Class Tuning Incoming – June 6

[Pensife-wyrmrest-accord]

Outlaw Rogue is so bad in PvP that it isn’t even showing up in statistics for top level PvP. Yet absolutely no buffs. But MARKSMAN HUNTER, the king of casual PvP, needs buffs. Insane.

[Gwen-malganis]

@Kaivax

• Protection
• Developers’ notes: Protection Warriors are not currently performing as competitively as we would like compared to most other tanks in terms of damage and survivability.
• All damaging abilities increased by 8%.
• Auto-attack damage increased by 10%.
• Spell Block’s duration increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• Thunderlord now causes each enemy hit by Thunder Clap to reduce the remaining cooldown of Demoralizing Shout by 1.5 seconds, up to 4.5 seconds (was 1.0 seconds, up to 3.0 seconds).

Oh, yeah. Good stuff.

[Lights-proudmoore]

@Kaivax

• Discipline
• Developers’ notes: Discipline has been more reliant on shields this season than we’d like. We’re increasing Atonement healing while bringing down the power of shields, with the goal of the preferred playstyle being an offensive one. We’re also targeting the mana reduction from Inner Light, as Discipline has been more mana efficient than we’d like.
• Power Word: Shield now absorbs 15% less damage in PvP combat.
• Inner Light now reduces the mana cost of the affected spells by 10% (was 15%).
• Atonement healing is now 50% more effective in PvP combat (was 40%).

[Nuwala-mankrik]

@Kaivax

Hunter

• Beast Mastery
  • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 5%.

move out of the way all you “other” weak classes. bm will be the new meta tuesday

/cry and /laugh

edit: and /cry again

[Grayfox-stormrage]

By all metrics Arms and Assassination are outperforming Feral in single target. It would be interesting to understand the context and decision making around what causes some specs to be considered under performing and not others.

[Magnarok-amanthul (Magnarok)]

@Kaivax

Mage

• Fire
  • Pyroblast damage increased by 5%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Fire Blast damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Fireball damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Scorch damage increased by 10%.

Well that’s nice.

[Vileplumex-sargeras]

Why on earth is mistweaver class does arguably the highest damage and third highest healing. Bias much

Please look at passive healer damage in raid better instead of just ignoring the problem.

Certain healers do negative raid damage and others do like five times others PASSIVELY.

[Meowthew-tichondrius]

It’s been a long while since I’ve logged into the forums. This is not okay. These feral changes are a joke.

[Vishael-moon-guard]

@Kaivax

Aimed Shot damage increased by 25% in PvP combat

Because, you know, hunters weren’t quite one-shotting kids below max level.

[Zaim-sargeras (Zaim)]

@Kaivax

Player versus Player

Any chance to either tone down the self healing for Fury Warriors and Locks, or buff a few of the specs with little to no passive healing? (Ret, Feral, Monk, etc…)

[Pounce-icecrown]

@Kaivax

Druid

• Feral
• Developers’ notes: The following set bonus changes will increase the average number of stacks of the (2) Set Bonus and cause the (4) Set Bonus to trigger less often, but provide more Agility when it does.
  • Aberrus (2) Set Bonus: Chance for Shadows of the Predator stacks to reset reduced by 15%.
  • Aberrus (4) Set Bonus: Now increases Agility by 8% (was 5%).

Honestly can’t understand how you can throw in a nerf inside a buff attempt. This is NOT what the spec needs. I can’t believe this is the one change we get after all this time.

Currently the spec plays like crap cause we’re drowning in resources while ALSO performing like crap. Our single target is atrocious, especially when spec’d into AoE, while our AoE is pretty much non existent when spec’d into single target. Then you add that to a vastly single target raid tier and to the fact that we’re already crippled from being melee. Even an aura buff would’ve been way better than this, as the spec is underperforming across the board.

Also, all of this is happening while you ignore the incessant feedback from multiple sources on how bad it is to Rebirth or Innervate as a Feral, making it the only druid spec that has to drop its main form to do so.

[Outoffocus-illidan]

@Kaivax

Hunter

• Beast Mastery
  • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 5%.

Thanks for the crumbs, I guess

[Mmr-maiev]

@Kaivax

The cooldown of Amplify Curse is now 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).

YOOOOOOOOOOO HELLO BLIZZARD ???
Bring back the demonic armor then, what are you doing? Me or my healer is one-shotted by Sub Rogue, or WW Monk, or War, or MMHunt, and the only way I can save the situation is to put minus crit on them.

I get the impression that when a developer goes to pee in the toilet, he imagines how he will once again nerf the lock by pouring into the toilet at the same time.

Every week you take something from us, nerf something, you have already crossed all the boundaries.

Have you ever tried to play against Encha and Arms War? Or RMP

[Chrysippus-illidan]

Does the following buff to Shadow Bolt damage in PvP also apply to Drain Soul damage?

• Affliction
• Developers’ notes: We are increasing the damage of Unstable Affliction’s backlash effect to lessen the value of dispelling Affliction’s damage over time effects. It’s been lower than we’d like, in addition to healers gaining extra health this season. Additionally, we’re increasing Shadow Bolt damage as the reward for casting it is lower than we’d like.
  *** Shadow Bolt damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.**

[Saithis-shandris (Saithis)]

Hi Kaivax!

can we get a 3% buff to all resto druid dmg/healing? would help out a lot in dungeons…

[Peepohots-zuljin]

We have the highest HPS in the game, I don’t know if they’ll go for that one

[Saithis-shandris (Saithis)]

you’re right…5% buff to all abilities plz

[Battlemaster-stormrage]

Hpal? Hello??

[Ratpally-stormrage]

@Kaivax

• Fire
  • Pyroblast damage increased by 5%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Fire Blast damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Fireball damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Scorch damage increased by 10%.

Monk

Why. The spec is already A tier in keys.

[Møcha-moon-guard]

PvP changes:

What the heck did I just read? Sub rogue damage nerfs? You realize outlaw is a completely dead spec because the damage is horrid correct?

Sub rogue damage is also horrible damage aside from their cc

Sub rogues currently still do significantly less damage than any other class in PvP

Nerfing MW? MW has been the only class where healing does not feel 1000% horrid… you’re going to make any remaining MWs quit too.

There is 0 respect for the actual state of PvP

This REALLY comes off as again you attempting to drive out the remaining PvPers hoping it will push them into PvE or m+ instead

The amount of neglect for the actual PvP side of this game is absolute insanity. It’s worse than neglect, it’s actually changes moving forward to continually harm and punish PvP players.

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