In the past hours, the Blizzard developers have weakened various too strong skills from the new Battle Royale mode Plunderstorm of World of Warcraft through hotfixes. However, many players are responding with a shrug, as they wish for something completely different.
Which skills have been weakened? Here is a summary of the recent hotfixes for the new Plunderstorm mode from World of Warcraft:
- The cooldown of Frostbite Arrow has been increased starting from rank 2. At rank 4, the ability has a cooldown of five and a half seconds instead of four seconds.
- Fairy Form now only provides a damage reduction of 50 percent for one second, instead of 90 percent over three seconds.
- Fire Whirl, which colleague Benedict recommended, now deals less damage at all ranks.
- The effect of Storm Fortress Launch now lasts only 40 seconds instead of 60 seconds.
- Storm Gust now breaks immunity effects.
- Players are now immune to knockback effects when they are near Da’kash in the preparation zone.
- Outfits will now be maintained between battles.
Here is the explanatory video about the new Plunderstorm mode from WoW:
What do the players say about the hotfixes? In the official WoW forum, the hotfix package is being discussed quite a bit. However, the comments focus less on the nerfs. Instead, several WoW fans express the desire for another bonus for the glory that can be obtained during a Plunderstorm match.
- Warlock Phaeliea is “impatiently” waiting for another glory XP buff.
- The Tauren lady Moonvest also emphasizes: “I want more loot, give me more loot.”
- Arnho even expresses direct criticism of Blizzard: “The speed at which we progress through the rewards is NOT as fast as you hinted.”
In fact, the Blizzard developers had already significantly increased the glory rewards for Plunderstorm matches in recent days. You get significantly more loot for killing monsters and players, more loot from chests, and more loot for a victory.
However, many players apparently still find it takes too long to reach glory rank 40. Do you feel the same way? Or do you think another glory buff is excessive? Let us know in the comments!
By the way, colleague Benedict is currently having a lot of fun in the new Plunderstorm mode of WoW:
A battle royale is exactly what WoW needs right now – I mean it seriously!
