Bolstering isnt disrupting my gameplay, so to me spites are a way bigger issue. But we can agree to disagree.
Yea I made a post a while ago about this. Youâll get plenty of âBolsTERing iS fInEâ comments, but itâs really not. The just kill everything at the same time argument is hella dumb⊠Literally just a weekly keys week xD
Some of the bolsters a really dumb as well⊠like the dogs in waycrest that die in 2 seconds. This season with bolstering is way worse than last season, because a lot of dungeons actually have 1 shot mechanics. It just slows down the keys and limits what you can pull. Itâs not fun, itâs oppressive. However, I donât think blizzard really cares so gl 
It has been nerfed to the ground.
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We just pulled the dogs without anything, timed a +22 yesterday while last week +19 because of tyrannical. Probably can still learn a lot on optimizing bosses, but WM with bolstering needs focussing on the witches when they spawn and pull dogs alone and it is GG.
Bolstering seems only to be an issue for large packs
The problem is two fold tho. Yes, itâs bad, but folks also need to learn to kick/LOS/CC more/better.
Bolstering doesnât even apply hp buff anymore, itâs half an affix.
okay xD this half affix is universally hated though so your point is hallow.
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It is just an oppinion. Whatever you find hallow or not. We just disagree.
It doesnât seem too bad to me, it didnât stop big pulls in my last few keys, and itâs not as annoying as some of the other ones, like spiteful.
it wasnt ment to be to your post actually it was some bug with the forum, it was ment to poster above me. sorry about that
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Dear Blizzard, this affix is making me play differently as intended, wtf is this madness!?
I just want to pull everything onto the boss and pump. Expecting me to use my brain is against my human rights and stuff.
I donât want to change my rotation of running in and stunning everything instantly even though its not yet casting and presents no danger to one where I engage brain and do stops on bolstered things. It gives me headache.
At least the OP is an equal opportunity whiner, moaned about bursting and afflicted too. Change from you crying about every other affix on your shaman.
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no this affix is universally hated and most high tier teams dont even bother pushing and its overall making the game worse and less entertaining, ye thats very valid reasons to complain about something in a video game.
and as far as bursting ye that is very annoying, but atleast 1 class doesnt completely nulify it now so its overall more fair and balanced.
affliced is only an issue with low keys where people are bad as hell.
I am arena only player since Shadowlands but as far as I remember from BfA Bolstering was a noobwrecker affix. I donât see a problem, all you have to do is to bring mobs to 5â then execute them all one by one.
I (probably not a popular opinion) quite liked the seasonal affixes especially in shadowlands they were in my opinion pretty cool. Id love to see these standard affixes removed maybe keep tyrannical and fortified but have none of the others and have a seasonal affix.
My issue with the current affixes are that most of them seem to be there for the healer to deal with and it makes it so unfun - they could get so creative with the seasonal affixes, i loved the one that allowed you to skip too so fun!
i really liked the seasonal affix in season 1 shadowlands.
thundering wasnt my favorite since it overlapped too much with crazy things on bosses IMO.
but i do think having them were better than not having them. i have more issues with stuff like bolstering and bursting, in terms of disrupting fun.
No matter if it easy or hard, it is all about enjoy to play. Affixes ruin it since Legion if I rememebr right. I am so tired of affixes and I really hope they will not bring in new expansions. Give us something new instead of repeat all annoying affixes. Thanks!
tbh it is not the healer difficulty, it is the hardest role but doesnt lead to wipe or disappointment.
The dps dont do mechanics, not kicking correctly or using cc, even on 25 pugs. U cant argue and instantly get reported for cultivating their knowledge.
Tank pulls bad and never played heal to estimate the maximum which is possible to compensate when also accounting for missed kicks or 1-2 mistakes per pull.
Heal is just unfun because of other roles, not the difficulty per se. That is why a 11 can feel harder and can also lead to wipe depending on the scenario as a 480 geared heal than a 25 with people who know mechanics.
for this example in specific:
when bolstering is a problem, it is almost NEVER (only if reaction time is bad and he doesnt use the right buttons to instantly top off or anticipate damage for damage mitigation) the Healers fault.
Bolstering wipes and Bolstering oneshots are done from DPS, not knowing how to focus or dps stop and also tanks, not knowing how to pull or when to use the hardest mitigation.
PS:
u will still be banned first from mass reports as healer, doesnt matter because 4v1 in reports
PSS:
As a healer I love bursting and grievous. Finally even more to do.
The unfun begins when the affixes are depending on dps or tanks as well.
The ghost affix , doesnt matter if the dispell one or the cc one always sucks because dps/tanks fail to use their abilities and expect everything from the heal here.
PSSS:
Not a Healer Unfun Problem , only a DPS/TANK problem and their attitude or incompetence to research and theorize over a dungeon and its mehcanics before queueing multiple failed keys
ALL affixes would be much more enjoyable if they gave kiss/curse mechanics.
Bolstering would be nice if we also got some damage/healing buff.
You still have to CC the trash, you still have to use defensives and trash would still 1-shot you.
But that extra damage would give more variety on routes and pulls.
this is why i dont play healer . responsibility is always on them like you said