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January 11, 2011, 01:09 AM
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Sacredreich 85 Goblin Warlock Eredar US PvP Guild: Final Empire Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Demonology |
Improved Soul Fire PTR update
A post by Zarhym gave what we can expect from the patch notes tomorrow. Improved Soul Fire now increases Fire and Shadow damage by 4%/8%, and is moved to a tier 3 talent swapping places with aftermath. This means no more ISF for demo and afflic. This makes me a little nervous, but we have to see tomorrow their plans on what they will do to compensate demo and affliction. On another note, our T11 4 set was buffed: The PvE warlock 4-piece set bonus (Fel Spark) now increases the damage done by the next 2 Fel Flame spells by 300%, rather than increasing the critical effect chance of one by 100%. Here is the thread: MMO-Champion BlueTracker |
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January 11, 2011, 03:25 AM
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Re: Improved Soul Fire PTR update
well, it was good while it lasted |
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January 11, 2011, 03:51 AM
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January 11, 2011, 04:19 AM
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i really hope we're not all being pushed into played destro :( my poor felguard.... |
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January 11, 2011, 05:16 AM
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Well, this is going to change every one point reforged in my gear. No more crit, lets go back for tons of haste trying to get to the 30% threeshold. Quick numbers: 7.5K on dummy without ISF. Damage from new ISF = 455 (8% fire damage 0,08*5835), so expect a real 6% of dps increased by the new ISF. @Infernity: I can swear you that this is a kick in the balls of destro players :_( PD: I read somewhere that ISB (+5%crit) is going to be applied by Incinerate too, but I cant find the source (I really think it was in a blue post... |
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January 11, 2011, 07:03 AM
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this is a total kick in the shins for demo locks. oh well, it was fun being competitive while it laste :( |
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January 11, 2011, 07:10 AM
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Phetus 80 Gnome Warlock Aggramar Euro PvE Guild: Omega Chapter Profile: Blizzard Armory |
Re: Improved Soul Fire PTR update
As an Affliction Lock I'm really pleased with this change. ISF felt so unnatural as a buff to maintain. It just didn't fit into the rotation/priority list. For Destruction and Demonology I think it is a shame as SF is part of the rotation for these specs. But for Affliction casting SF just felt wrong. Would have been a lot better if they had created a new talent in Affliction like Improved Haunt with the same 15% buff in the tree 
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January 11, 2011, 08:19 AM
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I have to say that temporary %-damage buff is more boring than %-haste buff, though I guess ISF made reaching the GCD cap too easy for higher gear levels. I think destro still has to maintain the buff same way, and 8% damage is lil less dps than 15% haste. The newest BiS-simcrafts show that affli is still ahead of destro with this ISF change, so there isn't necessarily going to be any compensation. |
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January 11, 2011, 08:21 AM
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Warlock isn't the only class I play, but Blizzard really is All Thumbs when it comes to warlocks :P Prove me wrong. Please. |
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January 11, 2011, 08:30 AM
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Scathbais 90 Undead Warlock Mal'Ganis US PvP Guild: Adult Swim Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Tree: Affliction Destruction |
Re: Improved Soul Fire PTR update
So what is that, 1920 haste lost because of the change? I thought the whole idea was to improve ISF. As a destro lock, this doesn't seem like an improvement to me. In fact, unless we reforge to haste to get back to a buffed 30%, hard casting SF every time is going to feel like watching paint dry. So much for the nice crit % I was starting to see <le sigh>.
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