Class Tuning Incoming -- December 6

[Lotta-whisperwind]

Dodging the nerf bat feels good.

[Crumpetz-malganis (Crumpetz)]

WOOO! Disc got an interrupt!

[Dixierrekt-malganis]

So unholy and frost wont be magic tanks anymore. Now you will have to l2p in pvp!

[Debbyfrowner-thrall]

Threat management isn’t fun. WoW devs completely out of touch

[Bahamid-kelthuzad]

Leveling up Guardian Druid right now and I was sweating bullets until I saw we dodged a nerf bullet.

Phew…I get to have fun for another couple weeks…

[Idontknowhow-darrowmere]

@Kaivax

Death Knight

• Anti-Magic Shell absorption amount reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
• Will of the Necropolis damage reduction reduced by 50% in PvP in combat.
• Anti-Magic Barrier increase to Anti-Magic Shell duration and amount absorbed has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• Abomination Limb will no longer pull individual enemy players more than once over its duration (was every 4 seconds).
• Improved Death Strike increase to Death Strike’s healing has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• Frost
  • Death Strike’s healing increased based on recent damage is reduced by 50% if the damage was dealt by players or their pets.
• Unholy
  • Death Strike’s healing increased based on recent damage is reduced by 50% if the damage was dealt by players or their pets.
    • Developers’ notes: Death Knight survivability has been substantially higher than we’re comfortable with, so we’re targeting several aspects of their defensive kit. We feel that with these adjustments, Death Knights will maintain durability with options to counterplay defensively. Additionally, the multiple grips from Abomination Limb created scenarios of unfun gameplay with minimal counterplay in PvP. We’re changing this talent to be able to pull in a unique player in once per talent usage. We believe this change will allow the talent to be an attractive talent to pick while maintaining counterplay options for opponents.

You eviscerate my defensives to the point of overhauling my entire defensive kit in PvP but Warlock only gets a nerf for Curse of Tongues instead of its 800k pact healing and devil dots? And you don’t even mention Windwalker? Demon Hunter? Who did this tuning pass? A raider that got ganked in a battleground?

[Sephrinx-old-blanchy]

As a MM hunter, I thank you good sir.

[Óbvious-stormrage (Óbvious)]

Dodged it…so far! guardian is my favorite tank, i hope it doesn’t get nerfed when i finally get to leveling it.

[Møønfire-madoran]

@Debbyfrowner-thrall

isn’t fun

for you

@Debbyfrowner-thrall

WoW devs completely out of touch

if they follow your demand im unhappy. Who should they pick?

[Kalthaendron-illidan]

Still waiting on priest interrupt. Thanks!

[Vadimier-tanaris (Vadimier)]

@Kaivax

Mage

• Fire
  • Flamestrike damage increased by 8%.
  • Pyroblast damage increased by 5%.
  • Fireball damage increased by 10%.
  • Scorch damage increased by 10%.
  • Ignite damage increased by 5%.

Cool.

Now can you please do some internal tuning for frost mages? They’ve got several really bad talents.

In pve glacial Spike is a big loss to take over not spending the talent point at all, for example. It could use a PvE buff–probably coupled with a PvP nerf.

[Luuni-area-52]

@Bahamid-kelthuzad

Leveling up Guardian Druid

Guardian druid is disgustingly fun. You can pull entire rooms, pop Berserk + Rage of the Sleeper and do horrible things.

[Rektu-stormrage]

Thank God you guys increased threat generation because people are pulling mobs off the tank left and right.

But I agree with most people in this topic, why is threat even a thing? Why make things more difficult for the least played spec in the game?

[Møønfire-madoran]

@Kaivax

We’re finalizing additional tuning

Don’t stop sweating yet, I’d be amazed if tanks + demo and outlaw make it through without nerfs

[Debbyfrowner-thrall]

@Idontknowhow-darrowmere

Who did this tuning pass? A raider that got ganked in a battleground?

Yes lol.

@Vadimier-tanaris

In pve glacial Spike is a big loss to take over not spending the talent point at all, for example. It could use a PvE buff–probably coupled with a PvP nerf.

It has needed a buff for years

[Vadimier-tanaris (Vadimier)]

Yes, yes it has.

[Zorlstisza-moon-guard]

@Idontknowhow-darrowmere

You eviscerate my defensives to the point of overhauling my entire defensive kit in PvP but Warlock only gets a nerf for Curse of Tongues instead of its 800k pact healing and devil dots? And you don’t even mention Windwalker? Demon Hunter? Who did this tuning pass? A raider that got ganked in a battleground?

Someone lost to a Death Knight and they thought, wait that wasn’t supposed to happen

Now’s a good time to level up a lock while the eatin’s good.

[Gutshredda-zuljin]

If I could tank in WoW like I tank in FF… I’d tank exclusively with a DH.
It would put high mobility tanks on a tier above S tier.

SR tier.

[Debbyfrowner-thrall]

@Rektu-stormrage

But I agree with most people in this topic, why is threat even a thing?

That’s the question we all ask. Tanks should get threat very easily and keep it. Keeping track of threat on a big cluster of mobs is difficult for a lot of players

[Symplex-thrall]

@Malus-tichondrius

You killed an entire class in one tune.

imo the only change that needed to be made was the grab nerf and the shield reduction

@Shailean-whisperwind

RIP Exsanguinate, i barely knew ye

kind of a bummer but it’s not entirely spec breaking