Is gear useless now?

[Jabberie]

Such ridiculously bad design on behalf of Blizzard. They snuck it in and there's been an uproar on the forums. They've scaled it down a bit, but haven't yet admitted how dumb of a decision it was, which IMO sends a pretty negative about where their game design is headed.

not sure how dumb it is to try and keep content relevant tbh

[rapstar]

not sure how dumb it is to try and keep content relevant tbh

I don't understand this argument. So it takes longer to kill a mob I've killed already 500 times doing a quest I've done 20 times. This makes it more relevant? A key goal of progression is to feel like your more powerful, especially compared to the fresh 110. Scaling mobs is a complete 180 to this. This entire game is about progression, so to design something that takes away from that goal is simply a horrible idea. It's like game design 101 and I can't understand how it made it through.

I'm not quite ready to say the sky is falling on wow, but man it's hard to ignore the signal. And usually I just roll with changes / nerfs as a necessary evil... That's not what this is.

[luxlunae]

I don't understand this argument. So it takes longer to kill a mob I've killed already 500 times doing a quest I've done 20 times. This makes it more relevant? A key goal of progression is to feel like your more powerful, especially compared to the fresh 110. Scaling mobs is a complete 180 to this. This entire game is about progression, so to design something that takes away from that goal is simply a horrible idea. .

Exactly how I feel. I'm not seeking more meaningful engagement with WQ mobs. I want the experience to get easier the more progression my character makes.

I was strongly considering adding a second box for the patch and now maybe I should just cancel my active account instead.

update: yep, just going to take a break. I hate how squishy my warlock is at 110 (even her voidwalker! if a voidwalker dies to 3 quest mobs what are we even doing with our lives) and finding out about this change makes me just go blech. I didn't really want to start another artifact grind anyway.

[Jabberie]

I hate how squishy my warlock is at 110

What spec are you? Warlock is one of the most tanky cloth you can get with loads of self heals.
I didn't think any spec used voidwalker for anything anymore.