PvP tuning

[Thiccsha-moon-guard]

enhance is so back baby

@Linxy

The following PvP class adjustments will arrive with scheduled weekly maintenance (April 8 in this region). We will continue to monitor and tune class combat in PvP and PvE as necessary in the weeks to come.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Unholy
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the damage of Unholy through a few sources this week and adding some power back into their healing reduction PvP talent.
    • Necrotic Wounds now absorbs 4% of all healing received (was 3%).
    • Festering Wound damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
    • Virulent Plague damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
    • Death Coil damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
• DRUID
  • Heart of the Wild cast time reduction reduced to 15% in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Feral
    • Rip damage decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Restoration
    • Mana regeneration reduced by 70% in PvP combat (was 65%).
    • Liberation of Undermine 4-set bonus chance to trigger reduced to 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
• HUNTER
  • Marksmanship
    • Developers’ notes: We’re adjusting Marksmanship with the goal of reducing their maximum burst damage potential and increasing their consistent damage.
    • Trick Shots now hits targets for 40% of normal damage in PvP combat (was 75%).
    • Aspect of the Hydra now fires at 30% original value in PvP combat (was 60%).
    • Spotter’s Mark increases Aimed Shot’s damage by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Improved Spotter’s Mark now increases the damage bonus of Spotter’s Mark by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Trueshot now increases critical strike damage by 10% (was 20%).
    • Aimed Shot damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Arcane Shot damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• MAGE
  • Fire
    • Fireball damage increased by 25%.
    • Sunfury Phoenix damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Frost
    • Developers’ notes: Icy Veins has been more threatening than we would like, so we’re moving more of Frost Mage’s damage baseline and making a few adjustments to PvP talents with high and low representation.
    • Icy Veins increases Haste by 15% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Frigid Empowerment now increases spell damage by 1% per stack in PvP combat (was 2%).
    • Death’s Chill now stacks up to a maximum of 10 times in PvP combat (was 15).
    • Slick Ice now increases the damage of Frostbolt by 2% and decreases cast time by 2% per stack in PvP combat (was 4%).
    • Frost Bomb (PvP Talent) damage increased by 40%.
    • All damage increased by 4% in PvP combat.
    • Ice Wall now inherits 30% of the Mage’s health (was 40%).
    • Overpowered Barrier (PvP Talent) now increases barrier’s absorb by 80% for Frost Mage (was 100%).
• PRIEST
  • Discipline
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the effectiveness of some Voidweaver specific damage this week to continue to improve its viability.
    • Voidweaver: Entropic Rift damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
    • Voidweaver: Collapsing Void damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Holy
    • Developers’ notes: We’re reducing the strength of Oracle Holy Priest this week through nerfs to its damage and Prayer of Mending output.
    • Oracle: Preventive Measures now provides a 15% damage and healing bonus to its affected spells in PvP combat (was 40%).
• ROGUE
  • Outlaw
    • Restless Blades effectiveness reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Sinister Strike damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Pistol Shot damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• SHAMAN
  • Enhancement
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the power of some core Maelstrom spenders which have fallen behind the rest of its damage sources.
    • Elemental Blast damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
  • Restoration
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the strength of the Storm Conduit PvP talent and some targeted buffs to Totemic Restoration Shaman.
    • Storm Conduit now reduces the cooldown of spells by 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
    • Storm Conduit now reduces the duration of interrupts suffered while casting Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 65% (was 50%).
    • Rain Dance now reduces the mana cost of Healing Rain and Surging Totem by 60% (was 45%).
    • Rain Dance now increases the healing of Healing Rain and Surging Totem by 50% (was 30%).
    • Acid Rain damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

[Mhortai-stormrage]

A lot of changes. Wonder how much this affects the AWC next week.

[Adroi-tichondrius]

Unfortunately tuning can’t make enhance more fun.

[Snowcrest-cenarius]

@Mhortai-stormrage

Wonder how much this affects the AWC next week.

I don’t think it’ll change anything there. It will still be the boring, monotonous content it’s always been.

[Moodwings-stormrage]

@Linxy

Feral

• Rip damage decreased by 15% in PvP combat.

[Deckarcain-whisperwind]

Maybe I’m wrong, but these MM changes seem like an overall single target buff. Spending more talents than I was previously on Arcane Shot damage could be nice.

[Benzenê-thrall]

Think you’ll be ok chief you don’t even play the game.

[Moodwings-stormrage]

I’m playing right now, odd thing to say. Maybe dial up the excretion if you want to tangle boo boo.

[Benzenê-thrall]

Rp walking around Goldshire isn’t playing boo-boo now go run off to the customer support forums where you belong

[Moodwings-stormrage]

aww I have a fan. We can RP walk together in goldshire if you need a friend. You seem lonely.

[Calxnnight-terenas]

While WW monk can kill you in 4s leg sweep and immune to CC with no zerk and salt water. I have to rewatch 4 times to see how he did it.he pressed Celestial Conduit then leg sweep then I die before the stun over.

[Beedie-whitemane]

Thats nice, its what all the PRO players Blizzard listens too said needed changed.

I wander if they will ever tune classes to make them fun again? Example Early DKs could Brez a party member as a ghoul, that was fun! Warlocks in WoD with a Glyph became a Demon hunter fighting in mele lol.

I get it though, here at AAA BIG company gaming fun is highly rationed behind pay walls, any spontaneous fun should be reported immediately, and is highly unauthorized lol.

[Fatback-andorhal]

Hahah fun for the dk maybe. There was nothing more frustrating than downing a dk (which were gods in wrath) just to have him come back as a ghoul and whoop you. Worked in arena too if I remember correctly.

[Mohz-kiljaeden]

@Deckarcain-whisperwind

seem like an overall single target buff.

They don’t want me to top damage in epics anymore so they nerfed trick shot.

[Owlcapwn-tichondrius (Owlcapwn)]

It only seems like this because the people who get the changes made - use the proper channels. Battleground forum is mostly just an entertainment forum infested by a group of people who derail threads trying to get the last word.

Example: when the Honor bug happened during launch… I got it shut down. I didn’t waste my time posting about it on this forum. If I had, it may have continued for days.

When was the last time you saw a PRO player post on these forums?

[Mohz-kiljaeden]

Should I message devs on Linkedin?

[Deckarcain-whisperwind]

I understand why, i’ve seen 450million total damage done by an MM in a random BG. Hitting everyone nearby, for almost the same damage each, as you would do to a single person with a single target rotation was kind of wild.

[Deckarcain-whisperwind]

Couple days ago Lvladin posted a well thought out and written recommendation for retribution paly changes. And he’s the primary youtuber for retribution and gets rank one most seasons and gladiator every season, sometimes multiple times like last season.

[Beedie-whitemane]

But, what is fun?

[Fatback-andorhal]

Good point. Lets bring that back, i wanna ghoul it up.