The Enigma Order

So with more beta changes incoming (NOT FINAL), it appears that SV, which was the top MoP PvE spec, is being nerfed. BM is being buffed slightly to bring it in line with the nerfed SV and MM is being buffed to insane levels.

MM is looking to become the dominant spec for MoP if these changes stay active.

What's being nerfed / changed for SV?

* Black Arrow's damage is being reduced by approximately 40%.
* Explosive Shot is changing, however the notes on MMO-Champion are either incorrect (data-mining does that) or just haven't been updated fully. So can't comment on whether ES is being nerfed or not. All I can say is it looks liek the focus cost is being reduced from 44 down to 25.
* Cobra Shot is being nerfed by at least 15%, probably more with the removla of a +damage modifier.
* Improved Serpent Sting is being buffed to cause SS to do 100% more damage.

What's being nerfed / changed for BM?

* Beast Cleave is being nerfed from 70% down to 25%. BM AoE was -rediculous- before.
* Focus Fire will restore less focus to your pet and grant you less haste when the Frenzy effects are consumed by the ability. Frenzy also grants your pet less haste per stack (10% instead of 15%).
* Go For The Throat is being nerfed alot, no longer granting a 100% focus reduction cost for your pet and only granting 15 focus for your pet on auto-shot critical hit.
* The Cobra Shot change for SV also applies to BM.
* Kill Command's focus cost increased by 3 but damage increased by around 25%.
* Cobra Strikes has been buffed to stack upto 6 times.
* The base Mastery level for BM has been buffed from 13% to 16% increased pet damage.

What's being buffed / changed for MM?

* Aimed Shot has been buffed by approximately a factor of 150%. It now deals 400% weapon damage + ~40k damage.
* Bombardment has just had a wording change, and reduces Multi-shot by 20 focus, not 50%.
* Chimera Shot will now deal 300% weapon damage, up from 115%. The +damage modifier has also almost doubled in value. The focus cost has increased by 1 to 45 now.
* Master Marksmen now only needs 3 stacks instead of 5 to give a free Aimed Shot.
* Wild Quiver's base proc chance has been increased from 17% to 32%, however they only do 50% weapon damage.
* Steady Shot damage buffed by a small amount (5% more weapon damage and around 300 more +damage.)

Changes for all specs

* Arcane Shot will now deal 110% weapon damage and the +damage modifier is increased by almost double. Focus cost has been reduced to 20.
* Glaive Toss' damage approximately doubled.
* Barrage's damage doubled on main (now 640% weapon damage) and secondary (160% now 200% weapon damage) targets.
* Powershot's damage doubled (to 800% weapon damage) on primary target and any targets hit between you and the target.
* Thrill of the Hunt now has a 15% chance to make your next 3 Arcane or Multi shots have there focus cost reduced by 20.

If these changes go live on the Beta and stay where they are, all 3 specs will be competitive in PvE and rougly equal in standing. MM has been languishing down at the bottom for a long time and rightly deserved these buffs.

Hopefully, we can start to see some intersting synergy occuring between our talents and Hunters become a bit more fun.

Syngery Example

Glaive Toss is currently off the GCD but costs focus. By combining Glaive Toss with Thrill of the Hunt, you can maintain your Arcane Shot / Multi-shot DPS for free whilst also throwing out your Glaives.

This will be even more effective when using Thrill of the Hunt as MM.

Bombardment reduces Multi-shot to a 20 focus cost. Thrill of the Hunt reduces it by another 20. Thus Multi-shot would be free. Thrill of the Hunt procs from any ranged attack, so with Multi-shot hitting many targets, you can most likely ensure 100% uptime of both Thrill of the Hunt and Bombardment. Chuck in your Glaives as well for added AoE damage, and you've got some serious numbers flying about.

References: MMO-Champion and Elitistjerks

This will be edited as changes happen.

Mists of Pandaria Beta - Build 15952


Arcane Shot weapon damage reduced by 32% and additional damage reduced by 52%.
Glaive Toss base damage doubled, but the primary target will take 4 times as much damage from each strike, down from 8 times. AP scaling was doubled to 20%.
Serpent Sting damage was reduced by 20%.
Steady Shot damage was reduced by 29% and additional damage was reduced by 75%.

Talents
Barrage now costs 30 Focus, down from 40. Weapon damage to secondary target doubled.
Blink Strike damage bonus upon blinking tripled.
Glaive Toss now costs 15 Focus, down from 20. Damage bonus was halved.
Lynx Rush damage doubled.
Powershot damage to secondary targets doubled and Focus cost halved.
Thrill of the Hunt now has a 30% proc chance, up from 20%.

Beast Mastery
Beast Cleave now strikes all other nearby enemy targets for 30%, up from 25%.
Focus Fire now grants 6% haste per stack, up from 5%.
Kill Command damage and scaling reduced by 30%.

Beast Mastery & Survival
Cobra Shot weapon damage reduced by 30%.

Marksmanship
Aimed Shot weapon damage reduced by 30% and additional damage reduced by 51%.
Chimera Shot weapon damage reduced by 30% and additional damage reduced to 2,617.
Mastery: Wild Quiver weapon damage reduced by 15%.

Survival
Black Arrow damage and AP scaling reduced by 20%.
Explosive Shot damage reduced by 20%.

Pets
Bite damage was reduced by ~20%.
Claw damage was reduced by ~20%.
Smack damage was reduced by ~20%.

Mists of Pandaria Beta - Build 15983


Arcane Shot weapon damage increased to 100% from 75%. Additional damage increased by 76%.
Aspect of the Beast no longer has a cooldown.
Aspect of the Cheetah no longer has a cooldown.
Aspect of the Fox no longer has a cooldown.
Aspect of the Hawk no longer has a cooldown.
Aspect of the Pack no longer has a cooldown.
Kill Shot weapon damage increased to 420%, up from 300%.

Marksmanship
Careful Aim now grants 75% crit, up from 60%.

Survival
Explosive Shot damage increased by ~5%.

Last edited by Tasteofdeath (2012-08-17 03:46:10)

My sig is relevent to that statement.

I'm just gonna re-post something from just before DS release:

Just so much win!

Random quote:

some very savvy MMO-champion poster wrote:

I've already talked to people from/associated with Vodka and BL and they are pretty much having their hunters re-roll and/or sit for the bosses because the damage is not competitive in any form

I mean, really, I can't wait! I think I'm gonna have myself sit out or reroll!

From my humble opinion as displayed last night Mage's need nerfed and I need gear I getting outdpsed by another Hunter.

Can't really watch that video at College getting some werid looks when my classmates came in the room.

Cuzi wrote:

lololol tode, i'm proffesional

You suck and lick my left nut.

Edit - L2Spell as well

Last edited by Tasteofdeath (2012-10-05 17:24:06)

ewwwwwwwwww gigi :C