Volley "stealth buff" in 3.2.2

[Boubouille]

Volley "stealth buff" in 3.2.2
[blizzquote author=Ghostcrawler]The AP coefficient of Volley has been increased from 0.0586 to 0.0837. Base points did not change. This probably did not make the patch notes. (Source)[/blizzquote]

[Nraktja]

In before QQs about hunters already being OP AoE'er with Volley.

[Parameter]

In before QQs about hunters already being OP AoE'er with Volley.

I was gonna say "Great now all those bads are really gonna do nothing but volley on single mobs."
but yeah...

[Peacemoon]

This will have most of its effect on hunters who have high amounts of AP.

My boyfriend who is lvl 45 probably wont see much increase ;-) Not that I'm saying he should!

[Deleted]

I think this happens to be the shortest news post on MMOC. Woo.

[Kalx]

it's not much of a "stealth" buff if they're announcing it like this before anyone says anything =p

[Peacemoon]

I like it, its to the point ;-)

[Revrant]

Nothing to QQ over, a relatively minor buff, this paired with the BM buff should mean my damage, 2000 something in Heroic/Valor epics before the mega-nerf when I left the game and refused to return, should jump up to a bit under where it was.

Though not as high, so maybe Blizz felt they raped the spec with the nerf bat half a year ago?

[RevvRevv]

Woohoo my hunter gets a slight buff! 8)

[Grimey]

Buff it harder

[warptwist]

I think this happens to be the shortest news post on MMOC. Woo.

yea haha.


tbh i dont think we need this buff.. i just think we need a new mechanic for Volley, forexample when the cats at Auriaya spawns.. i dont have time to do any prober AoE dmg there cause i need to react and put the location of the Volley and then theres a ½ sec delay before any dmg starts on volley, and by then the rogues ret paladins and warriors and so on already raped the adds..

i dunno what im asking for or whats needed but i guess more dmg on it is good enough - nothing is better than more dmg tbh
but id rather prefer that extra dmg on Steady shot since its pretty useless atm.. that or Serpent sting for survival.
but anyways, extra dmg is extra dmg, so im happy

[Razia]

0.0586 to 0.0837 is just too much of a buff. Why can't it be like 0.0745 instead?

What I'm trying to say, is how do you pick numbers like that? It seems so random, but I know that one way or another, it's justified as balanced. idk, just thinking out loud...

[i2lurchi]

they reverted the 3.0.8 Volley nerf?

[mchltlt1037]

Woohoo my hunter gets a slight buff! 8)

Ur avatar is just...lol

[kamil84]

Volley "stealth buff" in 3.2.2
[blizzquote author=Ghostcrawler]The AP coefficient of Volley has been increased from 0.0586 to 0.0837. Base points did not change. This probably did not make the patch notes. (Source)[/blizzquote]

This is because Hunters are not doing insane damage right now and the volley nerf patches ago was a mistake, not because it didn't help on balancing, but because a lot of qq hunters left.

[Deleted]

and before ppl star asking if this brings if back to the old numbers..

NO

not even cloose

old nerf was 30% BASE damage and 30% SCALING

this is a 3% scaling buff

always nice to get buffs... but you wont even notice this change

[Rilgon]

Thank fucking christ, maybe we won't be omitted on fights were AoE is mandatory *coughfuckingheroicanubarakcough*.

We really should get the 3.0 numbers back though.

[Deleted]

Thank fucking christ, maybe we won't be omitted on fights were AoE is mandatory *coughfuckingheroicanubarakcough*.

We really should get the 3.0 numbers back though.

to be honest i would prefer to see a reduction to the mana cost of volley... kinda redicelous cost compared to out mana pool size

[Eurekalulz]

and before ppl star asking if this brings if back to the old numbers..

NO

not even cloose

old nerf was 30% BASE damage and 30% SCALING

this is a 3% scaling buff

always nice to get buffs... but you wont even notice this change

Actually, it's a revert of the scaling nerf from 3.0.8(?).
0.0837 * 0.7 (70%, 30% scaling nerf) = 0.05859 (which rounds to 0.0586), which was the coefficient before 3.2.2. I hope that's explanatory enough.

Edited for clarity.

[YumYum]

yea haha.


tbh i dont think we need this buff.. i just think we need a new mechanic for Volley, forexample when the cats at Auriaya spawns.. i dont have time to do any prober AoE dmg there cause i need to react and put the location of the Volley and then theres a ½ sec delay before any dmg starts on volley, and by then the rogues ret paladins and warriors and so on already raped the adds..

you just got to be quicker, mages have the exact same "problem" with blizzard, so do locks with their rain of fire.
and as a mage, I have difficulties with that