Go on a Shopping Spree During the WoW 20th Anniversary Celebration
20th Anniversary Update PTR Development Notes
M+ dungeon groups worse than ever
Seasons (Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter) in WoW
Fire Mage
Ask it! Macro Edition
MMO-Champion
Battle of Dazar'alor - Rastakhan Defeat Cinematic
Bursting Affix Stronger
Bursting is now stronger.
Azerite Traits 50% Weaker in Rated PvP
It appears that all Azerite Traits are now 50% weaker in instanced PvP.
Stormwall Blockade Hotfix
Stormwall Blockade was missing some tuning hotfixes that were on the PTR.
Zandalari Trolls and Kul Tiran Allied Races Won't Unlock Until Patch 8.1.5
If you missed the blue posts, PTR builds, and BlizzCon announcement, Blizzard once again reminded players that the two new Allied Races weren't being released today.
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2019-01-22, 11:00 PM #1not good with computers
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Bursting Affix, Azerite Traits in Rated PvP, New Allied Races Not Unlocking Today
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2019-01-22, 11:07 PM #2I am Murloc!
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"We're unable to balance this big feature for PvP so we're going to make it useless."
I've been looking forward to this.
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2019-01-22, 11:17 PM #3Bloodsail Admiral
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Oh my fucking god, stop delaying content, you imbeciles.
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2019-01-22, 11:18 PM #4Pandaren Monk
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The devs of this game are an absolute joke.
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2019-01-22, 11:18 PM #5Merely a Setback
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Wouldn’t tuning it Lower be part of balancing? Like in legion they just turned off stuff like trickets this isn’t quite the same.
Originally Posted by Nerovar
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2019-01-22, 11:19 PM #6Immortal
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They've should have done this at launch. I only hope it's the damage portion of the traits that are affected, not the mechanic-changing version, which doesn't stack anyway. Originally Posted by Nerovar
Originally Posted by kbarh
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2019-01-22, 11:29 PM #7Dreadlord
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"Zandalari Trolls and Kul Tiran Allied Races Won't Unlock Until Patch 8.1.5"
Just make them a fetaure of the next expansion. You've delayed them so long by now, a few extra months dont matter.
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2019-01-22, 11:34 PM #8I am Murloc!
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Balancing individual traits would be part of balancing. Putting a "50% sale" label on every trait is lazy and basically Blizzard's confession that they cannot and will not put any effort into fixing this feature for PvP (as expected). Expect further nerfs across the board when we get another ring. Originally Posted by Daemos daemonium
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2019-01-22, 11:35 PM #9Merely a Setback
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I have no idea when the last trait nerf was but don’t they already balance them and this would just make them less impactful in PvP? Originally Posted by Nerovar
Balancing individual traits would be part of balancing. Putting a "50% sale" label on every trait is lazy and basically Blizzard's confession that they cannot and will not put any effort into fixing this feature for PvP (as expected). Expect further nerfs across the board when we get another ring.
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2019-01-22, 11:45 PM #10Immortal
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If Blizzard had feet, they'd be full of bullets.
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2019-01-22, 11:53 PM #11The Lightbringer
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LOLOLOLOL
We've designed classes around their interaction with Azerite abilities. Now let's make them useless in a PVP setting.
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2019-01-23, 12:10 AM #12The Lightbringer
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They’re not delaying content when they’re sticking to their original plan though. Originally Posted by MakeMeLaugh
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2019-01-23, 12:24 AM #13Legendary!
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Traits were already nerfed in PvP (healing and shields, at least, gave significantly lower values in PvP)....
So is this ON TOP of them ALREADY being weaker? If so... thatd make a lot of the defensive ones almost worse than just not having them. Like.. am i going to get like a 700 damage shield from Resounding Protection now?
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2019-01-23, 12:25 AM #14Grunt
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triats that got nerfed 50% 12 december at 8.1 realease getting nerfed again ? for example crushing assault and avenger's might
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2019-01-23, 12:51 AM #15Pit Lord
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"Azerite Traits 50% Weaker in Rated PvP."
Seems like something that should've been on the patch notes, yeah?
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2019-01-23, 01:13 AM #16Merely a Setback
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It's getting tiresome to have patches come out that don't include what should be coming out already...
I won't fret though, I'm sure they got access to the facts and figures on player participation etc. I can only speak for myself, and I think it's a bad idea to stretch content out into ".5"-crap when the big patches haven't been all that big...
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2019-01-23, 01:19 AM #17Mechagnome
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Blizzard has a serious communication problem with letting us know, after the fact. Like players should play the game and be suddenly surprised by major mechanic changes. They should have posted notes. A change like this had to be discussed in some meeting, if not a few. There should be an announcement on Twitter, the forums, and whatnot letting players know of changes beforehand or at least as servers are coming back up from maintenance.
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2019-01-23, 01:29 AM #18Pit Lord
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"Hey guys, you know the allied race that is either wary of you or doesn't have any legit reason to join your faction at the start of the expansion? Well we're gonna just let you play them from the start because fuck trying to be a little bit consistent with the rest of the allied races on being just that, ALLIED RACES. That term alone would at least hint or indicate that they're not immediately part of the faction and you have to gain their trust and respect for them to want to join up with you, like an ALLY. Since there's no serious reason until AFTER an entire siege of one of the allied races' capital with the help of the OTHER allied race, we'll just say screw the rules and let you do it from the start." Originally Posted by Exkrementor
"Why of course the people don't want war…. But, after all… it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
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2019-01-23, 01:35 AM #19Titan
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Allied races are the new dance studio.
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2019-01-23, 02:00 AM #20The Lightbringer
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Not to defend Blizzard, but the fact that Kultirans and Zandalari are coming out in 8.1.5, when they've said that for ages now should really only surprise the dumbest of all human beings. That said, having a date for that patch would be nice.
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