Balance continuously keeps getting the nerf bat with its only decent azerite traits. There are classes/specs with traits that are way more broken dps wise than balance druid yet we continuously get nerfed with no other good azerite trait alternatives. First it was streaking stars, god forbid boomies have good single target for once and now power of the moon/lively spirit so there goes our aoe. Not sure if blizzard is intentionally cucking balance druids or if they actually think its a good idea but the spec as a whole feels like clunky dog$hit. Just hope devs pull their heads out
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I don’t know if I’m with ya man. Arcanic Pulsar is pretty great in my opinion and I absolutely loathe the traits that only benefitted me every 3 min. SS and LS were horrid for my personal tastes so I’m not sad to see them toned down. I much prefer a sustained approach so, for example in mythics, it helps in trash and bosses.
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I dont get the nerf to moonfire . Idk I am not really happy with the changes . I’m running tests right now but they really didnt adjust the class in a good way to make it fun . So trait reliant.talents in the talent tree suck mostly as well .
there killing druids
Boomy is still pretty good, moon fire and sun fire initial damage got changed so it does more damage over time. Arcanic pulsar is pretty awesome, I took a 345 piece eith arcanic pulse over a 355 piece and people’s health go down like crazy when I use starsurge. Boomy isn’t bad, most classes aren’t “bad” it’s a matter of how well people play their classes.
When you don’t know how to read or understand class changes lul
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Balance actually got an insane buff. Try stacking mastery and see those 50k-70k Starsurges.
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Going from 16k+ overall at the end of almost every dungeon besides underrot patch 8.0 to now 11-13k overall on patch 8.1 on all dungeons deffinatley would consider that a significant nerf. Not sure what planet you live on but mastery increase does not compensate for moonfire nerf in m+ enviornments.
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Are you saying that the overall ~7% nerf to MF damage contributed to you losing 3-5k dps? Despite having starsurge and solar empowerment buffed about 10% as well as the other mastery affected areas by around 3%? I highly… highly doubt it.
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Did they monkey with the cast times at all? Last night I felt like I was casting through thick molasses even though I was wearing the same gear I had on Monday. Can’t figure out whether it was a problem with my computer or if the cast times actually were slower.
Have you used starfall recently? Starsurge, and Starfall received a significant damage buff. Ran Uldir last night, and was constantly topping the charts. Our AOE damage might have had a slight nerf since Twin Moons isn’t the viable talent anymore, but the damage can be compensated back with higher mastery. Also try changing out your azerite traits. Arcanic Pulsar brings a substantial amount of dps difference.
Balance druids received a rework, and the rotation changed a bit. A little different than 8.0.1, but once you find your sweet spot - I’m sure you will be satisfied with the changes.
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Our raid damage was buffed ALOT and we are raid powerhouses right now. But he is right in mthicc plus our damage went way way down. The twin moons nerf hurt us alot in m+ the mastery going up didnt do enough in m+.
TLDR: M+Nerfed, RAID buffed.
May I ask why? Why did the twin moons nerf hurt us that much in M+? I’ll do like an 11 or something when I get off work to see but I remain hopeful. I just don’t see a reduction in one dot overcoming a buff in…everything else.
The Twin Moons nerf isn’t too bad. The reason Balance is “worse” in M+ is because they changed Power of the Moon so you don’t have an instant cleave nuke that outdamages Wrath.
You guys are nuts, I was simming around 16.3k pre patch now I’m at 19.6k on a 5 minute Patchwerk fight, I did a heroic Talic and Mother to put some proof behind what my sims were telling me and yes , I did 3k Higher on taloc then my best parse and mother was something else, I DID 7k HIGHER on mother then my highest parse from 8.0. Go to your class discord , start simming your gear, and take your head out of the sand. We are actually in a fantastic spot I hope they don’t nerf.
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Only nubs used potm ever
Might wanna check your math again there bud.
Single target is definitely up. Seems at the moment the way to go is Pulsar, Streaking, Archive. Synergy between Pulsar and Streaking is strong. Between that and mastery buffs, AP generation is more valuable than before, making talents like Nature’s Balance and Starlord stronger than they were in 8.0. (And Starfall less valuable)
Sim and play around with the stuff yourselves, but in my case it’s absolutely a buff to ST.
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On average I’m doing 1.5-2k more dps on my parses this week than last. Not sure where this may be coming from but I feel boomies definitely got buffed overall