Class Tuning Incoming – 20 December

Community General Discussion
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After closely monitoring data on class performance as well as player feedback, we’ve developed the following adjustments to classes that are over- and under-performing in group content and PvP. These changes will go into effect with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region.

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Sigil of Flame damage reduced by 10%.
    • Havoc
      • Collective Anguish (talent) damage from summoned Fel Devastation reduced by 10%.
      • Ragefire (talent) damage stored from Immolation Aura critical strikes reduced to 30% (was 35%).
      • A Fire Inside (talent) chance to reset Immolation Aura reduced to 25% (was 30%).
  • Evoker
    • Devastation
      • Pyre damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Damage of all spells and abilities increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP.
    • Preservation
      • Resonating Sphere once again applies Echo to the first 5 allies it passes through (was 3).
        • Developers’ notes: Resonating Sphere was recently reduced as part of a broad AoE healing reduction pass. After watching the change play out, we’re not happy with the resulting gameplay – particularly in dungeons, where it doesn’t cover your whole party.
  • Mage
    • Arcane
      • Arcane Blast damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
    • Fire
      • Fire Blast damage increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Pyroblast damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Fireball damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Flamestrike damage increased by 12%
      • Intensifying Flame now increases Ignite damage by 25% (was 15%).
    • Frost
      • Frostbolt damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Ice Lance damage increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Flurry damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Glacial Spike damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
    • Developers’ notes: We continue to keep an eye on Windwalker damage, and feel they need a second incremental improvement to their relative performance. This round of tuning focuses on payoff for successfully executing the bonus effects of the Mystic Heron’s Discipline tier set, as well as increasing the damage of rotational Chi spenders in Rising Sun Kick and Fists of Fury.
      • Spinning Crane Kick damage increased by 20%.
      • Blackout Kick damage increased by 10%.
      • Rising Sun Kick damge increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Fists of Fury damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Blackout Reinforcement increased to 250% (was 200%).
      • Glory of the Dawn damage increased by 40%.
      • Dance of Chi-Ji bonus increased to 300% (was 200%).
    • Mistweaver
      • Unison now heals a second injured ally for 35% of the amount healed (down from 50%). Does not apply to PvP.
      • Enveloping Breath healing reduced by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Essence Font healing reduced by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • All ability damage increased by 3%.
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Psychic Link now causes direct damage spells to inflict 25% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch (was 15%).
    • Holy
      • All healing increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Prayer of Mending healing increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • All ability and melee autoattack damage reduced by 3%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Earthquake damage increased by 50%.
    • Enhancement
      • Elemental Warding now reduces magic damage taken by 3%/6% (was 2%/4%).
        • Developers’ notes: This is aimed at improving Enhancement’s survivability in all content.
    • Restoration
      • Torrent now increases the initial heal of Riptide by 15%/30% (was 10%/20%). Does not apply to PvP.
      • Healing Surge healing increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Seed of Corruption damage increased by 10%.
      • Soul Rot now applies to up to 4 additional targets (up from 3).
      • Dark Harvest now increases critical strike and haste by 4% per target (up from 2.5%).
    • Destruction
      • Rain of Fire damage increased by 12%.
      • Cataclysm damage increased by 25%.
      • Immolation damage from Infernal and Blasphemy increased by 25%.
      • Immolate damage increased by 10%.

Player versus Player

  • Gladiator’s Distinction (Trinket Set Bonus): Primary stat for DPS and tank specializations is now increased by 12% (was 20%) when in Arenas, Battlegrounds, and War Mode.
  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Stellar Flare backlash damage increased by 8%.
    • Feral
      • Regrowth healing is no longer reduced in PvP Combat (was reduced by 20%).
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Aimed Shot now deals 40% additional damage in PvP (was 25%).
      • Rapid Fire now deals 30% additional damage in PvP (was 20%).
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Mana regeneration is now reduced by 35% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  • Shaman
    • Enhancement
      • Healing Surge healing is now increased by 5% in PvP combat (was reduced by 12%).
      • Control of Lava (Flame Shock backlash damage) damage increased by 8%.
    • Elemental
      • Searing Flames now has a 40% chance to generate Maelstrom in PvP combat (was 100%).
      • Rolling Magma is now 60% effective in PvP combat.
      • Control of Lava (Flame Shock backlash damage) damage increased by 8%.
    • Restoration
      • Healing Tide Totem health increased by 30%.
  • Rogue
    • Subtlety
      • The Amirdrassil Class Set 2-piece bonus is now 30% effective in PvP combat (was 50%).
      • Eviscerate damage reduced by 7.5%.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 8%.
      • Dark Harvest is now 75% effective in PvP combat.
    • Destruction
      • Chaos Bolt damage is now increased by 70% in PvP combat (was 75%).
      • Shadowburn damage is now increased by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
      • Flashpoint is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
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finally mage buffs🤩

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Ok, that’s cool and all.

The problem is, that our tier set is still complete and total garbage.

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What I don’t get is the holy priest buffs.

Why are renew and prayer of healing(in m+) not worth pressing? Why are they even abilities if they’re not gonna be worth pressing?

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Once again nothing for dks, please just announce a complete rework for them already.

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This is indeed true. The Destro tier set needs to be reviewed and worked on again.

Bring back destro of the good old days! Demo is just so boring and it pains me each time I have to use that spec :cry:

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Demo is fun.
But i still want destro to be great

No reworks until TWW, they confirmed it

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I’m sure it’s indeed fun for many, but me personally, I just don’t like it >_<

Not sure why, just never found it interesting.

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It’s different damage profiles i guess, so what clicks for one won’t click for another.
Demo is about setup and then dealing damage, destro is about consistent bursts of damage

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What about disc priest? Where are the nerfs ? EVERY SHUFFLE GAME I FACE DISC PRIESTS!!!
Every 2v2 game - disc priest, every 3v3 game - disc priest. Hello?

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only change in the category “tanks”

sad tbh, if you see which classes are played most right now, because the dungeons need so much kicks/grips plus tanks with rly high self healing are just better.

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Slowly moves towards you
Yoinks 3% dps
Nothing personal, kid

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i mean, it’s all abilities.
Doesn’t seem too bad?

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Almost every ret tuning since the rework was a minor all dmg % change.
I find it hard to believe that there’s a single person at Blizzard HQ who genuinely cares about this spec, or even understands how it works, and what are the problems that still plagues it. So they always just slap an aura buff onto it and call it a day.
Idk what else to say that I haven’t said already on the paladin forum. It’s just sad.

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You really want to balance a class around legendary i guess ? Gj balancing around low drop rate while ignoring core problems. Thx for nothing again

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absolute laughter of a spec we ferals are.
We only had to wait 1 whole year or 3 game seasons of saturated feedback/critique @forum on regrowth to get it unnerfed.
thanks, maybe we can get Frenzied Regen back next year ?
Why is feral years behind in terms of design ?

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i log in once a week do the world boss and some wq and then see you next week and this will stay like this until the warlock aff spec get’s to be a really dot spec once again until then it will mainly be classic where aff is still a dot spec.

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Cool atleast ww wont be trash anymore.

How about:

  • survability buff for hunters in general,
  • proper ultility for all hunters, some aoe stops, rework on binding arrow to be instant same as Wailing Arrow and put this one to general tree, make some work on useless hunter general talents like Sentinel Owl to work with hunter’s mark,
  • survival rework specially cordinated assault talent and need of macros to get proper value, not so many choices in right side to be picked up to boost more aoe dmg, too many talents focused on raptor strike,
  • feral aoe changes, more focus on some front dmg (buffs),
  • ret st changes (buffing st + changes to st (aoe oriented talents), mastery scalling,

And plenty more things to do. Not only in dmg department. Classes like hunter need complete overhaul of general tree to be more on time with other classes. Cds on deffensives abilities are out of touch like 2.4m talented 40% dr i mean sure if this was classic but in this m+ season you need like 20 cds for each ability to not get one shot on m+ specially tyranical weeks 25+.

Hope so Hunters will get finally someone who cares and make good talent trees rework this time.

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Another round of gentle nerfs and buffs. It’s laughable, really. Especially those 3% changes. :rofl:
At least they did something for WW and shadow priest.
Still no clue what they are thinking with resto shaman. The set bonus is awful. Does like 2% of my healing (m+). Increasing the base riptide healing from a talent we can’t take and buffing surge again is like… why? We will go oom if we spam surges to apply the set bonus that heals for nothing. Cloudburst is the only thing keeping us afloat with perfect play required. Then they buff healing stream. You are getting laughed outta the room here guys. :rofl:
Just buff that set bonus to actually be worth 5% healing like the other healers. That would be a start. Man… i wish we could’ve kept the set from last season that made casting healing rain not be a complete waste of mana

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The only thing hunter need is nerf.