That reply was to âonly meta comps do +16âs and overâ. I was talking about my teams comp, not me.
I can see how it could be misinterpreted though.
This has absolutely nothing to do with class balance. It is fairly simple.
Class X does 30% less damge on aoe than other classes? Buff one aoe ability by 20%. See how it goes, repeat.
Class Y does 10% more ST than other classes? Nerf signature single target ability by 5%, see how it goes, repeat.
Class Z has better cooldowns than others? Give them one more cooldown or change CD of the one he has.
Its not hard but blizz donât care about balance. If they did, I would see balancing notes each 2 weeks.
I mean even Ion right after first MDI cup stated they want more classes in MDI and M+, they are aware themselves but sadly seem to be very uncapable of doing anything about it. There is no way they can be satisfied with how class balancing and game play is in its current shape and form.
If they state they are, then its pure denial to try save some face and nothing else. Try get in a grp higher than 17 whitout you playing one of the meta classes/specs. âWant clapperâ âWant rogueâ âNeed resto druidâ.
âHowever, Blizzard would like to see more class diversity in high-end Mythics, especially in various affixes, and will keep this in mind when designing future affixes.â
Source https://www.wowhead.com/news=291015/buffed-de-8-2-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-azshara-plot-twist-class-diversity-
This is so retarded to state only affixes is the problem, atleast the way i read it, since he talks about affixes but never mentions class issues. Not the fact that you need 3 short kicks, a resto druid cus its the only viable healer all weeks and not a dead healer some weeks and good some others, like the other healer classes are basically and the list can go on.
They never adress the real issue and the core of the problem.
âBlizzard spends a lot of time reading the forums, Twitter, Reddit, videos, etc. A challenge with communication is remembering that most players are not on social media for Warcraft discussion, remaining silent, and accounting for their opinions and playstyles when making big changes.â
Source https://www.wowhead.com/news=291015/buffed-de-8-2-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-azshara-plot-twist-class-diversity-
If they actually did, the game would be in a better shape than it is now. He also goes as far as to say balancing is fine, ive yet to see a feral druid, in bfa yet, arcane mages, fire mages (fire was good for a while then blizz killed it), frost dk etc, gaurdian druid, Dh tank.
If they are not capable of balancing it themselves, they should hire ONE guy. Math expert that will be responsible solely for mathematical class balance.
So, where do I begin on this?
I could start with the fact that every dps class is only a little behind one another in terms of tier lists on raw DPS, which doesnt factor in skill.
Tanks and healers I wonât lie I havenât played so I dunno, but honestly everything seems to be performing fairly well.
Every two weeks⌠Someone hasnât programed something before lol.
Too bad, I am a developer for about 8 years by now. Tho I started back in school. What is more funny I am also author of MaxDps addon.
And I stand uncorrected. Changing math values of a spells is perfectly possible even within each week. AKA small incremental balancing patches.
I donât know what blizz thinks about this but i already can see at least 2 problems.
First being that the type of balance you described might not be what blizz wants to achieve, not all classes/specs need to have perfectly equal single target, aoe, cleave, etc.
Secondly itâs the community reaction, where perception is everything. I hope i donât need to explain the overreaction to nerfing a trait or a whole spec.
They create fotm classes on purpose to keep you playing. Do you really believe they couldnât balance classes in 15 years?
They never succeeded, why would I believe in some conspiracy theories? Heck, they never even been close.
You never played during Vanilla, Classic or Wrath then I take itâŚ
Been playing since early wow days, and this argument is just as stupid as it always been. This is like u going to a doctor for a diseas and he telling you âu didnt live in 1400 i guessâ and not giving u a treatment. Vanilla was 14 years ago, what point does your argument bring to the table? The game by then was new, and even the devs was still experimenting, this is not the case anymore.
Nah, thatâs just you. Next time if you donât want people bringing up the past, donât use words like âneverâ in your title.
Hard to say if there was better balanced expansion than BfA, WoD and maybe Legion can come close but pretty sure MoP and everything older was way worse.
They are slowly learning but⌠this is just too slow.
About as much point as your opening post and a lot better than your atrocious analogy.
The point is that class balancing is a lot better now than it was in those days not that it is perfect now. However I would guess that the numbers between top and bottom DPS on any given raid boss arenât actually that disparate for classes as a whole, although some specs will always be in a very bad way.
I am yet to play any game in which there is total balance and there will always be a âMetaâ which will ebb and flow as time progresses.
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