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BG Map Overlay Change in Patch 10.2 - Mythic Neltharion Compensation Nerfs
Posted
2023/11/07 at 1:23 PM
by
Squishei
In Patch 10.2, BG maps are receiving a major change that limit their use, but Mythic Neltharion is receiving some compensation nerfs.
Edit #1 (3:57 PM PST): Another hotfix has been pushed which nerfs the radius of
Volcanic Heart
.
Map Overlays in Patch 10.2
Map Overlays are receiving one major change in Patch 10.2 that makes them much harder to use effectively --
the arrow for the player is removed during dungeon/raid combat
. This means that you won't be able to see your live location on the map, making it much harder to use effectively. No more GPS!
Mythic Neltharion Compensation Nerf
Of course, this would make Mythic Neltharion much harder since the vast majority of guilds are using Map weakauras to direct their raiders for the mechanics. Players should still be able to see the maps and use them as a reference for where they need to run, but unfortunately, will not see their position on the map. For those who were relying on using the Map Overlay as a GPS, this fight will be much harder for you now.
However, Phase 3 had some significant changes.
Ebon Destruction
cast time increased to 12 seconds (was 6 seconds)
Sundered Reality
no longer decreases damage done (was -99% damage)
Sundered Reality
unchanged
Edit #1:
Volcanic Heart
now has a radius of 18 yards (was 20 yards)
This means that players have more time to get into a safe zone, and players are able to get into a safe zone early to not lose damage. Theoretically, this should lower the DPS check of the encounter as well since Neltharion will spend ~24 more seconds casting and players will be able to do full damage while hiding.
A note though, the damage taken while standing in a safe zone wasn't changed meaning you'll still be taking a decent chunk of damage if you go in super early. Some guilds may use the new
ping system
to ping portals ahead of time and still go in last minute to reduce damage taken. In addition, if you share a portal with someone else you'll still get the
Sundered Reality
red debuff that doesn't protect you from the explosion so you're going to die, but this still has the -99% damage penalty attached.
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Comment by
blupache
on 2023-11-07T19:27:09-06:00
At least the log record changes do nothing for those "lower end guilds", because they certainly aren't monitoring the combat logs mid combat like that.
I'd have said the change to the combatlog would probably be the more visible one for truly lower end guilds.
Hope whoever's logging for you (and/or you) have a solid computer. Someone essential playing on a toaster seems to be a fixture in casual guilds.
And if devs want late game mythic raid content to be played just the way they intended with just the auras they were thinking of... well.. good luck with that. We have & will always find ways to make it easier - it's just a question of how horrible "easier" is.
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