PTR Development Notes

[Holycow-uldaman]

Continuing the discussion from Guardians of the Dream PTR Development Notes:

@Linxy

[WIP] New Talent: Deflecting Dance – Blade Dance deflects incoming attacks, absorbing damage up to 15% of your maximum health.

@Linxy

Grove Guardians are now present on the totem bar.

@Linxy

Molten Blood absorption reduced by 50%. This remains unchanged in PvP combat.

@Linxy

Healing Elixir has been redesigned as a passive effect – You consume a healing elixir when you drop below 35% health and are not in a loss of control effect, instantly healing you for 15% of your maximum health. You generate 1 healing elixir every 30 seconds, stacking up to 2 times.

@Linxy

• Power Word: Life now costs 2.5% mana (was 0.5%).
• Power Word: Life cooldown decreased to 15 seconds (was 30 seconds), but its cooldown is no longer decreased when cast on targets below 35% health.
• Power Word: Life is now only usable on targets below 35% health.
• Power Word: Life’s healing increased by 500% and no longer increases its healing on targets below 35% health.

@Linxy

• Airborne Irritant has been moved to the class tree (was in Outlaw) and has been adjusted – Blind has 50% reduced cooldown, 40% reduced duration, and applies to all enemies near the target.
• Marked for Death has been removed.

@Linxy

Dreadblades has been removed.

@Linxy

Secret Technique damage increased by 12%.

@Linxy

• Demonbolt damage increased 30%.
• Hand of Gul’dan damage increased 25%.
• Wild Imp damage increased 25%.
• Implosion damage increased 25%.
• Shadow Bolt damage increased 30%.
• Call Dreadstalkers damage increased 25%.
• Grimoire: Felguard damage increased 30%.

@Linxy

Slam damage increased by 25%.

@Linxy

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• Developers’ note: We are expanding the maximum number of Arena maps within each map pool to 10 (was 8) with the goal of increasing map diversity slightly week to week.
• All Arena map pools now have an additional 2 maps.
  • Pool A: Added Black Rook Hold and Ruins of Lordaeron.
  • Pool B: Added Hook Point and The Robodrome.
  • Pool C: Added Tol’viron Arena and Dalaran Sewers.
• PALADIN
  • Holy
    • Barrier of Faith is now 100% more effective in PvP combat.
    • Aura Mastery now increases the effectiveness of Devotion Aura to 24% in PvP combat (was 30%).
• PRIEST
  • The backlash effects of Vampiric Touch, Stellar Flare, Unstable Affliction, Glimmer of Light, and Flame Shock will now land on Priests during Phase Shift.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Howl of Terror and Psychic Scream to not break from Shadow Word: Death’s damage.

[Kennie-malganis]

I’m still not quite sure what they were hoping to achieve with map pools.

[Momimtopdps-emerald-dream]

Less complaints about Blades Edge

[Covlol-illidan]

@Linxy

PRIEST

• The backlash effects of Vampiric Touch, Stellar Flare, Unstable Affliction, Glimmer of Light, and Flame Shock will now land on Priests during Phase Shift.

Oh boy I can’t wait for the absolutely trash pve dot meta!!

[Yossarrion-frostwolf]

Rallying cry nerfed by 5%.

Thank goodness warrior utility was TOO good

[Myrtardradys-aegwynn]

@Linxy

Secret Technique damage increased by 12%.

Why do they love this ability so much

@Linxy

• Demonbolt damage increased 30%.
• Hand of Gul’dan damage increased 25%.
• Wild Imp damage increased 25%.
• Implosion damage increased 25%.
• Shadow Bolt damage increased 30%.
• Call Dreadstalkers damage increased 25%.
• Grimoire: Felguard damage increased 30%.

can’t go a season without this spec being weak at all, huh. it’s been pretty nice rarely q’ing into demos. don’t understand their obsession with the warlock BM hunter spec while leaving aff in the dirt as far as design goes.

@Linxy

Slam damage increased by 25%.

wonder when they’ll realize that slam feels horrible to press in pve and pvp no matter how many buffs it gets

@Linxy

• Developers’ note: We are expanding the maximum number of Arena maps within each map pool to 10 (was 8) with the goal of increasing map diversity slightly week to week.
• All Arena map pools now have an additional 2 maps.
• Pool A: Added Black Rook Hold and Ruins of Lordaeron.
• Pool B: Added Hook Point and The Robodrome.
• Pool C: Added Tol’viron Arena and Dalaran Sewers.

The community would like to understand why the map pool concept is still a thing? Nobody cares for this.

[Beastlyjim-illidan]

@Linxy

WIP] New Talent: Deflecting Dance – Blade Dance deflects incoming attacks, absorbing damage up to 15% of your maximum health.

This ruined my appetite and I incoherently chastised my wife. Life isn’t fair.

[Sucio-khaz-modan]

@Beastlyjim-illidan

This ruined my appetite

You should see the rest of DH changes LOl get rekt

[Beastlyjim-illidan]

You were the only DH I like, now I dislike you more than my mother in law!

[Kennie-malganis]

@Linxy

Molten Blood absorption reduced by 50%. This remains unchanged in PvP combat.

Doesn’t affect pvp.

@Holycow-uldaman

@Linxy

[WIP] New Talent: Deflecting Dance – Blade Dance deflects incoming attacks, absorbing damage up to 15% of your maximum health.

[Seratox-illidan]

What weird changes lol

[Metatox-illidan]

Ya know, I’ve always been a Demon Hunter deep down. I just took a break from it being my main and might randomly decide to start it up for no particular reason

[Zunfooki-moon-guard]

Weird that it’s a choice node with our MS effect. Probably not worth taking.

[Demoniclily-kiljaeden (Demoniclily)]

@Linxy

• Demonbolt damage increased 30%.
• Hand of Gul’dan damage increased 25%.
• Wild Imp damage increased 25%.
• Implosion damage increased 25%.
• Shadow Bolt damage increased 30%.
• Call Dreadstalkers damage increased 25%.
• Grimoire: Felguard damage increased 30%.

Nice try blizzard but you already killed the spec and it was already on its last leg.

[Superhealz-kiljaeden]

You haven’t quite snuffed out disc priests completely. Keep the nerfs coming.

[Amyrii-echo-isles]

That’s a pretty big affliction lock buff. Kind of unfair to nerf holy priest ability to avoid UA backlash but other healers get to keep their’s.

[Durkda-anvilmar]

Disc changes

/cry

[Holycow-uldaman]

@Demoniclily-kiljaeden

Nice try blizzard

They were trying to give you a nice gift.

[Sucio-khaz-modan]

Darkness is 100% now instead of RNG (when not in raid) but we can still get CCd out but I like the change.

[Holycow-uldaman]

@Sucio-khaz-modan

Darkness is 100% now instead of RNG (when not in raid)

@Linxy

Darkness now has a 15% chance to avoid all damage from an attack. Chance to avoid damage increased by 100% when not in a raid.