Brann Bugfix and Buff - September 15

[Eapoe]

My Bran is level 40 you are doing something wrong.

Blizz cap’d him again. This time at 38. I’m assuming if you got him that high before the cap that they wouldn’t roll it back as there were no exploits this time.

[Snotset]

I can report that unbugged brann is still bugged. on T8 he's a consistent 4k dps, outside of some odd 4Mdps on one or two packs but only in select delves. He's got up to 8M executes that never activates above 30% of a mob's HP. he also randomly gets more or fewer relics and idols than I've set him to. his setup also does not follow the first that enters or the leader's consistently, whichever is supposed to be correct. blizzard fixed nothing

[Puri]

I can report that unbugged brann is still bugged. on T8 he's a consistent 4k dps, outside of some odd 4Mdps on one or two packs but only in select delves. He's got up to 8M executes that never activates above 30% of a mob's HP. he also randomly gets more or fewer relics and idols than I've set him to. his setup also does not follow the first that enters or the leader's consistently, whichever is supposed to be correct. blizzard fixed nothing

Also I'd like to add that if you run a dps spec and used to let him to tank, he now no longer survives for 3 seconds in a tier 8 delve. I have actually no idea where they want to go with that feature.

[Rafalga]

Thank god i'm done with delves and m+ coming out in a few days

[Eapoe]

Thank god i'm done with delves and m+ coming out in a few days

Same. Few more for achievements until s2 starts and nothing outside of that. Sucks that 1 of the achieves seems to be completely RNG based, though.

[CasualFilth]

Yup, if you didn't get the kill before the first random hotfix the other night you're screwed. I had him at ~30% right before it hit on my rogue and I don't see it being possible on that class anymore with the nerfs to Brann.

I can see it probably being doable at ilvl620+ with a high DPS tank, probably a Blood DK or Prot Pala that can take care of the cocoons real quick.

Every other class/spec is pretty much locked out of this...

[Puri]

When did the cap come into effect? I have been regularly spamming 8 bountifuls across a lot of alts, mostly frontloaded of course when it released Tuesday so idk I haven't really paid attention to it I only remember cuz I noticed last night with that 'weekly to do' week aura

You can only do 28 delves per id where bran gets XP. There is no XP cap.
Here's a macro to query your remaining delves thanks to Lazey@wowhead:

/run print(C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(3142).maxQuantity-C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(3142).quantity.." Bountiful Delves with Brann XP remaining.")

[Amerissis]

Well, apparently my Brann bugged a lot, because now he does shit all dps. Tier 8 delve is taking forever and Brann mostly just electrocutes me with his stupid flying mount, but does little dps to actual enemies. I hate that they changes delves throughout the week. You never know how far you'll get in the same content as you did yesterday.

[Ereb]

You can only do 28 delves per id where bran gets XP. There is no XP cap.
Here's a macro to query your remaining delves thanks to Lazey@wowhead:

/run print(C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(3142).maxQuantity-C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(3142).quantity.." Bountiful Delves with Brann XP remaining.")

I just logged in to verify and I am at 38 and some change too. I guess my 'round up' brain had me thinking it was 40 my bad. I ran your script and it says I have 1 bountiful delve with brann xp remaining and I am currently at 38 2471/88062

[Puri]

I just logged in to verify and I am at 38 and some change too. I guess my 'round up' brain had me thinking it was 40 my bad. I ran your script and it says I have 1 bountiful delve with brann xp remaining and I am currently at 38 2471/88062

When you start a delve, it says on the right side if Brann is still eligible to gain bonus xp. I too am at 38 40000/80000, but I also don't have any runs left.

Just to add, if you only did T8 bountiful Brann is around 38. If you did higher tiers, some Branns are already 40. And if did lower bountiful delves (to help someone for example) you got less xp and your brann is capped at 34 for this week.

[Ereb]

When you start a delve, it says on the right side if Brann is still eligible to gain bonus xp. I too am at 38 40000/80000, but I also don't have any runs left.

Yeah I've just always seen it I didn't even know there was a limit lol. Does that limit get raised with tomorrow's reset?

[Puri]

Yeah I've just always seen it I didn't even know there was a limit lol. Does that limit get raised with tomorrow's reset?

I don't think so, I'd assume its a hard cap per week (and not a rolling season cap). We will know after the next reset.
I guess they never assumed that 28 bountiful delves per week is an issue, realistically it means you could do four runs on five alts. It's only an issue in the very first week, where everyone has saved up spare keys on several alts, because there was not really much else to do yet.

[Ghrell]

Oh so that explains why I once randomly had Omega Brann absolutely demolish a tier 11 delve without breaking a sweat

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This is either not true or so low that it's insignificant.

Doing a tier 8 delve in 590 ilvl and doing it in 600 ilvl is already a hell of a difference in survivability, you can actually pull multiple packs and not get instantly melted anymore

Compared to what, when, and using what mob as a metric? They're live-patching things so even a few minutes apart can mean all the difference. What armor type is your class? Are you playing a tank or spec that can heal yourself? There's so many different factors that go into your 'survivability' that it's entirely subjective without knowing a hell of a lot more. Bogpiper in the Mycomancer T8 I just did was melee'ing for 800k on leather; and that's hardly the worst hit I've taken in T8's let alone higher delves. At T10, I was taking 1.5-2m white non-crits from elites as of 2024-09-16.

There's no question that better gear increases your survivability but not everyone is going to have the same gameplay experience based on their class and spec. I highly doubt the expected gameplay for healers is to do Delves in a group because at that point it's no longer solo content and Brann outright refuses to tank half the time and was not generating threat at all this past Sunday.

[Jastall]

Is it just me or have they really increased the amount of damage mobs do with auto-attacks in this expansion?

I get the nerf to brann and the rescaling, but i really feel it talks to a bigger problem, that delves(and other "push" content) are just tuned very hard towards a baseline.

Like i get that you should be stomped if you stand in the fire or take an avoidable attack, but losing 25% of my health from a single mob auto attack, seems a bit too much.

I have tried my best to do delves as a tank and while i manage, i am completly scared away from trying it as DPS, since i am struggling to stay alive on most pulls.

I also don't get why lowly kobolds deal 700k+ white attacks to my Warrior in 7-8s. I can handle them when I pull small packs at a time but it feels strange to be trucked by autohits from small trash.

[EverDash]

"When this bug took effect, the higher the tier of Delve you were running, the stronger Brann would get."

Uhhh, this sounds like it works as it should?