wow Massive PvP Armor Nerf in Patch 9.1

[Stan 5,240]

Damage reduction from armor has been nerfed in PvP with the release of Patch 9.1.

Rextroy looked at damage reduction in PvP and something was not quite right. In PvP, players gained more Armor / Block Value / Stagger &, as they acquired more gear after each major patch. The stat appears to have been nerfed in Chains of Domination, which means it won't increase as it used to. His Paladin, for instance, lost 10% damage reduction from armor with the release of 9.1.

Background: It appears that in 9.1 (probably since SL launch) Blizzard has changed the system for armor and block value. Before in PVE, the new mobs every new season (m+ season and new raid) would ignore some of your armor and block value, the reason for this was so a tank at the end of each patch when geared, would always have a similar damage reduction from armor and block (this includes stagger). You could see your true dmg reduction with the "against current target" when you mouse over armor or block. This has changed, it now appears that your baseline armor and block value % are nerfed each new major patch. However, you will still have a similar dmg reduction "against current target" when fighting older mobs (including castle nathria) to what you had before the patch. That means this "new system" doesn't seem to be a nerf in PVE. In PvP, this changes a lot of things. Before, players never had the "k value" impact their defenses, since it was only new mobs that ignored armor and block value. Players had their armor and block keep increasing every patch as they got new gear. For example, my Prot Pala in BFA, started at around 40% block value in PvP and ended 8.3 with more than 60%. This change means that in PvP, every player will have their armor nerfed every new season patch (9.1) and will have to work towards the same % damage reduction they once had, by gearing their character with the new gear. This is a MASSIVE physical damage dealer buff in PvP. Every expansion before, people ended up at a bigger % armor during the last patches. Now armor will stay at a similar value first patch, as it will be in the last patch. This will make physical damage dealers scale way better than they did in earlier expansions. TLDR - In PvP, people used to gain more and more armor / block value / stagger % as new gear was acquired after each major patch. Those stats are now nerfed instantly at the start of a new major patch, meaning it won't increase over the expansion as it used to. Massive buff to physical damage dealers. Example: My Paladin lost 10% dmg reduction from armor when 9.1 released.

PvP Armor Nerf in Patch 9.1

[Mishmish 65]

This can be counteracted, if its too severe, by hidden auras and the like, but its good to highlight it cuzz i suspect the pvp part of the team isn't always aware of every tiny bitty scaling change. 

[Bobbis 208]

3 hours ago, Mishmish said:

This can be counteracted, if its too severe, by hidden auras and the like, but its good to highlight it cuzz i suspect the pvp part of the team isn't always aware of every tiny bitty scaling change. 

Yeah they were probably both absent from that meeting

[Prophet001 598]

Sweet no tanks in PVP.

I ain't mad.