Recap actual class gameplay changes here

[Driftprince-grobbulus]

please fill in what I’ve missed

• TBC Prepatch: gave seal of blood to ally rets because of forum tears (Was this the first real class change in classic?)
• Ulduar: CDs resetting every encounter (well-received, but a very non-blizzlike change)
• Significant feral dps buff that none of them asked for
• Made garg haste scale in real-time instead of snapshot (more of an arena nerf than anything, specifically enh/dk 2v2)
• Continual buffing of rets probably due to forum tears (also apparently a dev plays ret)
• Mage ignite fixed
• Several tiny nerfs to warrior (like fiery weapon) causing tears among warr players
• Hunter skill ceiling considerably lowered with trap launcher

I kind of like all the unpredictable changes, it gives a mysterious and fun vibe. As always there is zero communication so we can only guess at their motives

[Euphorazine-pagle]

@Driftprince-grobbulus

Continual buffing of rets probably due to forum tears (also apparently a dev plays ret)

All I remember was the glyph that removes the taunt effect of their taunt. What other changes did they get?

@Driftprince-grobbulus

Several tiny nerfs to warrior (like fiery weapon) causing tears among warr players

Warriors also got a glyph to let them cast heroic throw without a cast bar in pve.

@Driftprince-grobbulus

As always there is zero communication so we can only guess at their motives

They put some dev notes on almost all of the changes. like these

@Kaivax

Class Adjustments

• Hunter
  • A new skill has been added for Hunters: Trap Launcher: Explosive Trap. This skill can be trained at any Hunter class trainer and is available to all specs. It is not usable in PvP Arenas or Battlegrounds.
    • Developers’ notes: Due to the fickle nature of Explosive Trap’s hit detection in PvE content, particularly against large or sessile creatures, Hunter DPS tends to fluctuate wildly depending less on player skill and agency and more on boss positioning and an element of luck as to whether or not certain bosses consistently trigger traps. With this adjustment we hope to make it slightly easier to position traps in a position where they will detonate, without impacting a Hunter’s performance in PvP.

@Kaivax

Classes

• Druid
  • Omen of Clarity will now always trigger when Faerie Fire (Feral) is used on a non-player-controlled target. It will no longer trigger from casting Gift of the Wild.
    • Developers’ notes: This change is intended to make Feral DPS gameplay more accessible to the average WotLK Classic player and resolve many of the design challenges created by “Bear-weaving” and “Flower-weaving” combat strategies. It is expected to be a slight buff to the best Feral DPS players around 5% to 10% depending on encounter, and a larger buff to players who were not employing these strategies.

[Yehmi-trollbane]

@Driftprince-grobbulus

• Mage ignite fixed

Also fixed warrior bleed munching

[Invincìble-westfall]

@Driftprince-grobbulus

Made garg haste scale in real-time instead of snapshot (more of an arena nerf than anything, specifically enh/dk 2v2)

This was so top dk dps in raids didn’t require the most absolute degenerate gameplay ever. It only lasted phase 1 and it was hands down the most incredibly dumb way to play.

@Driftprince-grobbulus

gave seal of blood to ally rets because of forum tears

I recall no discussion of this leading up to TBC tbh, and it was meant to balance both sides and both specs, which makes sense.

@Driftprince-grobbulus

CDs resetting every encounter (well-received, but a very non-blizzlike change)

Retail started doing this in like late MoP or early WoD, it just means less waiting between pulls if you’re cutting it close on kills.

@Driftprince-grobbulus

Several tiny nerfs to warrior (like fiery weapon) causing tears among warr players

Bug fixes. Also fixed being able to pop Shield Wall and Spell Reflection and then taking off the shield required to use it (also basically a bug fix).

@Driftprince-grobbulus

Significant feral dps buff that none of them asked for

True, but bearweaving was probably going to be forced to go either way.