As the newest patch has a massive amount of nerfs for BM Hunters. I am wondering when the new chart toping Demon Hunters will be getting there “Balance” taken care of? 143 Item level here and they are doubling my DPS as a BM Hunter and BM hunters are the ones getting the nerf? I srsly want to know why they are not getting the “Balance” pass? Who cares if they are shiny and new. They still need to be balanced out like the rest of the classes are being.
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As the new spec on the block, they won’t get nerfed until they become really popular, and more people are playing them at proper ilvl.
I’m not seeing this kind of huge DPS, but I’m not at 143 yet. I hope to see it though - I kinda like the spec (although a bit undecided for long term), and it would be nice to have finally chosen a spec that is actually OP when I play it.
Shouldnt matter if its a new spec. it should have the same balance like every other class gets. So much for the fair stuff the Devs where talking about.
Devs usually require an overabundance of data before making any changes, which is why it takes weeks to get anything seemingly done when players notice it on the first few days.
Introduce DDH which seems to rely heavily on Apex talents that aren’t even available for mass data collection, and you’re probably not going to see any serious tuning until well into S1.
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Didnt seem to need them with the latest round of nerfs going out next week. Espeically to BM Hunters and other classes. In fact DDH’s have gotten a power up and made easier to play rather than the skill based class they said they would be.
Well they’ve waited until it hit live servers to actually start working on the spec, instead of doing anything to it during the beta, so i expect it’ll be a bit before it’s normal.
Annihilator is in line with other specs, void-scarred is out of hand. Especially with the rotational cheese you have to pull off to get numbers out of it.
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You’re getting some buffs next Tuesday.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/1201-midnight-beta-test-development-notes/2213807
Dont get me wrong, I think DH is a cool class. But its OP as heck and seems to be Blizz’s fav, right up there with Paladins.
Devs have a better picture of where they want those specs to land. Not saying it’s right to balance the others and not DDH, but it is what it is.
The BM nerf sucks. Feel worse for Ele shamans getting a full on blanket nerf to all their damage.
Devo DHs though. Really hard to tell honestly since it really isnt at our new level cap with moderate to top tier gear nor apex talents used yet. Though I am a very near 150 ilvl and a simple LFR couch potato… I have had some DDHs just explode off the charts, and some sit mid to lower to where I am top of the charts or close to it and another BM Hunter explodes everything out of the grease traps.
I feel it is more ilvl and person in control at this point while more tweaks and twists get made into S1 Midnight, so numbers all over are going up and down.
This was my latest venture an hour or so ago, got over shadowed by another BM who is 160+
One where a DDH was 150 and near the lower end and I am on top.
https://i.imgur.com/kMJumNv.png
https://i.imgur.com/AmDY8D1.png
https://i.imgur.com/x1qZEEX.png
https://i.imgur.com/1GWehmQ.png
At this point, it is all random for a lot of peeps and gonna be frustrating in many areas. I feel with DDHs based on a combined ilvl and who is in control of the spec at that moment.
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Blizzard has already given up on balancing around level 80 content, so, the answer will be ‘sometime in midnight’.
Uhmm… they do no damage outside of they cooldowns lol
I play an Elemental Shaman on the Horde Side, and I am like “What the heck? Did Blizzards Fun Deteced alarm go off for everything but the DDH.”
Yeah that’s a big issue with the spec. You do 0 damage until you’re in metamorphosis, and then with mastery scaling + 30% extra damage on your abilities, your damage skyrockets.
Because of the Devourer’s Bite talent offering further damage increase windows (up to 48% if stacked up properly), and the sheer damage Cull is doing after they buffed it by 75% (and the very large burst damage of Voidsurge), Void-scarred is doing very large numbers by doing very dumb stuff.
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Oh trust me I know - it’s been fun to gameplan against in arena lol. Anyone unaware who thinks they can trade a defensive is going to get one shot.
Dress for the DPS you want. You’re dressed like you just got a character boost so of course that reflects onto your dps. Wear something a tough CE raider would wear and then come back.