Did something happen recently with how the M+ community at large views Aug?
I consider myself to be an above average aug player but the last two weeks or so it’s been like pulling teeth trying to get invited to even an 8. Near constant declines. I suppose I haven’t kept up on all the recent patch notes, did we get nerfed or something?
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Aug is not required for low keys and their damage is lower than bringing pretty much any other DPS that is 10 ilvls lower, 15-20 ilvls if the DPS is one of the meta melee, it is almost a handicap when going for fast clears for crests unless it’s a 630+ team that would get more out of a bad pug aug than a bad pug DPS.
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Aug does not perform well in lower keys, nor are they require in lower keys. Once you start getting to higher keys beyond the +12 range, then aug starts to really shine because they improve group survivability.
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Augmentation PUG players are bad. I’d avoid most of them too.
If you’re running keys below 12, go Devastation (Scalecommander) and be miserable with doing 700M less overall than your peers.
Don’t bother applying as Flameshaper, you might be inadvertently reported for trolling a group.
Yeah, Aug is not fun in Pugs…I wouldn’t pick one up. I roll Deva sub 10s
I decided to main Aug recently, because I have always loved buffing party members. I love it. It took some time, recently everything just clicked and it feels great. I think part of it was needing more secondary stats. A fresh 80 Aug felt really sluggish. That or it just took a minute to get the gameplay loop down.
It’s the stats.
The way Aug works heavily punishes dropping EM, which stats help (haste and mastery) keep up. Its extremely punishing due to being about buff extension when it drops.
It’s really unfortunate that chrono plays so much better feel wise but performs so much worse than scale. But like you, I love playing buffing support classes and Aug fills that niche for me. I still think people that think removing Aug will make them selected for a group are silly. They’ll just grab the shaman over them still lol
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In fairness, aug can be fine as chrono in coordinated groups. Its just… you need to line up CDs to really take advantage of it whereas scalecommander resets breath so often its just fire when ready.
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