I remember reading somewhere that Blizzard made it a PvP button because, in dungeons and raids, Rogues could use it to break certain boss mechanics — and I think this is because Smoke Bomb breaks line of sight, which screwed up some bosses. From my understanding, Darkness doesn’t break line of sight at all — it just gives people inside the radius a buff that kind of acts like evasion.
That said, I do wish Smoke Bomb was just a baseline ability. If true, Blizzard should have made it so those bosses wouldn’t break. Why punish Rogues for your spaghetti code, Blizzard? lol
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yeah no i get the LoS stuff and thats completely understandable. but for a while it was still good button if you didnt use it to abuse bosses. but for genuine gameplay and damage reduction. it should be a baseline ability i agree.
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They added the damage reduction inside Smoke Bomb and could have removed the LoS function for PVE.
Back in WoD Smoke bomb was damage reduction for the group in the smoke bomb AND LoS.
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Nope, the fantasy nonsense is a direct contradiction we saw and have been paying for since legion. Devs even said they went too far in interviews, “community” misleading and zealotry pushing narratives by posing “fantasy” wrecked stability, leaves specs down and out when not favorably tuned all as a result of silly good idea fairy nonsense.
Balance , function, and stability > all.
The “community” has proven repeatedly over the years and recent history they lack systems literacy, are illiterate or choose not to read their own trees and abilities and talents, think pushing “fantasy” makes room for gimmicks that hijacks the kit → destroys stability → results in nerfs ever dang time.
The echoing colon chamber that these forums are stirring the pot for cliques and hiveminds is ridiculous.
Subtlety just got through being an abomination that cannot be tuned responsibly, could not be healthy, could not factually perform well in any mode of the game and the same goes for Outlaws
It all starts with “good ideas” and nonsensical wish lists. Zero mathematical, philosophical, logical, historical, or cohesive reason to ever go “mAh fantasy”
We have 5 dang expansions (10 years) of these proof of decisions by devs “listening” to “ideas” and “it would be cool” crap. No thank you at all. We are done seeing our class sabotaged by people internal and external.