Initial thoughts, so far a lot of the content seems really interesting. PvE seems to be in an okay place, PvP however is a nightmare right now. I will preface this with saying that I am not a high end PvPer, that being said I have been playing quite a bit of arenas lately and have heard PLENTY of opinions from higher end PvP players (Arenas and RBGs).
With the new Paladin changes it makes the PvP bracket borderline unplayable. Majority of games have a paladin on the team and regardless of the skill level of the player, they just win. It essentially puts a pause on the entire PvP bracket, anyone looking to push for R1 or even push for glad, just aren’t able to (if you aren’t a paladin or a ranged class that has a decent understanding of pvp already). I don’t think anyone will sit here and try to deny that paladins NEEDED a rework but these changes just aren’t it. It completely removes all skill and coordination needed in PvP, Paladins are just able to walk in and actually solo a player within seconds of Wings being popped. Players that have been consistently getting R1 and play PvP as their main source of content aren’t even able to continue playing without:
A. Playing a paladin
OR
B. Playing with a paladin
The dampener it puts on the PvP season is pretty substantial, the amount of Paladins that have climbed the bracket in the last few hours is insane - and MAJORITY of the people climbing aren’t doing so based on skill or coordination, it’s purely based on the broken class/spec.
Even briefly looking at content posts from PvP players, it’s all Retribution Paladins. This might possibly be the most agreed upon and mutual hatred change in PvP that’s happened in AWHILE. Something needs to be done, even if it’s just an initial nerf to Paladin in PvP while the remainder of changes are figured out from the class re-work.
https://twitter.com/ElliottVenczel/status/1639030243959930880