Recent PTR Changes nerf or also just "tooltip updates?!

[Naus]

Frost
* Frost Strike base additional damage has been reduced by 23%,


Unholy
* Death Strike base additional damage has been reduced by 33%, from 495 to 330.
* Festering Strike base additional damage has been reduced by 33%, from 840 to 560


Hopefully there's something else that these datamined notes missed, damage is NOT the problem at all.

When you head into a mine, take a light.

There are a number of corrections to the text of tooltips in the latest test build, but the actual damage done by most of those abilities hasn't changed.

The tooltips for Frost Strike, Death Strike, Festering Strike, Devastate, Blood Frenzy and Critical Mass were all corrected. The damage on these abilities has NOT changed.

There are actual changes to Savage Defense, Swipe, Thrash, Cleansing Waters, Arcane Blast and Arcane Explosion in recent builds.

There is a blue post about it. The above quote is from Kaivax.

edit: Source: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1...lity-untouched

[Wack Daggerspine]

* Frost Strike now deals 130% of weapon damage, up from 110%.
* Frost Strike base additional damage has been reduced by 23%

I currently have 6306 main hand average weapon damage.. 110% is 6936, 130% is 8197 damage.. (ofc im not including all % multipliers just keeping it simple) so surely the increase in around 1261 damage outweighs the small reduction in base damage?

4.06 = 6936 + 360 = 7296
4.1 = 8197 + (277 x 1.3 = 360) = 8577

[Northern Goblin]

* Frost Strike now deals 130% of weapon damage, up from 110%.
* Frost Strike base additional damage has been reduced by 23%

I currently have 6306 main hand average weapon damage.. 110% is 6936, 130% is 8197 damage.. (ofc im not including all % multipliers just keeping it simple) so surely the increase in around 1261 damage outweighs the small reduction in base damage?

4.06 = 6936 + 360 = 7296
4.1 = 8197 + (277 x 1.3 = 360) = 8577

There is no reduction in base damage.

It never did the amount it claims to do now.

The tooltip change in 4.1 reflects the damage it actually does, and always has done.


Read the copy pasted blue post above you?