Hi,
I would recommend you to order some overtime for balance checks on Monday and Tuesday. The already strong classes are getting insane buffs on Wednesday and some of the weak classes gets nothing.
It’s already pretty bad out there and come Wednesday I’m afraid it will feel more like the worst “pre-expansion-patch” ever.
If you are unsure on what classes are weak and strong just check ladder and AWC data and it’s quite clear!
some classes cannot be as equal to say a rogue or mage by design
doesnt matter how much they buff or change Enhance shammy or Aug evoker they will never be rank 1 in AWC or comparable to rogue mages warlocks etc
you learn this when you start pvping more frequently, its better to join the masses and play the " pvp specs " like Rogue n mage rather than suffer at the whim of blizzard and failing to design classes like aug/enhance to be balanced in pvp
obviously there is a small handful of people out there that COULD make those classes work but the skill ceiling isnt worth the extreme effort to push those classes to rank 1
its easier to just give in and play the " pvp classes " ( rogue mage, warlock, priest )
any other class is just a gimmick and are only good with tuning and balance updates
If you do some digging I’m sure you’ll find that I have played a lot more PvP then you and on a lot higher rating. This is totally besides the point but since you brought the “you learn this when you start pvping more frequently” statement up for some reason.
What you’re saying about everyone swapping to meta is the thing I feel is the biggest problem. Since the balance in it self is not the issue. The issue is the boring state the game turns into when you face the same classes over and over. It’s also the fact that a lot of players that CBA swapping classes (they wanna play what they enjoy) just quit the game.
Perfect balance is never achievable but if you have been playing for as long as I have (over 20years) it’s quite clear that at this moment its really bad. And looking into the patch notes it looks grim.
nothing personal there, a lil passive aggressive
but its always the same 4 classes each expansion ( with outliers being OP specs that become broken in patchs )
im just pointing out that Mage and Rogue will always be favoured
Ret in the new patch is almost the same just some new talents gain and old lose.
Blessing of spellwarding ( magic bubble) trade for eye for an eye ( holy dmg reflect during divine shield and divine protection) is so bad.
The dmg reflect is so low that i won’t even consider getting that talent.
But hey the 10% judg boost is a big rework. 
I’ve been playing warlock almost exclusively for years, but I absolutely don’t understand many DEV choices. Because it’s true that if a class doesn’t do well in PvP they always say “the blizzard never balances in PvP and relies much more on PvE data”, but looking at the data and logs it’s truly incredible to me that there isn’t a single buff not even to a spec.
All three specs in PvE (raid and mythic+) according to the logs are objectively low. I’m not saying a spec rework (which was also expected given some gaps especially in the warlock tree) but not even a minimal buff to a single spell? All this seeing that some classes, without naming names, are having further buffs despite already being very performing in all the content of the game.
It seemed very offensive to me that practically the only change to the class is the graphics of a spell icon and that’s it. After years the community has been asking for a glyph for the shadowbolt to be able to use the previous model with the skull
I would say its pretty clear that our useless pvp developer npcs, if available, dont give a dmn f*** about the balance what so ever. Just look at the non existent healer balance, and with new the patch it will be even more of a clownfiesta than it used to be until now. Allready strong speccs are getting buffed → Hpalas, and allready useless speccs getting hard nerfed over and over and over: rsham cleansing totem (Pve nerf btw. that f**** this specc even more), besides that fact that riptide healing is bugged anyways and so is reactive warding. Either u quit the Game as a healer or you play the meta carousel every 2-3 weeks. Its pathetic and ridiculous xD
Yeah, hate to say I told you so (not really) but I told you so.
The buggiest and most untuned patch ever released in wow 20 year history. This bleeds players, they stop playing => ques get longer
for the players that stays => dead game.
It’s not rocket science.
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