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    Live Class Tuning - August 9

    Live Class Tuning - August 9
    Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
    Before Battle for Azeroth launches four days from now, we're making some additional adjustments to several specs based on how they're playing at level 120. We're working on the following via hotfix to the live game:

    Death Knight
    • Frost
      • All damage abilities increased by 3%.
      • Breath of Sindragosa damage reduced by 12%.
    Druid
    • All Feral Affinity-granted abilities increased by 15%.
    • Feral Affinity Energy regen bonus increased to 45% (was 35%).
    Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • All damage abilities increased by 3%.
    • Marksmanship
      • All damage abilities increased by 3%.
    Priest
    • Holy Nova damage increased by 20%.
    • Holy
      • All damage abilities increased by 8%.
    Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Crimson Tempest damage reduced by 10%.
      • Subterfuge bonus reduced to 80% (was 100%).
    Shaman
    • Elemental
      • All damage abilities increased 4%.
    Warlock
    • Fear mana cost reduced to 10% (was 15%).
    • Affliction
      • Summon Darkglare cooldown now resets at the end of encounters.
    • Demonology
      • All damage abilities increased by 5%.

    The following PvP-specific hotfixes are also in-testing today and will go live before Battle for Azeroth launches:

    Racial Abilities
    • Light's Judgment deals 50% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Light's Reckoning deals 50% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Death Knight
      • Unholy Strength increases Strength by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%).
    • Frost
      • Pillar of Frost increases Strength by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%).
    • Unholy
      • Wandering Plague (PvP Talent) damage reduced by 50%.
      • Necrotic Strike's (PvP Talent) Necrotic Wound healing absorption reduced by 33%.
      • Virulent Plague deals 10% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
      • Virulent Explosion deals 10% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    Druid
    • Restoration
      • Focused Growth (PvP Talent) reduces the mana cost of Lifebloom by 40% (was 60%).
      • Focused Growth (PvP Talent) increases the healing of Lifebloom by 30% (was 50%).
    Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • Dire Beast: Hawk (PvP Talent) damage reduced by 40%.
    • Marksmanship
      • Careful Aim increases Aimed Shot damage by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 100%).
      • Aimed Shot deals an additional 15% damage to targets you have not damaged yet when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 50%).
    Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Fists of Fury now deals full damage when engaged in combat with enemy players (was a 20% reduction).
    Paladin
    • Retribution
      • Righteous Verdict increases the damage of Templar's Verdict by 10% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 15%).
      • Execution Sentence increases damage to the target by 15% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 20%).
      • Word of Glory healing reduced by 20% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players.
      • Divine Purpose increases damage and healing by 20% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 30%).
      • Hammer of Reckoning (PvP Talent) gains a stack when targets with your Greater Blessings take 2.5% of your maximum health in damage (was 5%).
      • Vengeance Aura (PvP Talent) increases Holy Damage and Critical Strike chance by 3% per stack (was 4%).
      • Vengeance Aura's (PvP Talent) duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
    Priest
    • Discipline
      • Sins of the Many increases damage by 8% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 12%).
      • Trinity (PvP Talent) increases Atonement healing by 12% (was 20%).
      • Archangel (PvP Talent) increases healing and absorption by 20% (was 30%).
    • Shadow
      • Edge of Insanity (PvP Talent) now properly reduces damage taken when at or above 90 Insanity (60 Insanity while talented into Legacy of the Void).
    Rogue
    • Prey on the Weak increases damage dealt to the target by 5% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 10%).
    • Death from Above (PvP Talent) increases Eviscerate/Envenom/Dispatch damage dealt by 10% (was 15%).
    • Assassination
      • Fixed a bug that caused Creeping Venom (PvP Talent)'s duration to be refreshed to a longer duration than intended.
      • Creeping Venom (PvP Talent)'s damage has been reduced by 50%.
      • Deadly Poison deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
      • Vendetta increases damage dealt to the target by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
      • Toxic Blade increases Poison damage dealt to the target by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
      • Garrote deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
      • Subterfuge causes Garrote to deal an additional 50% damage when cast from stealth in PvP situations (was 100%).
    • Outlaw
      • Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) reduces the target's max health by 10% (was 15%).
      • Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) increases the Rogue's max health by 10% (was 15%).
      • Thick as Thieves (PvP Talent) increases the damage you and your Tricks target deal by 10% (was 15%).
      • Brigand's Blitz (Azerite Trait) is no longer gained from Control is King's Adrenaline Rush.
    • Subtlety
      • Shuriken Combo increases Eviscerate damage by 3% per stack when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 5%).
      • Night's Vengeance (Azerite Trait) effectiveness reduced by 66% in PvP situations.
    Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Spirit Link (PvP Talent) now redirects 35% damage to the team (was 50%).
      • Spirit Link's (PvP Talent) mana cost has been increased by 12.5%.
      • Spirit Link (PvP Talent) reduces the heal generated by Spouting Spirits (Azerite Trait) by 80%.

    We expect to apply all of the adjustments above to the live game as soon as possible. We will note them along with other hotfixes in the next hotfixes update added to our hotfixes blog post.

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    holy is still a garbage spec

    nice

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    Woohoo now ele hits a little less like a wet noodle?

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    Quote Originally Posted by morph4037 View Post
    Woohoo now ele hits a little less like a wet noodle?
    As someone who’s played ele on the Beta a fair bit I can say your comment is complete hyperbole.
    It’s not nearly as bad as some claim. Perfect? OP? No.
    But not the trash that some of you bandwagon kids want to think. It’s not that Ele is horrible, it’s that there are a couple classes with very specific spells that are over tuned.
    I will gladly take a 4% damage buff.

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    Waaah my class isnt the best dps waaahhh i actually have to play good to get high dps wahhh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rawklobster View Post
    As someone who’s played ele on the Beta a fair bit I can say your comment is complete hyperbole.
    It’s not nearly as bad as some claim. Perfect? OP? No.
    But not the trash that some of you bandwagon kids want to think. It’s not that Ele is horrible, it’s that there are a couple classes with very specific spells that are over tuned.
    I will gladly take a 4% damage buff.
    oh other classes are overtuned. crazy. i hear this EVERY expansion since TBC

    you still believe in Magic ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rawklobster View Post
    As someone who’s played ele on the Beta a fair bit I can say your comment is complete hyperbole.
    It’s not nearly as bad as some claim. Perfect? OP? No.
    But not the trash that some of you bandwagon kids want to think. It’s not that Ele is horrible, it’s that there are a couple classes with very specific spells that are over tuned.
    I will gladly take a 4% damage buff.
    This is really good to hear. I have been struggling to decide between Ele Sham and Fury War.

    Luckily I have enough time off around the release to level both.

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    DKs aren't really outperforming anyone on beta, at all. Which is why these nerfs are baffling to say the least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ripslyme View Post
    oh other classes are overtuned. crazy. i hear this EVERY expansion since TBC

    you still believe in Magic ?
    No but I you’ve made me believe that trolls are real

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farabee View Post
    DKs aren't really outperforming anyone on beta, at all. Which is why these nerfs are baffling to say the least.
    That’s funny because those are exactly the two classes and specs I’m planning on playing

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    Quote Originally Posted by G3 Ghost View Post
    This is really good to hear. I have been struggling to decide between Ele Sham and Fury War.

    Luckily I have enough time off around the release to level both.
    Yea cause that random plebs opinion is law!
    And my opinion doesn't matter... forget everything i just said lol
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    Affliction:
    Summon Darkglare cooldown now resets at the end of encounters.
    Finally.. only took them a few months to fix this obvious bug.

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    Can Blizz PLEASE give Hpallys some love. I mean some...alittle.....ok...just some. PLEASE I miss my pally going lock since the spec is now in such bad shape.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rawklobster View Post
    As someone who’s played ele on the Beta a fair bit I can say your comment is complete hyperbole.
    It’s not nearly as bad as some claim. Perfect? OP? No.
    But not the trash that some of you bandwagon kids want to think. It’s not that Ele is horrible, it’s that there are a couple classes with very specific spells that are over tuned.
    I will gladly take a 4% damage buff.
    Believe what you want, maelstrom gen is still off, damage is still low even with a 4% buff. I'm not "bandwagon-ing" anything, just going off my personal experiences with ele from beta. So you can keep you apple pie in the sky high hopes while waiting for "at least 8.1". You enjoy it, you trust the devs, thats great, just call me jaded after the same old song and dance after 12 years.

    But to each their own and glad you're enjoying ele and yet another band aid fix. Have a wonderful night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by morph4037 View Post
    Believe what you want, maelstrom gen is still off, damage is still low even with a 4% buff. I'm not "bandwagon-ing" anything, just going off my personal experiences with ele from beta. So you can keep you apple pie in the sky high hopes while waiting for "at least 8.1". You enjoy it, you trust the devs, thats great, just call me jaded after the same old song and dance after 12 years.

    But to each their own and glad you're enjoying ele and yet another band aid fix. Have a wonderful night.
    but remember that 4% buff to ele in HFC that completely fixed the spec?

    oh wait bringing a 6th hunter was better than taking 1 ele shaman. lmfao, "bring the player not the spec" = REROLL OR GTFO THE RAID!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Socialhealer View Post
    but remember that 4% buff to ele in HFC that completely fixed the spec?

    oh wait bringing a 6th hunter was better than taking 1 ele shaman. lmfao, "bring the player not the spec" = REROLL OR GTFO THE RAID!
    At least this time around they flat out said "bring the class, not the person" in one of the Q&A's months ago. Only took em years to get around to finally saying eff it and say it out loud.
    Last edited by morph4037; 2018-08-09 at 10:44 PM. Reason: derped

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    Glad feral is getting a straight up strong buff, I was feeling very weak compared to my alts - who I am definitely much worse at.
    15% is worryingly large though, for a tweak. Who is in charge that they can get the original configuration so wrong?

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    these rogue nerfs aren't that bad, i was thinking deadly brew or mutilate might get the nerf, but they seem to have worked around it with taming dots as opposed to direct damage which is nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Strakha View Post
    these rogue nerfs aren't that bad, i was thinking deadly brew or mutilate might get the nerf, but they seem to have worked around it with taming dots as opposed to direct damage which is nice.
    mmm.. those pvp nerfs are pretty bad man. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by neiljwd View Post
    Glad feral is getting a straight up strong buff, I was feeling very weak compared to my alts - who I am definitely much worse at.
    15% is worryingly large though, for a tweak. Who is in charge that they can get the original configuration so wrong?
    if im reading that correctly its not a buff to feral sadly, my guildie got me all excited, its only a buff to other specs taking the feral affinity talents. Although that does seem to reason that bearcatting will be back now

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