Class Tuning Hotfixes on Dragonflight Beta (10/12) - Hunter, Enhancement Shaman, Ret Paladin, Fire Mage

Dragonflight Posted 2022/10/12 at 5:48 PM by Squishei

Class Tools

Beast Mastery

Marksmanship

Survival

Dire Beast lasts an additional 1 sec and deals 20% increased damage.
Rank 1: Dire Beast lasts an additional 1 sec and deals 20%30% increased damage.
Rank 2: Dire Beast lasts an additional 2 sec and deals 40%60% increased damage.

Survival, Initial:
has a chance to fling an Arctic Bola at your target, dealing 20%40% of Attack power)] Frost damage and snaring the target by 20% for 3 sec. The Arctic Bola strikes up to 2 target.
Marksmanship:
Aimed Shot has a chance to fling an Arctic Bola at your target, dealing 20%40% of Attack power)] Frost damage and snaring the target by 20% for 3 sec. The Arctic Bola strikes up to 2 target.
Beast Mastery:
Cobra Shot has a chance to fling an Arctic Bola at your target, dealing 20%40% of Attack power)] Frost damage and snaring the target by 20% for 3 sec. The Arctic Bola strikes up to 2 target.
Procs per minute changed from 2 to 4

Class Tools

Arcane

Talents

Fire

Talents

Frost

Talents

Pyroblast's initial damage is increased by 5% when the target is above 70% health or below 30% health.
Rank 1: Pyroblast's initial damage is increased by 5%4.0% when the target is above 70% health or below 30% health.
Rank 2: Pyroblast's initial damage is increased by 10%8% when the target is above 70% health or below 30% health.

Fire Blast increases your Mastery by (4 * $mas)% for 5 sec. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Rank 1: Fire Blast increases your Mastery by (42.7 * $mas)% for 5 sec. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Rank 2: Fire Blast increases your Mastery by (85.3 * $mas)% for 5 sec. This effect stacks up to 3 times.

Ignite deals 25%18% more damage while Combustion is not active. Fire Blast spreads Ignite to 4 additional nearby targets during Combustion.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Dummy Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 2518

Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (SP mod: 1.426071.28346)

Effect #1 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Cast Time
Value: -40-30%
Affected Spells:

Effect #2 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - Flat Modifies Critical Strike Chance
Value: 1510
Affected Spells:

Effect #3 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Buff Duration
Value: -40-50%
Affected Spells:

REMOVED Effect #2 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 5%
Affected Spells:

NEW Effect #2 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Periodic Damage/Healing Done
Value: 5%
Affected Spells:

Class Tools

Holy

Talents

Protection

Talents

Retribution

Talents

Unleashes a whirl of divine energy, dealing (147.4%95.81% of Attack power) Holy damage to all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Effect #1 Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod: 1.4740.9581)

Class Tools

Elemental

Talents

Enhancement

Talents

Restoration

Talents

Effect #2 Effect #5 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 0-10%
Affected Spells:

	NEW


		NEW

Effect #5 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 0-10%
Affected Spells:

Electrocutes all enemies in front of you, dealing -- 2H, DW / Attack power] Nature damage. Hitting 2 or more targets enhances your weapons for 12 sec, causing Stormstrike, Ice Strike, and Lava Lash to also deal -- 2H, DW / Attack power] Nature damage to all targets in front of you. Damage reduced beyond 6 targets.
Gathering Storms
Each target hit by Crash Lightning increases the damage of your next Stormstrike by 15%25%, up to a maximum of 10 stacks6 stacks

Strike your target for (65% of Attack power) Physical damage, increase your chance to activate Windfury Weapon by 200%, and increases damage dealt by Windfury Weapon by 25%10% for 8 sec.
Effect #1 Effect #2 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 2510%
Affected Spells:

Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod: 1.151.38)

Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod: 0.7561.451)

Effect #1 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % (Label) Modifies Effect #3's Value (Label)
Value: 100150%
Affected Spells:

Effect #2 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % (Label) Modifies Effect #4's Value (Label)
Value: 100150%
Affected Spells:

Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod: 1.42.45)

(Potency Conduit) Maelstrom Weapon increases the damage or healing of your next spell by an additional 5.0%2.5% per stack.
Rank changes:

5.0%	5.5%	6.0%	6.5%	7.0%	7.5%	8.0%	8.5%	9.0%	9.5%	10.0%	10.5%	11.0%	11.5%	12.0%
2.5%	2.8%	3.0%	3.3%	3.5%	3.8%	4.0%	4.3%	4.5%	4.8%	5.0%	5.3%	5.5%	5.8%	6.0%

Comment by LostelfBlizz please stop forcing ret into consecration builds. They’re not fun.Comment by FooysariGood changes for Enhance. The decision I made to switch from Ret to Enhance is looking better ever day.

And yes, I have beta, I see the numbers Ret has been pulling. But as someone who mained ret in SL, if their damange isnt absurd even a little, they don't get into groups. It feels really bad. I had to do all my keys by creating groups myself, and it REALLY feels good when you invite someone, and they see your group has a ret, and then they leave.

Oh well, doesn't matter now, Enhance is the way for me now.Comment by schmilblickPeople crying before even DF release, like every patch notes.Comment by SaluunWhy tf are they nerfing ret AGAIN? Whoever the dev is just wants Ret to be Consecrate and nothing else. Disgusting.Comment by couchpotato2013Why tf are they nerfing ret AGAIN? Whoever the dev is just wants Ret to be Consecrate and nothing else. Disgusting.Comment by MeeboFor all those saying that Ret needed the nerfs.
I counterpoint with Windwalker Monks for TWO seasons.Comment by Setsuna665For those unaware - Ret Paladins, Fire Mages, Boomkin, Feral Druids, and other classes with strong AoE talents are pulling massive numbers in M+15s, outright melting trash in seconds.

Some of these nerfs come off as extreme but if you saw the damage numbers they were pulling, you'd understand.Comment by BudisI dont get it. They buff BM hunters with their insane talents. But nerf classes like Fire mage and Paladin with their dog ASS talents? Do they want to have some specs extinct so nobody plays them so they can announce a rework or what? Why TF does a simple spec like BM get such special treatment? Its a 3button spec. I would think more complex rotation classes (fire mage) should do more dmg then the ones that are meant for new commers like bm... Meanwhile for atleast 2 years i see ret paladins crying that their spec is dead and it only has potential in PVP. In PVE they are beyond SWAMP ASS Tier... How long can blizz nerf Rets? I assume we need 2 expansions and rets in PVE content do a Divine storm for 5 damage and templars verdict will do 8 damage.Comment by stepdadRet Pally continues getting gutted. Great job Blizz. You're destroying any interest in playing Ret.Comment by KakaMilkaNothing quite like getting a new playstyle for a spec and seeing it gutted right after. Rest in peace tempered pyros, you were the real OGsComment by WildwizGBthey are talking about class tunning but what i see is a big troll all other classes get nerfs when BM who have 100% cd uptime have 0 casting can move and use ability and doing like 500k-700k above any other class in aoe and doing also massive ST dmg when he go ST build only get buffs when other classes just get nerfs to the ground idk about you guys but this is not tunning that just trolling