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We’re happy with damage overall. We have very few traditional tank and spank fights (even Argaloth likes to parry melee) so it’s hard to get consistent numbers without very large data sets..(snip).....We aren’t seeing a lot of Subtlety rogues in PvE yet, so that sample size is still small.
On underused stats
We’ll make a pass to make stats that aren’t attractive (but are supposed to be) more attractive. For example, we don’t want Assassination rogues to dismiss crit or Feral tanks to dismiss haste.
On Combat Mastery
Mastery is a new stat for us, and there are a few specs that don’t value it enough. In some cases (e.g. Combat rogues), the design for mastery is fine and we just need to buff the effects to make it more desirable.
On Combat weapon itemization and upcoming changes for next pass
We want to make it clear that Combat is intended to use fast off-hand weapons. We also want to polish Revealing Strike a bit.
Edit:
My thoughts on the changes: Its good to see that combat is possibly getting some love through buffs to our mastery as well as Revealing Strike. Perhaps it might lead to some cycle changes depending on the extent of the buff to Revealing strike. Even Assassination might be slightly buffed, depending on the changes the spec to make better use of the crit on gear. However in its current state, I see no talents that are directly affected by crit rating apart from Seal Fate, so its hard to speculate where the changes might occur (if they do).
I find the comment about crit for Assassination rogues sort of odd - its not like crit is any worse for assassination than it is for Combat. Its certainly our worst stat, but not by a completely ludicrous margin. So it seems sort of odd to single it out like that.
That said, there is a reasonably obvious way for them to address it. If they gave us - either as a rogue baseline ability or as part of Assassin's Resolve - 200% spell crits like most DPS casters (and DKs) have, that'd boost Assassination's crit EP to be more competitive with the other stats (ahead of Expertise but behind Haste). Whether this is the change they actually intend to make I couldn't say, but given that Assassination rogues get close to half their damage from spells (as in, effects that crit using spell crit mechanics), I'd be shocked if they hadn't at least considered giving us some caster-DPS style talents for it.
The other interesting/slightly contradictory part of that is how they're going to buff Main Gauche while also increasing the importance of a fast OH, as currently those goals sort of work at cross purposes. It will be interesting to see what they come up with to achieve both of those at the same time - it seems like they're almost going to have to rework the Combat mastery in a fairly fundamental sort of way to make that work, which doesn't really align with the claim that they like the mechanic and just want to buff the efficacy.
It seems contradictory, granted. I suppose their interest in stressing the importance of fast off-hand weapons is a desire to maintain both Combat Potency and poison damage as integral parts of Combat damage. Being fundamentally opposed, they'd have to tinker with either Combat Potency and poison damage on one side, or Main Gauche on the other.
It's purely conjecture at this point, of course, but right off the bat, I'd think it unlikely for them to alter poison mechanics or Combat Potency too much. That leaves getting Main Gauche to hit harder or more often. I reckon one way could be to regulate the damage of Main Gauche based on attack speed of the off-hand weapon. A bit like the alteration Fan of Knives went trough to make it a more appealing ability to dagger wielders. Either that, or simply increase the proc chance of Main Gauche. I admit, though, I haven't done any math to outline the ramifications of such changes; for one thing, increasing proc chance might increase energy regen too much.
Last edited by Onodrim : 12/28/10 at 12:23 PM.
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
Making the MG attack normalized would let combat potency push combat into a fast off hand, while allowing them to buff proc rate/damage bonus as needed for balance.
The Cataclysm Mechanics Testing Thread already confirmed Main Gauche to be a normalized, special attack. In that sense, simply increasing proc chance could see Combat's energy regen becoming even more disproportionate compared to that of the other trees than it already is. To this end, I suppose the simple way to balance Main Gauche is to increase its damage. However simple, it doesn't really go any lengths to make Combat Mastery more interesting.
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
* Combat Readiness now lasts 20 sec, down from 30 sec. Now expires after 10 sec, up from 6 sec.
* Main Gauche (Mastery) now provides a chance to deal an attack for 75% of main-hand damage. This attack can trigger Combat Potency.
* Revealing Strike now increases effectiveness of your next offensive finishing move on the target by 35%, up from 20%.
A new meta gem named Agile Shadowspirit Diamond (Agility/3% critical damage) will likely be added next patch. The recipe will be a random world drop from any cataclysm creature and will require 3 red gems to activate. Link to post here.
* Vitality now increases your Attack Power by 25%, up from 20%.
* Restless Blades now also affects Redirect.
Subtlety
* Preparation no longer affects Evasion
* Sinister Calling now increases total Agility by 30%, up from 25%. Now increases the percentage damage bonus of Backstab and Hemorrhage by an additional 40%, up from 25%.
* Find Weakness now causes all your attacks to bypass 35/70% of that enemy's armor, up from 25/50%.
* Sanguinary Vein now also gives your Bleed effects a 50/100% chance to not break your Gouge.
Enchanting
Enchant Bracer - Agility - Permanently enchant bracers to increase Agility by 50. Requires a level 300 or higher item.
The days of Leatherworkers Uber Alles are at an end it seems.
Combat
Mastery: Main Gauche now deals damage equal to 100% of a main hand attack, up from 75%.
Subtlety
Shadowstep now has a 24 sec cooldown, up from 20 sec.
And yet another buff for Combat. Between the Mastery changes and the addition of Redirect to Restless Blades, Combat is shaping up to be very strong in 4.0.6. Restless Blades should allow you to redirect anytime you have an insight level worth moving - 3 finishers brings the CD down by ~30 seconds - it takes about 20-25 seconds to get 3 finishers off, minimum, and that's about how long it takes to build to Deep Insight. If we're swapping targets more often than that, odds are we should be relying on Blade Flurry instead anyway.
Originally Posted by Actovision
If BB trends were to be taken as indicators of where the country is headed, then the trajectory of America would seem to be towards a technocratic, mercenary, debtor nation of violently atheistic, unmarried, childless hyper-polygamists with strong social safety nets. I can't wait!
The days of Leatherworkers Uber Alles are at an end it seems.
And yet another buff for Combat. Between the Mastery changes and the addition of Redirect to Restless Blades, Combat is shaping up to be very strong in 4.0.6. Restless Blades should allow you to redirect anytime you have an insight level worth moving - 3 finishers brings the CD down by ~30 seconds - it takes about 20-25 seconds to get 3 finishers off, minimum, and that's about how long it takes to build to Deep Insight. If we're swapping targets more often than that, odds are we should be relying on Blade Flurry instead anyway.
Concerning the leatherworking part of your post, don't you think this could only be one new enchantement ?
For the buff on MG, are we sure the potency proc is kept along with the 100% MH damage ?
Its possible that there's some weird interaction where you need to have an OH equipped for CP to proc. Can you try testing with an OH equipped, but turn to disable autoattacks and generate MG procs via SS (or equivalent) spam?
Its possible that there's some weird interaction where you need to have an OH equipped for CP to proc. Can you try testing with an OH equipped, but turn to disable autoattacks and generate MG procs via SS (or equivalent) spam?
Oddly enough, the talent calculator linked by MMO-C (wowtal.com) shows that you should be receiving CP procs from your MG hits.
Combat Potency: Gives your off-hand melee attacks and Main Gauche attacks a 20% chance to generate 15 Energy.
Main Gauche: Your main hand attacks have a 16% chance to grant you an attack that deals damage equal to 100% of a main hand attack. Each point of Mastery increases the chance by an additional 2%.
So I think it's likely that it is still intended to proc CP, but just broken or NYI.
Alchemist's Stones for Agility, Strength, and Intellect have been added.
Which means there's a level 359 static Agi trinket being added. Stats should be similar to:
+ 380 Agiliy
+ Socket/Bonus
Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 213.
Equip: Increases the effect that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 40%. This effect does not stack.
Alchemist's Stones for Agility, Strength, and Intellect have been added.
Which means there's a level 359 static Agi trinket being added. Stats should be similar to:
+ 380 Agiliy
+ Socket/Bonus
Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 213.
Equip: Increases the effect that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 40%. This effect does not stack.
Stats are out:
+301 Agility
Red socket with +10 Agility bonus
Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 194.
Equip: Increases the effect that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 40%. This effect does not stack.
* Vitality now increases your Attack Power by 25%, up from 20%.
* Restless Blades now also affects Redirect.
Subtlety
* Preparation no longer affects Evasion
* Sinister Calling now increases total Agility by 30%, up from 25%. Now increases the percentage damage bonus of Backstab and Hemorrhage by an additional 40%, up from 25%.
* Find Weakness now causes all your attacks to bypass 35/70% of that enemy's armor, up from 25/50%.
* Sanguinary Vein now also gives your Bleed effects a 50/100% chance to not break your Gouge.
* Blind now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
* Crippling Poison now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
* Sap now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
* Stealth is no longer broken by enemies using Demoralizing Shout or Demoralizing Roar.
Assassination
* Deadly Momentum critical strike bonus now lasts for 15 seconds, up from 10.
Combat
* Main Gauche (Mastery) now provides a chance to deal an attack for 100% of main-hand damage. This attack can trigger Combat Potency.
* Restless Blades now also reduces the cooldown of Redirect.
* Vitality now increases attack power by 25%, up from 20%.
Subtlety
* Executioner (Mastery) has been increased from 2% to 2.5% per point.
* Find Weakness now grants 35/70% armor reduction, up from 25/50%.
* Preparation no longer resets the cooldown of Evasion.
* Sanguinary Vein now gives a rogue a 50/100% chance for their own Bleed effects to not break their Gouge.
* Shadowstep's cooldown has been increased to 24 seconds, up from 20 seconds.
* Sinister Calling now grants 30% Agility, up from 25%, and increases Backstab and Hemorrhage damage by an additional 40%, up from 25%.
Garrotte energy cost being reduced to 45, Cooldown Reduction on Cloak of Shadows from Elusiveness Nerfed (10/20, down from 15/30), and Blade Flurry now acts as a toggle (a nice quality of life change, combat rogues will no longer need a /cancelaura macro)
Originally Posted by Actovision
If BB trends were to be taken as indicators of where the country is headed, then the trajectory of America would seem to be towards a technocratic, mercenary, debtor nation of violently atheistic, unmarried, childless hyper-polygamists with strong social safety nets. I can't wait!
Blade Flurry is now a toggle that can be turned off by pressing the button again. In addition, this ability no longer has a fixed duration, but will go on cooldown for 10 seconds after being canceled (similar to Stealth).
Originally Posted by Actovision
If BB trends were to be taken as indicators of where the country is headed, then the trajectory of America would seem to be towards a technocratic, mercenary, debtor nation of violently atheistic, unmarried, childless hyper-polygamists with strong social safety nets. I can't wait!
12/28/10, 1:30 AM
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