Azerite Armor - Boring Passives Confirmed.

[BattleforAbilities]

So here it is.

The system everyone was hoping would fix the bland, hollow and pathetic Class Design currently on the Alpha.

A bunch of boring passives. Re-hashed minor artifact and NLC traits.

Demon Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator, PvP Talent Calculator, Artifact Calculator)


Tier 1
Azerite Empowered (New) Increases the item level this item by 5.

Tier 2
Resounding Protection (New) Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 0 for 30 sec.
Vampiric Speed (New) When an enemy you damaged dies, you heal for 0 and gain 0 Speed for 6 sec.

Tier 3
Elemental Whirl (New) Your damaging abilities have a chance to grant you Elemental Whirl, increasing your Critical Strike, Haste, Mastery, or Versatility by 0 for 10 sec.
Gutripper (New) Your damaging abilities have a chance to deal 0 Physical damage to the target. Gutripper occurs much more often against targets below 30% health.
Winds of War (New) Taking damage grants you 0 Dodge for 3 sec, stacking up to 10 times.

Tier 4
Champion of Azeroth (New) Contributing to the death of an enemy of Azeroth heals you for 0 and grants you 0 Versatility for 60 sec, stacking up to 2 times.
Devour (New) Using Demon's Bite 3 times in a row grants you 0 Mastery for 4 sec.
Devour Name changed from "Seething Chaos" to "Devour". Chaos Strike generates 3 Fury over 3 sec, and increases your Critical Strike by 0 for 9 sec. Havoc Using Demon's Bite 3 times in a row grants you 0 Mastery for 4 sec.
Haste Increases haste by 0.
Revel in Pain (New) When Fiery Brand expires on your primary target, you gain a shield that absorbs up to 3 damage for 15 sec, based on your damage dealt to them while Fiery Brand was active.
Revel in Pain Name changed from "Gaping Maw" to "Revel in Pain". Lesser Soul Fragments heal for 3% more, and Soul Cleave deals 0 additional damage. Vengeance When Fiery Brand expires on your primary target, you gain a shield that absorbs up to 3 damage for 15 sec, based on your damage dealt to them while Fiery Brand was active.



I hate to say I told you so.

[bewbew]

Hey, look, all the "pessimists" (myself included) were right.

These Azerite traits do not fill in the gap left open by the loss of 15 Artifact Normal Traits, 4 Golden Traits, 2 Legendaries and a Legendary Active.

Classes, with rare exceptions, are absolutly INCOMPLETE without their artifacts.

Ion is a fool in thinking "Legion class design stand on it's own and Artifacts are just nice additions".

[Saiyoran]

Really hope they have something more exciting planned for later tiers. There's not a single one I've seen so far that has any impact on gameplay besides giving you a bonus for things you're already doing, which means the shit-tier class design is going to be just as empty and bare as it is currently.

[Hashcrypt]

Yeap, completely boring.

How pathetic.

[Tier539]

These items look to just be the azerite armor from the world, probably similar to the class hall armor set you get in legion. I expect them to be boring. Hopefully the raid and dungeon ones are better.

[Redzonetode]

Good constructive feed back so far in this thread.

[SoulSoBreezy]

So here it is.

The system everyone was hoping would fix the bland, hollow and pathetic Class Design currently on the Alpha.

A bunch of boring passives. Re-hashed minor artifact and NLC traits.

Demon Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator, PvP Talent Calculator, Artifact Calculator)


Tier 1
Azerite Empowered (New) Increases the item level this item by 5.

Tier 2
Resounding Protection (New) Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 0 for 30 sec.
Vampiric Speed (New) When an enemy you damaged dies, you heal for 0 and gain 0 Speed for 6 sec.

Tier 3
Elemental Whirl (New) Your damaging abilities have a chance to grant you Elemental Whirl, increasing your Critical Strike, Haste, Mastery, or Versatility by 0 for 10 sec.
Gutripper (New) Your damaging abilities have a chance to deal 0 Physical damage to the target. Gutripper occurs much more often against targets below 30% health.
Winds of War (New) Taking damage grants you 0 Dodge for 3 sec, stacking up to 10 times.

Tier 4
Champion of Azeroth (New) Contributing to the death of an enemy of Azeroth heals you for 0 and grants you 0 Versatility for 60 sec, stacking up to 2 times.
Devour (New) Using Demon's Bite 3 times in a row grants you 0 Mastery for 4 sec.
Devour Name changed from "Seething Chaos" to "Devour". Chaos Strike generates 3 Fury over 3 sec, and increases your Critical Strike by 0 for 9 sec. Havoc Using Demon's Bite 3 times in a row grants you 0 Mastery for 4 sec.
Haste Increases haste by 0.
Revel in Pain (New) When Fiery Brand expires on your primary target, you gain a shield that absorbs up to 3 damage for 15 sec, based on your damage dealt to them while Fiery Brand was active.
Revel in Pain Name changed from "Gaping Maw" to "Revel in Pain". Lesser Soul Fragments heal for 3% more, and Soul Cleave deals 0 additional damage. Vengeance When Fiery Brand expires on your primary target, you gain a shield that absorbs up to 3 damage for 15 sec, based on your damage dealt to them while Fiery Brand was active.



I hate to say I told you so.

With the new Alpha build going up today, we're going to enable some initial testing of one piece of Azerite Armor, with one set of choices. To access it, you'll need to create a new character, and you'll find it in your inventory.

Note that some elements are still placeholder (including the UI), but we're still interested in any early feedback you have on this feature. We'll be rolling out additional pieces of Azerite Armor for testing as the Alpha continues.

Emphasis mine.
That said, yeah it's boring. I'll get more interested as we see more traits come out. I'm going to presume that at the moment this the "green tier" of leveling traits, with more elaborate stuff to come from more difficult content.

[Rukario]

Dude, do you have Alpha access?
I suggest you look into the Alpha...that's all i am going to say.

[Super Kami Dende]

Boring Passives? They look like the same kind of Passives you got from Artifacts and Tier gear?

What did you expect? 4 new button press Talents? lmao.

[Traveler Voltin]

netherlight crucible 2.0

[Super Kami Dende]

Hey, look, all the "pessimists" (myself included) were right.

These Azerite traits do not fill in the gap left open by the loss of 15 Artifact Normal Traits, 4 Golden Traits, 2 Legendaries and a Legendary Active.

You mean the 15 normal traits that were mostly just "X move does 5% more damage 1/4" LIKE OMG GUYS THEY WERE SO MUCH BETTER!!

Please, stop being overdramatic.

[BattleforAbilities]

Good constructive feed back so far in this thread.

Constructive feedback has all been said before.

Legion Class Design cannot stand on its own two feet without Artifacts and 2 BiS legendaries to prop it up.


All the pessimists just got proven right. There is no defending this anymore I'm sorry.


5 months down with no real fixes made to class design. 5 months left for DRASTIC CHANGES.




You all said we should wait for Azerite Armor - we did.

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You mean the 15 normal traits that were mostly just "X move does 5% more damage 1/4" LIKE OMG GUYS THEY WERE SO MUCH BETTER!!

Please, stop being overdramatic.

Hey bro.

You got proven wrong.

Sit down, be humble.

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Boring Passives? They look like the same kind of Passives you got from Artifacts and Tier gear?

What did you expect? 4 new button press Talents? lmao.

They look like weapon enchant procs and NLC traits.

Boring ass passives that were supposed to fill the hole of:

Artifact Ability, Full traits, 7.2 traits, NLC, relics, set bonuses.

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With the new Alpha build going up today, we're going to enable some initial testing of one piece of Azerite Armor, with one set of choices. To access it, you'll need to create a new character, and you'll find it in your inventory.

Note that some elements are still placeholder (including the UI), but we're still interested in any early feedback you have on this feature. We'll be rolling out additional pieces of Azerite Armor for testing as the Alpha continues.

Emphasis mine.
That said, yeah it's boring. I'll get more interested as we see more traits come out. I'm going to presume that at the moment this the "green tier" of leveling traits, with more elaborate stuff to come from more difficult content.

It's time to hang the defense up champ.

Class Design is dead.

[FelPlague]

1. havent seen them all yet, we have seen 1-2 per spec...
2. i dont think anyone who was smart suspected we would get actives... that would be changing buttons and rotations every single item obtain on those slots...
3. i dont think anyone suspected MASSIVE gameplay changes, mostly just "teir set bonuses on talent choices"
because i dont know about you ,but i rather not get a chest peice then go "AWW FUCK time to relearn my whole rotation..."

also love how you made this account just to hide or get around a ban...

[Deleted]

Wtf dude traits 2-4 to me looks like a generic legendary/tier/trinket/golden trait effect. And there's 3 in each item and 3 different items? Sign me up.

[Redzonetode]

OP has proven to be disingenuous by ignoring the fact this is one piece of armor with one set of choices. They already said at Blizzcon each gear will have its own choices and that the choices will be better depending on where the gear is acquired from.

I reccomend reporting OP as he is definitely an alt account trying to get around a ban.

[Jademist]

maybe post constructively on the official forums? Because, y'know, nothing's gonna change if you just whine on MMO-Champ.

[BattleforAbilities]

Wtf dude traits 2-4 to me looks like a generic legendary/tier/trinket/golden trait effect. And there's 3 in each item and 3 different items? Sign me up.

Traits 2 and 3 are basically rehashed NLC garbage.

You know - forgettable procs that don't impact gameplay at all.


Trait 4 is basically a way weaker set bonus.


Ion: "Azerite Armor will fill the current holes in Class Design".

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

[SoulSoBreezy]

1. havent seen them all yet, we have seen 1-2 per spec...
2. i dont think anyone who was smart suspected we would get actives... that would be changing buttons and rotations every single item obtain on those slots...
3. i dont think anyone suspected MASSIVE gameplay changes, mostly just "teir set bonuses on talent choices"
because i dont know about you ,but i rather not get a chest peice then go "AWW FUCK time to relearn my whole rotation..."

also love how you made this account just to hide or get around a ban...

@styil unhinged version?
OT: I don't know, I think some folks expected class-redefining stuff to pop up, and I don't expect this to be a thing until we see stronger pieces of azerite gear. My one point of feedback is pretty set in stone though; an ilvl upgrade for the last tier is pretty shit, especially because azerite levels are expected after X time, it's a one time flat increase on armor that I'd find really boring *if* it's going to be a mainstay on most gear.

[BattleforAbilities]

maybe post constructively on the official forums? Because, y'know, nothing's gonna change if you just whine on MMO-Champ.

Have - its ignored.


The same way it was all ignored in Legion.

[Deleted]

Traits 2 and 3 are basically rehashed NLC garbage.

You know - forgettable procs that don't impact gameplay at all.


Trait 4 is basically a way weaker set bonus.


Ion: "Azerite Armor will fill the current holes in Class Design".

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

Stop embarrassing yourself