wow Patch 7.3.2 Class and Set Bonus Tuning: Dec 5th

[Starym 3,779]

 

Update: Convergence of Fates interaction with set bonuses have been detailed in full and there's developer notes to explain why as well.
Antorus Mythic is opening tomorrow on US servers and we're getting some class and set bonus tuning tuning to go with it! Priests, Rogues and Warlocks get the overall changes, while Druids, Hunters, Monks, Rogues, Warlocks and Warriors have their 4 piece set bonuses tweaked.

December 5 (source)

Starting tomorrow, December 5, with maintenance in each region, we're planning the following class tuning:

Classes

• Priest
  • Shadow
    • Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 12%.
    • All other abilities increased by 3%.
• Rogue
  • Outlaw
    • All damage abilities increased by 4%.
• Warlock
  • Affliction
    • Corruption and Agony damage reduced 6%
    • Unstable Affliction damage reduced 4%

Items

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Stormheart Rainment 4P Bonus – Starsurge and Starfall now increase your Haste by 2% (was 3%), stacking up to 4 times (was 5).
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • Serpentstalker Guise 4P Bonus – Kill Command now reduces the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 2.5 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
    • Convergence of Fates now causes the Serpentstalker Guise 4P Bonus to be reduced by 50%.
      • Developers' notes: With this trinket and the 4-piece set, instead of receiving 2.5 seconds of reduction per Kill Command, you'll receive 1.25 seconds of cooldown reduction per Kill Command.
  • Marksmanship
    • Serperntstalker Guise 4P Bonus – Marked Shot now has a 50% chance (was 30%) to fire an extra Marked Shot at up to 3 additional targets.
• Monk
  • Brewmaster
    • Chi'Ji's Battlegear 4P Bonus – Dodging an attack now reduces the remaining cooldown of Breath of Fire by 2.0 seconds (was 1.0 seconds).
• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel 4P Bonus – Your Deadly Poison or Wound Poison critical strike now generate 3 Energy (was 2 Energy).
  • Subtlety
    • Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel 4P Bonus – Backstab and Shadowstrike now have a 4% chance (was 3%) to grant Shadow Gestures.
• Warlock
  • Affliction
    • Diabloic Rainment 4P Bonus – Spending a Soul Shard now has a chance to grant you 10% Haste (was 15%).
    • Grim Inquisitor's Regalia 4P Bonus – Unstable Affliction and Seed of Corruption now increase the damage targets take from your Agony and Corruption by 15% (was 10%).
  • Demonology
    • Grim Inquisitro's Regalia 4P Bonus – Demonic Empowerment now causes your Call Dreadstalkers to immediately cast another Dreadbite with 75% increased damage (was 50%).
• Warrior
  • Arms
    • Titanic Onslaiught Armor 4P Bonus – The amount of bonus Mortal Strike damage events has been reduced to 2 during Bladestorm (was 3), and 1 during Ravager (was 2).
   
  • Fury
    • Convergence of Fates has been changed when used with Juggernaught Battlegear 4P Bonus Now when both are equipped, after Battle Cry is cast, a buff increases the value of the set bonus from 0 to 100% over the span of 45 seconds.

As always, we're keeping a very close eye on performance across all specs. Thank you very much for your feedback!

[DeathsDesign 92]

"Does not stack with other cooldown reducing effects." is what they should do, at least IMO.

Disable 4p when CoF is equipped or vice versa. This would prevent having to worry about either one being overpowered when paired with the other.

Edited December 4, 2017 by DeathsDesign
clarification

[Hypersonic 113]

So nerf 6% basic dmg but increase 5% from set just to make that 1%.. I must say they are i***s and congrats for this type of balancing, really.

And I think it's too early after 1 week to start nerf previous tier sets, everybody knows it will be must to change, but under 1 week? Please and just with release of Mythic.. feelsbadman

 

1 hour ago, Starym said:

Fury

• When both Convergence of Fates and Juggernaught BAttlegear 4P Bonus are equipped, the value of the 4-piece set bonus will be reduced.

and what the hell is that mean? No set bonus or not working the trinket? Weird.

Edited December 5, 2017 by Hypersonic

[Drachar 45]

6 hours ago, Hypersonic said:

And I think it's too early after 1 week to start nerf previous tier sets, everybody knows it will be must to change, but under 1 week? Please and just with release of Mythic..

Nerfing during the Mythic progression would be worse (in my opinion).