Tuning for next week

[Veránn-misha (Veránn)]

Class Tuning Incoming – June 6

As we continue to monitor class performance in instanced group content as well as PvP, we regularly adjust classes that are over- or under-performing. Based on recent data, observations, and feedback from players, we intend to make the following adjustments during scheduled weekly maintenance (on June 6 in this region). Classes Death Knight Blood All damage abilities increased by 8%. Druid Feral Developers’ notes: The following set bonus changes will increase the average number of st…

@setback:

[Blarr-azshara]

Not even a pitty buff for hpal? Boy these next few months are gonna be rough until the rework

[Kennie-malganis]

@Veránn-misha

@setback

@Kaivax

• Glass Cannon now decreases maximum health by 20% (was 15%)
• Flamecannon now increases maximum health by 2% per stack (was 3%).

@Kaivax

• Aimed Shot damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 15%).
• Rapid Fire damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 15%).
• Arcane Shot damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 16%).

[Jimmybutler-tichondrius]

@Kaivax

• Discipline
• Developers’ notes: Discipline has been more reliant on shields this season than we’d like. We’re increasing Atonement healing while bringing down the power of shields, with the goal of the preferred playstyle being an offensive one. We’re also targeting the mana reduction from Inner Light, as Discipline has been more mana efficient than we’d like.
• Power Word: Shield now absorbs 15% less damage in PvP combat.
• Inner Light now reduces the mana cost of the affected spells by 10% (was 15%).
• Atonement healing is now 50% more effective in PvP combat (was 40%).

disc got punched in the mouth. yikes.

@Kaivax

• Mistweaver
• Developers’ notes: Mistweavers have been overperforming compared to other healers, especially due to their mana efficiency.
• Soulfang Infusion now regenerates 75% less Mana in PvP combat (was 50%).
• Zen Spheres now cost 0.5% base Mana.
• Enveloping Mist now heals for 5% more in PvP combat (was 20%).
• Mistweaver Monks now regenerate 15% less Mana in PvP combat (was 10%).

surprised they did all this but ignored overflowing mists

@Kaivax

Rogue

• Assassination
  • All ability damage increased by 5%.

what the hell?

@Kaivax

• Restoration
• Developers’ notes: We feel Restoration Shaman is in a good spot. Rain Dance wasn’t as valuable as we were anticipating, so we’re aiming to increase its viability.
• Rain Dance now increases the healing done by Healing Rain by 30% (was 20%).
• Rain Dance now reduces the mana cost of Healing Rain by 45% (was 30%).

Doubt this buff is enough to motivate anyone to spec this let alone get tier pieces. Hopefully I’m wrong

Also dk and hpal completely ignored LMFAO

[Veránn-misha (Veránn)]

@Jimmybutler-tichondrius

disc got punched in the mouth. yikes.

I suspect it will still be pretty playable, but I already felt like pw: shield felt pretty awful outside of rapture even running mastery due to no S1 tier. Maybe will be better with full conquest? (copium)

@Jimmybutler-tichondrius

Doubt this buff is enough to motivate anyone to spec this let alone get tier pieces.

Yeah I think this was only exciting up until they nerfed tier in PVP for no reason

[Loldead-moonrunner]

@Jimmybutler-tichondrius

what the hell?

PVE buff, Assassination isn’t great right now. Those translating to pvp make more sense than arms warrior buffs translating to pvp to be honest.

[Jukethisxo-tichondrius]

@Class Tuning Incoming – June 6

• Affliction
• Developers’ notes: We are increasing the damage of Unstable Affliction’s backlash effect to lessen the value of dispelling Affliction’s damage over time effects. It’s been lower than we’d like, in addition to healers gaining extra health this season. Additionally, we’re increasing Shadow Bolt damage as the reward for casting it is lower than we’d like.
• Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 50%.

This is good… Until you realize half the specs/classes in this game have dispel immunity in some way shape or form. But overall a nice change, now priest who MD without clicking fade will get 1 shot.

[Bathrobe-bloodscalp]

@Loldead-moonrunner

PVE buff, Assassination isn’t great right now.

devs fail to let one of the 3 pure specs be bad yet again. hate to see it

[Lights-proudmoore]

@Kaivax

• Discipline
• Developers’ notes: Discipline has been more reliant on shields this season than we’d like. We’re increasing Atonement healing while bringing down the power of shields, with the goal of the preferred playstyle being an offensive one. We’re also targeting the mana reduction from Inner Light, as Discipline has been more mana efficient than we’d like.
• Power Word: Shield now absorbs 15% less damage in PvP combat.
• Inner Light now reduces the mana cost of the affected spells by 10% (was 15%).
• Atonement healing is now 50% more effective in PvP combat (was 40%).

There’s not enough palm for my face

[Loldead-moonrunner]

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/statistics/33#aggregate=amount

Maybe that will help, take Frost/Survival and Fire with a massive grain of salt though. Small parse count always messes up the stats bad. FKD is usually a small number of people playing very close to top recorded parse. Fire and Survival could be great but you could have a majority of the people playing them making mistakes. Reason I say that about Frost specifically is b/c if you go to the top 10 parses for each or compare it direct to Unholy unholy is better more often than not.

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/rankings/33#class=DeathKnight&spec=Frost

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/rankings/33#class=DeathKnight&spec=Unholy

Assassination isn’t good btw, just less bad so rest easy.

[Gladiator-blood-furnace]

i have always been of the philosophy that every pure class should have at least 1 of the 3 specs in the top 85-95 percentile every tier because they literally don’t do anything but damage

i don’t care which of the 3 specs is good and the other two specs can be complete and utter dog water, but 1 spec per each of the 4 pures should be near the top

also i’m speaking PvE of course. they can be tuned in PvP if necessary

[Smaugboi-tichondrius]

Make Preservation Evokers Great Again

[Felrynpr-malganis]

inner light nerf seems excessive, disc mana is still pretty bad overall.

[Demoniclily-kiljaeden (Demoniclily)]

@Class Tuning Incoming – June 6

Shadow Bolt damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Oh shiz 13k shadow bolts here I come!

[Reptär-demon-soul]

@Felrynpr-malganis

disc mana is still pretty bad overall.

delusional

[Telystana-ragnaros]

No healers want to queue into the madness that is RSS now and they go ahead and nerf the two specs that were seeing some participation instead of buffing the remaining ones? Amazing move.

[Demoniclily-kiljaeden (Demoniclily)]

No one mentioned the amp curse nerf. I figured everyone would be dancing in the streets over it.

[Flapz-illidan]

These boomy changes are pretty dumb to be honest… lol. They kind of have the right description and then made the wrong changes. Well, one decent one.

Oh well. Lol

[Felrynpr-malganis]

i coudl be wrong!

[Ksâh-bleeding-hollow]

Hpriest stocks up