Arcane Intellect nerfed by 2%, Chaos Brand nerfed by 2%. This means that in a raid setting, ALL mage specs have been nerfed by 4%.
Now let’s see where the specs were at before this. :
We have Fire, which is SEVERELY underpowered, simming among the top 5 worst specs in the game. Well he got nerfed by ANOTHER 4 PERCENT !!! Fire mage is now the weakest spec in the game.
We have Frost , which was the only spec in line with everyone, middle of the pack, correctly balanced. What they do ? They nerf it by 4% so that’s now in the bottom half as well.
We have Arcane, which indeed was overpowered but was soon to be nerfed anyway, the other specs didn’t have to go along with it.
And then we have all the other caster classes which were all generally bad, well now they are useless. And when do they do this ? TWODAYS before release ! Do you realize how long it will take them to rebalance ALL caster specs around this 4% nerf ? And the game comes out in 2 days ?
Please let Blizzard know what you think about their lack of respect and their lack of ability to balance correctly again, we need to voice this or these things will keep happening. And in the end, IT’S OUR MONEY, remember that. They exist because we pay. We pay ONLY because we want to.
Both of these was nerfed because they where double and triple dipping.
It is not.
That is pre release the actual release date of the expansion is 26th.
And stop dooming the numbers are so out of balance still that the actual raid release and m+ is quite a while until they launch.
We are then going to have a heroic week so even more numbers tuning.
But do not worry mage is the baby of blizzard numbers will make you strong again.
There will always be at least 1 spec of mage that is strong.
So you need balanced classes for…leveling up? Or for the normal dungeons? Because that will be the only thing you will have in 2 days. Why it’s so mandatory for it to be balanced in 2 days…except because you say so?
And it’s not a lack of respect. Those 2 were the most powerful buffs in the game. Now they are in line a bit. In case you don’t know (and clearly you don’t) melee specs were also dealing, in one way or another, magic damage, so the 2% from chaos brand also affect them.
The reason why the game should be balanced upon release is because you pay for it lol. Also, this change mostly affects true Mythic raiders so this thread is dedicated to the more… dedicated to put it nicely. To parties interested, my former threads on mage over-nerfing have always gained a lot of traction, and this kind of interaction gets things moving so try to give Blizzard your input on them nerfing all mage specs by 4% before they even saw any numbers. Your voice can be heard.
You have played Mage for too long.
But i do want you to say this about the God comp in m+ i also do want you to say this about raiding with Mage having a 99% chance of being above average the highest in the entire game.
Also reducing the % will be a nerf for every single dps spec using int in the game.
(remember sims assume you have the buffs) (and aug buffs and healers)
And chaos brand also has an effect on every dps spec in the game using magic damage.
mage is not the only ones effected by this reduction like you are trying to make it sound like it is.
Couldnt agree more, as far as i know dual bl was removed to give us some extra dmg instead. And now i have 3% extra int instead of that talent. What a joke.
They nerfed it to lower the effectiveness of caster groups for m+ but they forgot that this actually nerf mage class as well not just the group compositions.
i.e. mage was tuned with 5% arcane intellect not with 3%. In fact if they go by raid numbers all spellcasters and healers were tuned with 5% intellect buff not 3. Only melee and hunter is not affected.
Here is the problem with saying this you are forgetting that the classes is being balanced assuming you have all the buffs and debuffs, this is not a nerf to mage specifically it is a nerf to all int users for the exact same amount.
It does Not nerf mage specifically it is for everyone including healers.
Chaos brand being nerfed affect most melee specs and even hunter damage though for hunter it is a lesser amount.
did you not read my entire post or? Literally said they balanced by raid testing numbers and there if there was a mage and why would not be at least one they had intellect then. So all spellcasters and healers were tuned with the 5% buff not 3% so it is essentially a nerf to everyone who benefits from int.
it buffs magic dmg taken. Some melee is affected and some skills but not every.
This was 100% not thought through and just a reactionary adjustment by blizzard. Now they should just buff all the affected classes by at last 5%.