I wanted you to know that arcane mages are ludicrous. infinite mobility and can one shot you. Please fix this this before season launch. They’re literally face tanking and one shotting people.
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the mobility is annoying but I would mind it less if the damage was toned down. I got to “enjoy” getting deleted by aeghis all match when he was arcane. actually miserable
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Yeah, I mean mobility is part of their " tech " I get it, shimmers and timing your alters etc, SURE but the fact they have infinite mobility and can just blast anybody is wild.
Was hit (not crit) for a 6.5m barrage in shuffle.
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I thought the nearly-5 mil one I got hit with was bad…
Yeah the guy actually whispered me apologizing for the damage lol. I don’t think it’s just barrage either. They’re like a constant fire hose of damage right now.
Yeah im queing 3’s and its literally 3 arcane mages. Surely blizz is aware right? right guys?
Nah, that was definitely a crit. Probably went into a shield, so details only reads it as a hit.
Happens all the time!
I’m sure it won’t be as bad after people have current season PvP gear.
I don’t use details (recount4lyfe). Does recount have the same issue? It has it’s own tracking for absorbs.
Oh and the person just voluntarily apologized after the game for doing so much damage 
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You’re still using Recount?!
Yep. I’ve tried details and it overcomplicates a very simple task as well as doing some stuff in a dumb way (like calculating crits into absorbs as hits). I think most people use it just because it looks more modern.
yeah im still here with 3 rolls that take me forward 10 yards and gets clipped by any random micro cc and its like arcane mages are literally full power dr strange and im an early european middle age serf with tuberculosis
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Cry moar slicing winds for half our health tears.
The damage will even out slightly with new season gear but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a balance pass before season starts. Ret pally, Arcane Mage, Havoc, MW damage… presumably on the block after the debauchery that has been on display since yesterday.
Yes! I discovered this vs lady ashvane in BFA eternal palace raid who has half her health as absorb shields.
It’s because they both pull information from the combat log and the combat log reads all damage into absorbs as a normal hit (even though you’ll see the bolded crit text).
Recount does seem to be able to separate absorb damage though as it has it categorized in it’s own row as you can see in the screenshot. Maybe it just tracks the crit absorbs as hits instead of absorbs? That would be odd but does line up with the damage in the screenshot as the highest “absorb” is 4.5m and 1.5x that is 6.75m which is very close to the 6.5m “hit”.
Just 1v1 dueled 3 different arcane mages, i got 1 shot through dispersion as a SP ;_; So fun
arcane missiles ticking for 1.3 mil is crazy
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I fought an enhance yesterday in a skirm, and they were hitting people for 50% of their hp every global for about 20 seconds. Did something change for them?
I think it’s mostly the usual pre season stuff
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