K DPS average through a full fight regularly in heroic Uldir…
I can’t even stay above 10K now regardless of which set of talents I use.

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Couple of things about trading in crit for vers.

We already lost the crit talent, having to trade in what crit is left is a double edged sword when it comes to building up combo points.

But mostly, changing stat priority mid expansion? How, why, would blizzard think that’s even an acceptable thing to do? Especially without communicating it. Basically they just told feral players all the work they’ve done on gear to this point is a waste. And our neck doesn’t even have versatility.

Sluggish I agree with. Even with Savage Roar.

But numbers are fairly consistent with muuuuuch better AOE.

I had to go on a mission though. Every single piece of gear I had equipped was Haste/Crit. Dumped haste like a mad man and it still sims last place for me.

PVP Specific:

Anyone running Primal Wrath over Brutal Slash? I tried Primal Wrath and it’s clunky and doesn’t hit hard. I like the BS damage and combo points.

PVP Only. I don’t PVE (except for the forced PVE Blizz makes me do).