Havoc is in 90+% of keys on the first 5 pages of raider io. Stop pretending that havoc isn’t cracked. Havoc nerfs were absolutely appropriate.
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Not gonna lie I noticed this when I clicked into the one last week which is why I read this one this week, lol.
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Monitoring data… lol
So not playing but monitoring, no wonder why blues are clueless.
MM is doing fine in pve
WHy would they be playing? Data about class balance needs to be taken from the top players
Not just high keys. I’m an absolute menace on the charts in lower keys with my frost mage too. I give DH’s ego crisis’s when they see me wrecking them on the charts.
Frost mage is gonna freaking blast with these buffs
It’s a nice thought, not going to help much, but a nice thought.
We need more viable and useful defenses, not band aids, and not more pets. Totems might work if the content didn’t punish us for daring to stay in range of the totem.
Oh well perhaps when we finally get the full race unlock treatment for Shaman we will get some actual defenses for the Class or just the Enhancement spec.
Mages are in 75% of the keys on the first page of raider io already. They’re cracked in keys and doggy in raid, and now they’re going to be mandatory in the highest keys.
It’s another case of having great synergy with the rest of the comp.
DH’s being meta gives them chaos brand now. They’re still getting PI since Disc is a meta healer, and Aug hasn’t went anywhere and mages still share some of the best synergy with an Aug.
A fire mage on its own is honestly more of a middle of the pack spec in a PUG setting. Frost mage however is still very strong even without PI/Aug.
Synergy matters, no doubt. But regardless of how they get there, they don’t need a buff to make it further.
we all know the solution is nerfing Aug into the ground but Blizzard is still in denial about it
Deleting Aug from the game, which obviously will not happen, is the correct answer to fixing most of the game’s problems right now.
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Aug is a problem for rank 1 key pushers in an infinite scaling system which nobody should care about (literal top 0.1%).
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Spriest needs more and a change to its set bonus. 4 Piece is not only bad but resets on M+ boss engagement. Utter garbage.
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Having an aug in the group makes keys much easier at all levels, and while having an ideal comp is absolutely not needed for 20s or below, people will still prefer to invite the best specs over the less ideal ones.
As a healer, I find it super noticeable when I just have way more main stat for most of a key. Lets me DPS more, which is also super buffed.
It’s more mandatory higher up the stack, but that always infects lower key levels.
And that’s just one of the issues with Aug.
Still nothing for Warriors? Even Protection Warriors?
Big sad
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I hope that’s sarcasm.
Because most players on these forums just parrot what their favorite streamer said without any verification as to the validity at all.
Right now the top players are trying to push the highest keys possible plus the timers are much more lenient this season so we’re still seeing a lot of Auvoker since it is still about surviving at the highest keys. But I’ve seen several top players also state that based on their experience 3 DPS is more overall DPS than Aug plus 2 DPS.
It will be interesting to see what happens in MDI since MDI isn’t played at the cutting edge key levels so clear speed is much more important. Will we still see Aug in every MDI key? If we do then I think the answer is clear that Aug + 2 DPS is still more DPS than 3 DPS and Auvoker needs another damage nerf if that is the case.
I’d add that they see how they perform, try to emulate it and fail-thus it’s a balance problem.
Don’t forget buffing prot war damage to be more in line with VDH and BrM!