Private Auras are back in The War Within Alpha, and they now affect Mythic+ abilities as well!
02.05.2024 - 23:09 / wowhead.com
Blizzard has posted a substantial breakdown of the Demonology Warlock changes in today's War Within Alpha build going over Demonic Cores, Resources, and Cooldowns!
In addition, we want Demonbolt to return to being a moment rather than be your primary rotational button.In lieu of these goals, we are removing Demonic Knowledge to reduce the frequency of Demonic Cores and will make further adjustments down the road if the rate of Demonic Cores remains too high. Over the course of alpha and beta we will be tuning Demonology to compensate for this change.Doom
This is our first iteration of Doom going into The War Within and will be iterating based off feedback we receive.
We wanted to try bringing back a castable version of Doom, rather than a proc, while avoiding making it required to cast Doom multiple times before being able to perform your rotation. At the same time though, we want you to think about how you use Doom and when it is cast rather than bring back an effect like Hand of Doom that makes it largely passive.Nether Portal
In this alpha build of The War Within, you’ll see that Nether Portal has been removed.
While we love the fantasy that Nether Portal provides and that it created a moment that felt different rotationally, its gameplay and performance proved difficult to optimize. Too many major cooldowns can increase the number of peaks and valleys Demonology’s output can experience and how much effect the duration of an encounter can have on its performance.We’d like to spend some time workshopping a new design for Nether Portal and have it return as a healthier addition to Demonology’s toolkit in the future.What’s Next?
We’ll continue to read through feedback and the discussions happening across the community.
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