casparian wrote: »

I'm really surprised at the reaction to this (though it's the forums, so I guess I shouldn't be). This change is a nerf to Dawnbreaker.

Right now on live, when I hit you with DBOS, you get damaged by the initial hit and the initial DOT tick at the same time. That is going away -- the initial DOT tick will now have a two second delay. This will make getting hit with DBOS much more survivable than it currently is, because the buff to the initial hit adds less than half the damage that losing the initial DOT tick takes away.

Stop quoting this, it's not true lol.

On live, the first DoT tick of DB does NOT occur simultaneously with the initial direct hit, but one second after. The first tick happens at t=1s, the second tick at t=3s, and the third at t=5s.

The PTS changes are indeed a nerf to the subsequent pressure of the DoT component. 109% total damage spread over 6 seconds rather than 5 equates to 109*(5/6) = 90.8% the DPS vs. live.

However, the 5.7% increase to the initial direct component is objectively a buff to the burst functionality of the skill.