Dragonflight Patch 10.1 PTR Development Notes for April 20th - Demon Hunter Changes & PvP Tuning

PTR Posted 2023/04/20 at 4:21 PM by Jaydaa

Hello everyone! Here are the changes in today’s PTR update:CLASSES

DEMON HUNTER

Havoc

Serrated Glaive now causes enemies hit by Throw Glaive to take 20% increased damage from Chaos Strike, in addition to its current effect.
Accelerating Blade has been renamed to Accelerated Blade.
Accelerated Blade now causes Throw Glaive to deal 60% increased damage (was 20%) and its damage is reduced by 30% for each previous enemy hit.

DUNGEONS AND RAIDS

Updates to many non-boss enemies and all 3 bosses in the Vortex Pinnacle.
Update to improve spawn consistency for the Afflicted and Incorporeal affixes.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

ITEMS

~~Gladiator’s Distinction (PvP trinket 2-set bonus) now provides 300 Stamina (was 2703) and 1600 primary stat (was 300).~~
Developers’ note:We are adjusting the bonuses from the PvP set bonus, Gladiator’s Distinction, to be percentage based so that it properly scales with new seasons. At the same time, we’ve noticed battleground fights and arena matches in Embers of Neltharion resulting in stalemates now that critical strikes are dealing less damage. To improve the experience, we’re reducing the primary stat granted to healers from the PvP set bonus. We also are aiming to give healers more opportunities to survive when being attacked, so we’re increasing the amount of Stamina healers receive from the PvP set bonus.
Gladiator’s Distinction now increases primary stat by 25% and increases Stamina by 5% for damage dealing and tank specializations.
Gladiator’s Distinction now increases primary stat by 15% and increases Stamina by 15% for healer specializations.

CLASSES

DEATH KNIGHT

Blood

Decomposing Aura (PvP Talent) can now stack up to 4 times (was 5).

DRUID

Guardian

Grove Protection now reduces damage taken by 50% for affected allies (was 40%).

HUNTER

Beast Mastery

Dire Basilisk (PvP Talent) damage increased by 100%.

MAGE

Fire

Flamecannon only applies to enemy players and NPCs. Pets and summons will no longer cancel the stacking effect.

WARLOCK

Soul Rip souls are fractured up to 20 yards (was 16 yards) and now costs 1 Soul Shard (was 2).
Call Observer (PvP Talent) demon health increased by 100%, range increased to 30 yards (was 20 yards), and cooldown decreased to 60 seconds (was 90 seconds).
Call Observer (PvP Talent) damage increased to 10% of a player’s max health (was 5%).
Affliction

Rapid Contagion (PvP Talent) duration decreased to 10 seconds (was 20 seconds) and now causes damage over time effects to occur 45% more often (was 33%).

WARRIOR

Protection

Bodyguard (PvP Talent) now has a 20 yard range requirement (was 15 yards).

Comment by burningsunOMG a line with mage next to it ! Blizzard HQ must be doing overtimeComment by MarkElfHunter reverted nerf when? Literally weaker than we started the season.Comment by LinaoriThey should make serrated glaive 1 point if they want to actually make people use it. I can spare 1 point for it, but I'm already giving up a lot for that.Comment by NarhwalsDamn blizz putting out the big guns on this class tuning again. Good job!Comment by NixxiedGod mage players are some of the whiny little maggots in this game. Oh man god forbid you aren’t topping the dps meters for once in an expansion QQ $%^&in harder. Ret players literally before 10.0.7 were lucky to even be glanced at since *!@#in Legion. No one has been taking that class ever and they whines far less than y’all’s whine and cry and temper tantrum player base. Surv hunters for god sakes the worst spec in the game but they are far quieter than y’all. Buck up and average for once.Comment by allstardotGod mage players are some of the whiny little maggots in this game. Oh man god forbid you aren’t topping the dps meters for once in an expansion QQ $%^&in harder. Ret players literally before 10.0.7 were lucky to even be glanced at since *!@#in Legion. No one has been taking that class ever and they whines far less than y’all’s whine and cry and temper tantrum player base. Surv hunters for god sakes the worst spec in the game but they are far quieter than y’all. Buck up and average for once.Comment by KhzkanakoGod mage players are some of the whiny little maggots in this game. Oh man god forbid you aren’t topping the dps meters for once in an expansion QQ $%^&in harder. Ret players literally before 10.0.7 were lucky to even be glanced at since *!@#in Legion. No one has been taking that class ever and they whines far less than y’all’s whine and cry and temper tantrum player base. Surv hunters for god sakes the worst spec in the game but they are far quieter than y’all. Buck up and average for once.Comment by KryplixxSo we're going from burst meta to snooze meta.. it's going to be boring.Comment by sneaksiesplease completely rework the havoc tierset. when playing havoc you literally completely ignore it and it makes 0 impact or changes to your rotation. its like its not even there.Comment by JaidalynHavoc m+ meta still gonna be spamming throw glaive next patch?Comment by Socom.Comment by FuryXHDevery blizz post the comments is with mages...complaining here lolComment by VSozonovMage players are such little @#$%^es, hopefully they continue to be ignored.Comment by Dunrobulexjust amazes me how they can be satisfied with Vengeance, hasn't been in a good place for the majority of people 99% of us. during legion I was getting mid 20s on multiple tanks in m plus. Vengeance guardian brewmaster need heavy buffs before I will play them again. patheticComment by allstardotMage players are such little @#$%^es, hopefully they continue to be ignored.Comment by MyNameIsAronaxMage players are such little @#$%^es, hopefully they continue to be ignored.Comment by Vin777Nerfing BLOOD in pvp but buffing guardian? One of these is considered useless in RBGs and the other has been meta for multiple expansions in a row. Are you kidding me?