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JohnGabriel
09-24-2016, 02:42 AM
These do not go into effect until next Tuesday. But there were a lot of very big buffs to some classes, and a lot of very big nerfs to others.

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20749305579

Very big buffs to Frost mage, Ele shaman, Dest warlock, which are my 3 DPS, so yay!!!!!

Edit: Here is the link to the actual Hotfix notes, buffs to Fury warriors were added:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20252902/hotfixes-september-23

Andreauk
09-24-2016, 02:51 AM
Phew I'm all good :)

Thought they'd butcher my kitty damage.

Lyonheart
09-24-2016, 08:16 AM
Phew I'm all good :)

Thought they'd butcher my kitty damage.

Is playing feral in easier this expansion? As far as combo point management etc..

I have done a flip flop this expansion and have started to enjoy melee more than casting classes. Last night I started my Feral artifacts on my druids. Melee just feels better to me now, instant gratification I guess ( no casting time on abilities ).

I am revealed that all my favorite classes are getting buffed though! In case i want to go the caster classes route again! But Rets getting some much needed love!

Mosg2
09-24-2016, 08:22 AM
It's interesting to me that they made no mechanical changes to Warlocks other than removing the cast time of Rain of Fire for Destruction... Which was actually the best-performing spec? Perhaps in 7.1 there'll be mechanical changes.

In any case, getting that healing from Death Strike is going to be nice :)

Andreauk
09-24-2016, 09:41 AM
Is playing feral in easier this expansion? As far as combo point management etc..

I have done a flip flop this expansion and have started to enjoy melee more than casting classes. Last night I started my Feral artifacts on my druids. Melee just feels better to me now, instant gratification I guess ( no casting time on abilities ).

I am revealed that all my favorite classes are getting buffed though! In case i want to go the caster classes route again! But Rets getting some much needed love!

Kitty is wayyy easier, plus the survival is better too.. downside is crap aoe - this will be fixed once I spend points in the aoe of my arftifact, but I chose to go the single target route first. I don't box Kitty though - she's my solo toon.

I don't take Lunar inspiration or Savage Roar talents because I'm super lazy and I can pull 320k dps on a mythic boss (using incarnation: King of the jungle) 842 item level.. I never pick the best talents.. just the ones that give me the playstyle I enjoy the most. Plus Artifact kitty form is the bomb!

I also use the Balance affinity because the range on melee is very handy as is turning into Boomy on bad melee fights... this is my char:

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/draenor/Clawdi%C3%A2/simple

Wubsie
09-24-2016, 10:42 AM
o Remorseless Winter damage increased by 50%.
o Obliterate damage increased by 19%.
o Frost Strike damage increased by 12%.
o Howling Blast damage increased by 10%.
o Frostscythe (Talent) damage increased by 13%.
o Frozen Pulse (Talent) damage increased by 11%.
o Breath of Sindragosa (Talent) damage increased by 17%.
Well now... Can't say that I'm not happy to see these changes. I was perfectly happy with how my DKs were doing, but I guess higher-end they might have more need for buffs.