Starsurge nerf to base damage is 35%. Please marry your statements

[Mirari-crusader-strike]

Please make this (Announcement):

@Aggrend-1483

That said, there is one major outlier that we intend to tackle before then. We intend to make the following adjustments to Balance druid over the next 24-48 hours.

• The base damage of Starsurge has been reduced by 30%.
  • Additionally, we’ve identified and fixed a bug in the Starsurge spellpower coefficient and this has now been corrected. Starsurge should be properly gaining 42.9% of spellpower as damage now, as intended.
• To compensate for this adjustment, we will be adding an additional effect to Starsurge that causes your next Starfire to cause 66% additional damage.

The intent is not to significantly nerf overall druid damage output, merely to reduce the efficiency of Starsurge specifically and shift the damage output of druids further towards their hard cast abilities such as Starfire.

Match with this (Sticky):

@Kaivax

HOTFIXES

February 12, 2024

WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
Druid

• Starsurge base damage reduced by 35%, and its benefit from bonus spell damage effects reduced to 42.9%, matching other instant spells.
• Starsurge now provides a new effect: your next Starfire cast within 15 seconds deals 66% increased damage.
• Fixed an issue with Enhanced Restoration preventing Nourish from gaining increased healing from Rejuvenation and Regrowth.

My feelings on how a double nerf was not necessary aside (a fix to scaling OR a fix to base would have worked alone), please correct this blue post to say the same thing instead of one indicating 30% and another (correctly) stating 35%.

And fix Eclipse knockback protection which currently provides 0% instead of 70% if you’re bothering to fix us, please go both ways.

[Profits-mankrik]

Now we’re right back to Starsurge doing less damage than Wrath again and literally only being cast to give a buff to one (1) starfire cast

really wish blizz would make smaller incremental nerfs instead of just nerf-nuking things into oblivion

[Ashigarami-shattered-hand]

And remove the spell user starsurge effect, please. This is horrendous.

[Mirari-crusader-strike]

This. Hunters went through 6 or 7 nerfs because they were “incremental” instead of one massive nerf bat.

[Kaybearz-lone-wolf]

Instant cast spells with a short 6 second cooldown should never be doing more damage than hard casted spells

[Chillwina-moon-guard]

I totally agree. SW:D poorly thought out and rushed nerf when?

[Malfuric-defias-pillager]

It should’ve been nerfed but in its current state people would rather cast wrath even if there wasn’t a cooldown

[Kerigann-benediction]

Yes. Until that extra self starsurge effect is removed I am not playing my druid. It strobes and flashes and does something to my eyes. I hate the effect. My druid can stay in the inn forever.

[Ashigarami-shattered-hand]

It really is a straight up health hazard

[Bungusxprime-area-52]

this is false lol, why do you guys make this !#$% up when we all have warcraftlogs

[Benafflek-crusader-strike]

here is a thought fix the layering problems. Lock the layer to a party leader when in group and when out of group let layer occur randomly. STV is unplayable and extremely frustrating building a group trying to get into the same layer, and then when even starts getting layer 20 times before event is over. I can’t even collect the items i need to purchase gear