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So, in the latest beta build, Living bomb crits won't contribute to hot streak?
First messing around with the way it was triggered, now this. Blizzard must think that we were getting too many instant pyros.Hot Streak now procs when you score 2 non-periodic critical strikes in a row with your Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Scorch, Fire Blast or Pyroblast spells.
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2010-08-05, 01:26 PM #1The Patient
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Hot Streak Nerf?
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2010-08-05, 01:29 PM #2Mechagnome
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Removing Living Bomb from the triggers is kinda lame but nothing is set in stone yet...
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2010-08-05, 01:29 PM #3High Overlord
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Oh fuck. Why do they nerf us? It certaintly wasn't OP... why bother nerfing this when you can nerf paladins??
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2010-08-05, 01:30 PM #4Stood in the Fire
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are you serious?
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2010-08-05, 01:31 PM #5Immortal
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experimenting is the key word, they wont do anything final until they have tried it other ways. eventually they will stop on something, hopefully balanced and cool
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2010-08-05, 01:31 PM #6High Overlord
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seems like they added pyroblast so if your insta pyro crits you need only 1 fireball crit to get another one
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2010-08-05, 01:31 PM #7High Overlord
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Yes, Palas are fking OP, and we poor mages have nerfed Hot Streak QQ Originally Posted by Marilina
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2010-08-05, 01:33 PM #8Dreadlord
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Because paladins supposed to be superior to mages. Originally Posted by Bdx
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2010-08-05, 01:33 PM #9Scarab Lord
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AoE nerfs all over the board. Not just for mages.
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2010-08-05, 01:34 PM #10Deletedand that is why mages can kill paladins and vice versa Originally Posted by wickedbastard
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2010-08-05, 01:35 PM #11High Overlord
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No, mages are supposed to be the best class in WoW :P. Originally Posted by wickedbastard
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2010-08-05, 01:41 PM #12The Patient
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If we're being honest, hot streak has gotten a little, ahem, predictable at current gear levels. I would say a justified change, but I will miss slinging out instapyros left and right.
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2010-08-05, 01:42 PM #13Stood in the Fire
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are you really serious? Originally Posted by Bdx
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2010-08-05, 01:44 PM #14High Overlord
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TBH Blizzard loves us (that's better than Jesus loves us, rly), and makes us look good... I'd like mages to be da best :3. But blizz seems to love retardins more... T_T Originally Posted by Marilina
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2010-08-05, 01:46 PM #15Stood in the Fire
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Nope he most likely plays a pally and got pwned by a mage.
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2010-08-05, 01:50 PM #16Stood in the Fire
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see now you made me watch south park again Originally Posted by Bdx
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2010-08-05, 01:50 PM #17Deleted
If I remember correctly blue once said that they wanted hot sreak procs feel like "rare but nice to have when it procs" instead of "I have to have them or I do lousy dps". As it stands now they tested it with 3 crits in a row, but apparently it was too rare; maybe this would achieve what they are seeking (as it stands crit-% will be alot lower in cataclysm, even at high-end gear, so even a small change like this may (or may not) do it). Don't worry, they will surely balance mages dps around something else, it seems like people have forgotten how big changes this game goes through come Cataclysm.
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2010-08-05, 02:10 PM #18Mechagnome
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Quite the opposite. The mechanic in beta previously was 3 crits in 6 seconds (NOT necessarily in a row), and the procs were apparently too COMMON. So they went back to the live version of the talent, then traded Living Bomb detonations for Pyroblasts. Originally Posted by Machine
This new change is a nerf from that mechanic as well as from live. And at level 85, we won't be achieving the crazy high crit levels we have at level 80 today (unless they mess up on item level inflation again).
Looks like the new Hot Streak is down to around 2 to 3 ppm by level 85? Ouch.
I hope our other new mechanics make up for the nerf. Thus far I don't see enough positive changes to the spec to enable a level-85 fire mage (with reduced crit levels) to outdamage a current level-80 fire mage in live...Last edited by Koumaru; 2010-08-05 at 02:13 PM.
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2010-08-05, 02:12 PM #19High Overlord
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it wasnt "3 crits in a row" Machine. read the tooltips more than once
that design was much better, a bit OP tho
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2010-08-05, 02:13 PM #20Deleted
as they said they want Hot Streak to feel like a bonus when it shows up not like a malus because it didn't happen, seems that for accomplish this they aim to try to make it proc less.
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