WotLK: Hammer of Wrath using Ranged Attack Power instead of Melee Attack Power

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Hammer of Wrath is currently scaling off of Ranged Attack Power instead of Melee Attack Power. This is incorrect behavior and does not match the tooltip for the ability which references Melee Attack Power. Here is the math confirming this:

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Melee Attack Power - 3549
Spell Power - 1064
Ranged Attack Power - 1568

Following the tooltip and using Melee Attack Power to calculate the expected damage range:

1139 -> 1257 + .15*1064 + .15*3549 | 1139 -> 1257 + 159.6 + 532.35
1139 -> 1257 + 159.6 + 532.35      | 1830.95 -> 1948.95
1830.95 -> 1948.95 * 1.03          | 1885.8785 -> 2007.4185 (3pt crusade) (3%)
1885.8785 -> 2007.4185 * 1.03      | 1942.4848 -> 2067.6411 (3pt crusade) (3% humanoid)
1942.4848 -> 2067.6411 * 1.03      | 2000.7593 -> 2129.6703 (sanctified ret) (3%)
2000.7593 -> 2129.6703 * 2.0       | 4001.5186 -> 4259.3406 (crit) (200%)
4001.5186 -> 4259.3406 * 1.03      | 4121.5642 -> 4387.1208 (meta gem) (3% on crit)

When tested in game however I see crits such as: 3484, 3462, 3538, 3662, 3710 3668, 3462, 3570, 3711

If we recalculate the formula using Ranged Attack Power instead:

1139 -> 1257 + .15*1064 + .15*1568 | 1139 -> 1257 + 159.6 + 235.2  
1139 -> 1257 + 159.6 + 235.2       | 1533.8 -> 1651.8
1533.8 -> 1651.8 * 1.03            | 1579.814 -> 1701.354 (3pt crusade) (3%)
1579.814 -> 1701.354 * 1.03        | 1627.2084 -> 1752.3946 (3pt crusade) (3% humanoid)
1627.2084 -> 1752.3946 * 1.03      | 1676.0247 -> 1804.9665 (sanctified ret) (3%)
1676.0247 -> 1804.9665 * 2.0       | 3352.0493 -> 3609.933 (crit) (200%)
3352.0493 -> 3609.933 * 1.03       | 3452.6108 -> 3718.23099 (meta gem) (3% on crit)

Which matches our actual values see in game which all fall within the 3452 to 3718 range.

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let get some more visibility on this

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Get out of here with your math nerd

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less math, more shelving

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Need the Sixxfury bump on this

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why isn’t this fixed yet???

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Hopefully the single dev they have on classic fixes this :slight_smile:

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Bump, keep this alive.

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Interesting. I wonder how impactful this would be on ret’s poopy dps (compared to other classes)

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Bump for anything that will keep us off the bottom of the meters ;).

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I’ll take what I can get! Bump!

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Not only does bumping not help, it actively slows down the process as every post needs to be read in the off chance it contains actually useful information. There’s no “by popular demand” sequencing to dealing with issues, and “me too!” is not useful in the slightest - especially given a detailed initial post.

Further, it wouldn’t help bumping here anyway as the Classic realms are handled by a separate team. They get their feedback from the appropriately named Classic Bug Reports forum.

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Thanks for the advice on the location of this post. I’ve created a new post in WoW Classic Bug Report for it - https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/en/wow/t/hammer-of-wrath-using-ranged-attack-power-instead-of-melee-attack-power/1395779. I’ve also opened a new bug report for the in game “Report a Bug” link in WoW Classic directing you to this forum instead of the WoW Classic specific section - https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/en/wow/t/report-a-bug-links-to-retail-bug-report-forum/1395782.

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Hmm, page not found to those links for me. Anyone else have this issue?