New affixes are to be regulated in World of Warcraft. But the criticism is harsh. Does Blizzard not understand the problem?
The “Mythic+” system in World of Warcraft is under criticism. While the fundamental principle of increasingly harder dungeons with increasingly better rewards is firmly established, the affixes are not. These additional difficulties have increasingly come into disrepute in recent months. For this reason, Blizzard wants to change some things with Patch 10.1 Fury of Neltharion. The seasonal affix will be removed and 3 other affixes will be completely taken out.
But there are also 3 new affixes that have now been found in data mining.
Which affixes are being removed? For Season 2, some affixes are being taken out of the rotation. They will not appear in Season 2. These include:
- Quaking
- Grievous
- Volcanic
With that, many affixes are being removed that annoyed a certain group. Quaking was particularly annoying for melee fighters, while Grievous kept healers on their toes and Volcanic drove spellcasters to despair.
Which affixes have been found? Three new affixes have been added for Season 2. The first variant looks like this:
- Afflicted: During the fight, afflicted spirits occasionally appear and plead with players for help. These spirits have different ailments (curse, poison, or disease). If the corresponding ailment is removed or the spirit is completely healed, it dissipates. If that doesn’t happen, the spirit screams in anguish and reduces the speed of all player characters by 100% for 10 seconds.
- Entangling: Players are ensnared by a root and slowed by 50%. Characters have 8 seconds to get far enough away from the root for it to break. If they are still affected by the root after the 8 seconds, players will be stunned for 3 seconds.
- Incorporeal: An additional mob appears that takes almost no damage for 20 seconds. This add casts an 8-second spell that, if successful, reduces the damage dealt and healing of all player characters by 50% for 10 seconds. The incorporeal enemy is susceptible to all forms of crowd control.
However, keep in mind with these findings that this is still just data mining. Many things can still change before the release of Patch 10.1.
The first criticism from the community is devastating: In the WoW subreddit and the comments on wowhead, the new affixes are not well received. Especially “Entangling” seems to be already predisposed to causing spontaneous deaths when players cannot evade an attack quickly enough because they were slowed by a root. Also, “Incorporeal” could become a time sink if the creature appears at the end of a fight and only takes damage after 20 seconds.
What do you think of the new affixes? Do they look interesting? Or is Blizzard taking the wrong approach?
