In World of Warcraft, a new hotfix is coming that will shake up the balance. Warlocks, Mages, and Shamans can rejoice: Their damage is going up. For other classes like the tank Warrior, it’s going down.
It’s that time of year again. The damage isn’t distributed as expected, at least at the current gear level. Blizzard is balancing it. We recently provided an overview of how the individual classes are ranked in terms of damage according to a simulator. Keeping that in mind, many of the current changes make sense.
For the Mage, the damage for Arcane Blast (10%) and Pyroblast (35%) is significantly increased. The Warlock is strengthened across the board, only with the AoE damage (Rain of Fire) does he have to take a hit. The Shaman is similarly faring well. Both Elemental and Enhancement are being significantly buffed.
Smoothed out anomalies in tank damage and hybrid healing
The Monk tank can be happy; he is becoming tougher, as it seemed often that he was only carrying paper. The Warrior as a tank was previously quite a damage dealer with the new “Gladiator” talent and is now losing some burst damage. Blizzard doesn’t seem to think it’s cool that he often ranked in the top 5 in simulated damage charts. Something similar is happening to the Feral Druid, who is actually a damage spec but was suddenly healing like a champion; adjustments are being made here as well. As in many other cases.
Race effects are also changing: Orcs and Undead will become a bit more useful.
This doesn’t have to do with class balance, but is equally important: It is planned that the crafted epic items will be 5 points stronger. Additionally, they want blue items, which you can get while questing, to no longer only break down into blue shards but also into dust. Everyone who has built an Enchanting Workshop in their Garrison needs that for work orders.
The full hotfixes are currently only available in English, you can find them here.
