isn't Combat Analysis too strong now compared to other racial traits? it's close to the increase from a flask(it gives 40 stat increase after 50 sec, flasks give 70).I don't mean for it to be nerfed, just bump the others up so the other racial traits can be meaningful and impactful too. the nerfed the blood elf racial trait a few weeks before.
Still waiting for havoc buffs :)
Now I am not saying mages are not in a decent spot and the nerf was or was not warranted. But Waddini you need to realize that none of your Azerite essences or armor traits will be coming with you. So is that combust with every pack because of Azerite essences and traits? Is it the same without them? So perhaps you are not considering the same class design because they may be talking Beta no essences and traits and you may be citing something current. Were they? I do not know, but I know a lot of classes are playing different in Beta without essences and traits, because the moment you cross into Shadowlands your power edge falls off. And some classes play different, and everyone feels weaker and that is from experience. So before you start touting people not knowing class design make sure you are not misunderstanding them.
The frost mage aura was set at minus 15% before, now ithey changed it to minus 19%, meaning if you want to compare the before and after situations, rounded up, this is roughly a 5% nerf to a frost mages total damage output. 19-15 is 4, but the nerf is a percentage of the whole, which is 100%/normal, without aura, which is why the number is higher than 4.
Also to all the guys saying "fire is not this much ahead" its the start of the xpansion its usual the time fire does bad you know cuz of low stats...
How a class plays on retail is not how it plays in beta. The legendary they nerfed allowed fire mage to deal approx 100k dps on large packs with UNCAPPED AOE, assuming it procs. This is not okay.https://clips.twitch.tv/CorrectDarlingFriesDoubleRainbow
Yeah, fire's so borked with the change to ignite that the go-to "rotation" for multi-target in the beta is apparently hard casting flamestrike with flame patch talented. Add to that the loss of Azerite traits and saying goodbye to the hyperthread bracers, it's no wonder fire's simming dead last or near to in the beta.Frost was looking very solid, but unless some of the other high performers are going to get reined in a little, these new nerfs are going to pull us closer to the middle of the pack. A 4(ish)% blanket dps nerf plus a 20% reduction on the duration of Rune of Power seems... a bit excessive. If this leaves arcane as the go-to spec, I won't be too thrilled, unless the encounters in Castle Nathria are a lot less punishing to turret casters. I'm curious to see if sub, MM, and destro get tamped down, too. If not... well... might be time to think about switching to one of those. Of course, it would be very preferable if every dps spec was reasonably close, with possible trade-offs in dps for any added utility they bring. It just feels pretty bad to have several classes that have one high-performing spec, maybe a middling spec, and one neglected spec that's been at or near the bottom of the heap. Why have options if they're not similarly viable?Edited to add:
yes nerf all the mages! warlocks need more buffs!
Thank you Blizzard for that Mages nerf you are doing a great job (God Bless you) now will be more balance on the game. The people who cry for this nerf they dont know what dmg can make mages on beta with all gear +15 and bis stats if the tank pull good packs of mobs all the time
Well...I'm glad I've been playing Frost through pre-patch before all of these nerfs happened. Hopefully this is reflective of their position in the beta and not the last of the tuning changes across all classes but with 10 days to go...
Fire mage is ‘blasting’ right now because of the Azerite traits such as blaster master and essences such as memory of lucid dreams. Also the wrists from mechagon. So if you think that they’ll be doing great at the start of SL just because they’re doing great right now then you obviously don’t understand how new expansions work. All the azerite traits and essences will be gone.