Maximum Interview with Morgan Day - No Plans to Nerf Primordial Stones

Live Posted 2023/04/25 at 5:02 PM by Squishei

Onyx Annulet and Primordial Stones

The goal was something cool that was supposed to be in the x.7 update, but in the following Patch there would be something that you would replace it.

They didn't really hit the mark on that.

An item that is too strong is then a goal for players. Then nerfing that thing would feel really bad so they try to avoid item nerfs whenever possible.

There are now no plans to nerf the Onyx Annulet and Primordial Stones until at least 10.1.5

More Class Tuning

The process for Class Tuning hasn't changed much - Internal tools and telemetry, player feedback, etc.

However, it's the frequency at how often they look at class tuning this expansion.

Even if there was no class tuning between patches, the perception of specs would change due to multiple factors such as the possible raid fights, the dungeons and more.

Great Vault

Variance is valuable for the game, but it depends on magnitude. They know that things like set bonuses and super high magnitude items like the Raz bow can cause issues, so that comes down to a matter of tuning or things like the catalyst to make things better.

Upcoming Mythic+ Seasons

The plan is 8 dungeons per dungeon pool. It's a healthy number that doesn't have too much knowledge required on the players.

UI Updates

Nameplates has been discussed a lot since everyone uses it.

Buff/Debuff filtering is more addon territory

Talent Trees

They are open to adding more fan-favourite Tier Set bonuses to the talent tree, but doing it sparingly.

The current Tier Set bonus with instant Living Flame could be turned into a talent in the future!

Seasonal Affixes

There's so much change coming in this Season, that they want to step back to see how things go.

They agree that there's a bunch of cool things that Seasonal affixes did

Parry

Parry has been changed a couple times since the beginning of WoW when parry used to increase the swing time.

Parry is one of the things that gives your rotation some texture.

If there's a boss that you feel like you have to punch from the front, give us feedback and we have a tuning knob that we can look at using.

Comment by nozzlegearPVP interview or we riot!Comment by O4MinisterSo will we keep using this rin or not? This interview is as usefull as horoscopes...Comment by dvisChaksays "Game Director Morgan Day" -- i thought he was associate GD. Did he get promoted / Ion demoted?Comment by LuumMr LimitComment by AlikoliniceComment by 2428144Havoc DH ST Buffs, class was giga nerfed based on PTR for season 1 and has not seen any love. It was used for early add cleave prog and now is outscaled in raid. Help please!Comment by AdradiaWhy go to small youtuber(streamer?) for the interview?Comment by schmilblickPVP interview or we riot!Comment by FlareStarrrEither the summary is bad, or Morgan Day dodged most of these questions "successfully". It means, I read this post, but it was so tedious that I don't regret not having read it.Comment by lovelywazThe process for Class Tuning hasn't changed much - Internal tools and telemetry, player feedback, etc.

However, it's the frequency at how often they look at class tuning this expansion.

Even if there was no class tuning between patches, the perception of specs would change due to multiple factors such as the possible raid fights, the dungeons and more.Comment by HiptossWhy go to small youtuber(streamer?) for the interview?Comment by RaadunTalked about the stones and compared it to the bow, but ya broke the bow, buffed BM and then nerfed it into oblivion. SO now they dont have the bow to prop up the spec but the spec is where it was before when it needed props.Comment by LoskPVP interview or we riot!Comment by StopakillaPVP interview or we riot!Comment by kenny82910Blizzard balancing is #$%^ing trash tier at the start of the patch. They only make good balances when the content doesn’t matter, aka farming. Oh your class is screwed in 10.1? Don’t worry, let’s fix it in 10.1.7. Remember how people complain about a #$%^ feature at first then fix it 1 year later? (ex: can’t change covenant at start of SL then they fix it multiple patches later on) Their balancing issue is exactly that. This is one of the core issue with blizzard and I’m just disappointed max didn’t hit it.Comment by BrimzI hope people realize this; these interviews are scripted. Not once on Max "built up" a list of questions on stream and said he has to send them in first, suggesting blizzard sort them out and send him back the question they are fine with.Comment by SpicyMilkbagsI hope people realize this; these interviews are scripted. Not once on Max "built up" a list of questions on stream and said he has to send them in first, suggesting blizzard sort them out and send him back the question they are fine with.Comment by midderI hope people realize this; these interviews are scripted. Not once on Max "built up" a list of questions on stream and said he has to send them in first, suggesting blizzard sort them out and send him back the question they are fine with.Comment by Jwgii2001Blizzard balancing is #$%^ing trash tier at the start of the patch. They only make good balances when the content doesn’t matter, aka farming. Oh your class is screwed in 10.1? Don’t worry, let’s fix it in 10.1.7. Remember how people complain about a #$%^ feature at first then fix it 1 year later? (ex: can’t change covenant at start of SL then they fix it multiple patches later on) Their balancing issue is exactly that. This is one of the core issue with blizzard and I’m just disappointed max didn’t hit it.Comment by OnePieceTThey always saying for tuning "player Feedback". No Interview asking why they are ignoring community. They building sets dont work well with the trees. I Mean WW S2 Set build for AOE that negate to spin in AOE but you dont have tree options for that. Thats a desync boni. It feels like they dont play the classes. And never ppl asking about that problems and want the answer of that problem. Its a big problem the most want to know. It hits all classes.