wow Feral Druid Changes Coming This Week

[Frai 3]

5 hours ago, Xhopeon said:

oh, crap... 

yeah, I am really low currently (70+), I hope I that changes are good when they get live so I don't need to learn other spec, feral life is best thing I've played so far... 

Yes at your level you probably aren't feeling the effects of these issues at least not very much. As you approach 110+ you will begin to feel like a furry wet piece of paper barely able to kill 2 or 3 creatures without nearly dying and being completely energy starved. And forget elite mobs or world quest bosses. It seems like several of these fixes will be in place before you hit BFA though so you should be fine. And it's important to remember that playing what's fun is far more important than playing what's 'best' anyway.

 

Side note, when you pick up your artifact weapons in Legion it's worth looking at all their different appearance models in the class hall. Some of them are really awesome especially for druids. Don't forget the 'hidden' ones as well.

[mclark6144 0]

So we're just going to ignore shadow priests? I had every intention of maining one this expansion but the spec is completely broken and needs to be entirely re-worked.  

[jinsu2301 273]

5 hours ago, Tarazet said:

Also, the idea of giving Feral a buff to Haste was a miscalculation on their part. Since Cataclysm, Feral has always fed off Critical Strike (to smooth out the rotation with combo point generation) and Mastery (to fuel big bleed numbers). Haste has never been a good kitty stat. So seeing them move away from Haste stacking is a sign to me that they are moving to restore the spec's identity.

Actually the reason why they gave them the extra haste is because haste was just a dead stat in Legion (which was twice aweful for me as a Resto Main who needed lots of haste for raiding). But they overdid it, resulting in Haste being better than Agility, which is the very thing Blizz tried to avoid.

3 hours ago, Markosz said:

Blizzard and balancing...

Not contributing anything constructive to the discussion is one thing. Posting old, dead memes is another.

[jinsu2301 273]

5 hours ago, Meowfurion said:

Sorry but I see this as a net nerf. Precisely what we do not deserve AT ALL given the current state of our damage. 40% decrease in auto attack. Nerf to haste rating. Very minuscule increase to energy regen. Very small buff only to RIP without tweaking mastery to improve it. 

You are mixing together the upcomming changes and the overhaul planned for 8.1.

Also, it doesn't matter what you see unless you have played it yourself, run some simulations or at least done the math.

[Relapsexx 0]

holy up, someone thought they actually changed how well a class is balance atm on  a famous streamer that plays that specific spec/class? 

 

srs? wotm8?

i think ur joking but wanna make sure

[Relapsexx 0]

maybe I'm just shit, but i think I'm at least mediocre?,: /    I'm no r1/glad by any means but i hit 2400-2500 s1-s7 in legion on at least 2 classes but damn, 1v1'ing a feral isn't that easy at all on live servers right now... I didn't know it was a known thing they got nerfed pretty hard???

 

amiwashed??

[MrSkullcandy 2]

Shadow is at a WAY better place than Feral XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Relapsexx 0]

idk- im a vanilla player but Icyveins lurker until today.

 

I guess it all depends on what content were talking about but for 2/3's- they're fuego. even some rbg action that would still be great.

 

brb rerolling 4th 120 for one of my 3 legion druids now since aug 30th buffs. 

 

tyl.

 

rip outlaw its been fun

[Meowfurion 1]

15 hours ago, jinsu2301 said:

You are mixing together the upcomming changes and the overhaul planned for 8.1.

Also, it doesn't matter what you see unless you have played it yourself, run some simulations or at least done the math.

I've been reading the official forums and seen the math of people who have plugged in the numbers.

It looks like a net nerf, if not just staying the same without any real change except some itemization to move away from Haste.

 

In regards to being told it doesn't matter what I see unless I play it myself and run sims?? Well....I don't know how to pilot a helicopter, either. But when I see a helicopter burning and crashed into a treetop that someone else piloted, I know something went wrong somewhere and pointing that out doesn't make my opinion worthless simply because I am not the pilot who crashed the copter.

 

 

Edited August 31, 2018 by Meowfurion

[Meowfurion 1]

On 8/30/2018 at 3:08 AM, kakodaimonos said:

Guess that's the treatment a class gets when a famous streamer is playing it.

I mean they already flat Nerfed/Buffed other classes numbers and said actual class adjustments are coming after the raids. But they pretty much did a rework on feral right now.

Don't get me wrong I'm happy for you guys since the class was pretty broken but still I feel like there are other classes that need the same treatment.

Feral has been in the dumpster and on fire for a very, very long time.

 

I know that you may feel like your class is in bad shape, but Feral is/was an emergency situation.  It is inexcusably bad, which you would know if you played Feral (not to be rude at all, I simply mean you could understand why they did this so fast if you played a kitty).

[jinsu2301 273]

3 hours ago, Meowfurion said:

I've been reading the official forums and seen the math of people who have plugged in the numbers.

In regards to being told it doesn't matter what I see unless I play it myself and run sims?? Well....I don't know how to pilot a helicopter, either. But when I see a helicopter burning and crashed into a treetop that someone else piloted, I know something went wrong somewhere and pointing that out doesn't make my opinion worthless simply because I am not the pilot who crashed the copter.

Well, I'm sorry then. I assumed you were like the other 99% of the player base who just see some numbers go down in a bluepost and start flinging shit everywhere like a bunch of chimpanzees.

Also, the better analogy would be looking at a first draft for the blueprint of a helicopter and saying that it can't fly. At least that was what I was trying to say.

[Meowfurion 1]

54 minutes ago, jinsu2301 said:

Well, I'm sorry then. I assumed you were like the other 99% of the player base who just see some numbers go down in a bluepost and start flinging shit everywhere like a bunch of chimpanzees.

Also, the better analogy would be looking at a first draft for the blueprint of a helicopter and saying that it can't fly. At least that was what I was trying to say.

No offense taken. I completely agree with your point.