The Enigma Order

Insane buffs!

Yes SP damage atm is below every other DPS class, good thing they finally change something cuz it took way too long. And Haste scaling is good indeed and very reliable instead of an RNG-fest.

Awww i want it all <3

For those not familiar with the mechanic for SW:P:

Normally when you cast a debuff on an enemy the only way to renew the debuff is to recast it. When that is done, the entire debuff is reset and it starts over. So if you recast the debuff right before the last tick the last tick is lost etc. Current Crit, haste and spell power is used to calcullate the strength of the debuff.

However. SW:P can be refreshed with Mind Flay. The debuff is mostly untuched and will keep ticking at the same pace as always. The timer on the debuff is "reset" by adding time. The debuff itself remains the same. This is why it keeps all the crit and haste that the caster had at the time of the cast. There is one exception and that is Spell Power. The debuff ticks will be recalculated based on new Spell Power, but the crit and haste factors remainds the same. I'm not sure why they don't recalculate everything, but it might be that Blizzard likes that mechanic. A priest can now use a crit potions early and SW:P will have the benefit from that the entire fight if the priest manage to keep it up with Mind Flay.

Anyway. It's easy to understand that the effect of haste on top of the crit would be too powerfull. Well, at least that is what Blizzard means and there are some logic to it.