hoangdz wrote: »

I mean it doesn't take much for an experienced player to know when something is broken.

Last PTS you said DK was broken. It's not. It's clearly the new standard, and as far as I can tell, players liked the U49 meta much more than the subclass animal assassin meta.

So no, being experienced doesn't make you prescient, good players can be wrong due to bias or incomplete information just like anyone else, me or you.

As on other forum posts about this the gear issue will be annoying for a bit but is fairly easily gotten around. I don't like HA builds myself but know of at least three people in my main guild and numerous others I've met over the last 8 or so years that will have to leave the game or never do Vet content again if the Empower nerf goes through. Struggling to get 100k right now on a dummy parse and being told that next patch (with no changes) you're only going to be able to do 84k sucks and is making people think about leaving. All of these people I'm talking about have bad CT or arthritis and cannot do the more complicated rotations or LA weave. People like these are not asking to be Meta they are asking to still play the game they love and not be forgotten or left out of most group content.

Because they made Empower stack less favorably and ultimatey reduced the damage, they should buff it to keep the power similar to on Live, where Empower isn't particularly overpowered or any type of concern.

They often do apply make-up buffs when backend reworks indirectly nerf certain effects.

So I'm not sure why that wasn't attempted this time—although now they have more data as to how much the rework impacted damage numbers, they could have communicated that so players didn't feel as discouraged.

Arunei wrote: »

I feel the question about what accceptable DPS

Ask 100 players, get 100 answers. Devs gotta figure that one out. If the game feels balanced across playstyles and skill levels, doesn't matter what numbers they slap on it.

To me, Sorc, DK, and WW feel relatively balanced with each other. The numbers look much bigger than what people are used to, but the devs are still reworking the entire game.

Arunei wrote: »

I ask more or less because if 6k sustained DPS is still considered too high

It's not. We've been able to do that for years.

React wrote: »

He's since reached 14k DPS in one duel. The number is continuing to escalate as more setups are tested and people gain familiarity with the mechanics.

What within the WW kit do you think is causing this?

Weren’t sorcerers saying conservation of energy is a waste because sorc sustain is fine anyway? Should probably just change the passive in general.

Disable conservation of energy when transformed then. Sorcerer will get their rework eventually so might as well just have that patched up until then.