The Avatar films are great fun but have never blown me away with original storytelling. Instead, the translation of familiar formulas into a vibrant and visually arresting alien world elevates the films. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora follows that same tack, featuring first-person exploration and combat that borrows liberally from franchises like Far Cry. But here, an enormous and detailed fantasy world breathes life into the experience, making it both more engaging and sometimes needlessly obtuse – but always with a flair for the source material.
Dragonflight Season 3 Healer Changes Reviewed - Healing Problems Solved?
26.12.2023 - 01:43 / wowhead.com / Dragonflight
Heading into Season 3, Blizzard implemented a series of healer changes intended to address considerable feedback that healing in Dragonflight felt more frustrating and less fun than previous expansions. Blizzard sought to make resources matter more, improve single target heals, and modify raid survivability cooldowns. Did these changes improve healing or make it worse?
Our guide writer, Theun, reviews the Season 3 healing changes and provides some additional resources that may point to the underlying issues that led us to the current state of healing.
Impact of Healer Changes in Patch Season 3
The Problem with Healing in Previous Seasons
If you're a healer in Dragonflight you've probably heard a lot of talk throughout the expansion about the overall state of healing. Last Season, Jak and Theun covered a lot of the popular talking points about healing, what has changed in Dragonflight, and what we had hoped to see changed going into Season 3. You can go back and check those articles out here and here if you'd like.
Thanks to Jordan / bansheeirl we now have some wonderful charts comparing what healing has looked like since Antorus, the Burning Throne. Here is the original post, which helps paint the picture so many healers have been trying to describe throughout Dragonflight. One thing to keep in mind is overhealing numbers aren't the only metric we need to look at here, but is a great quick representation of healers being too powerful in a Raid environment. For example, encounter design can also play a key role in these numbers (for example, Kel'Thuzad in Sanctum of Domination). It's always important to understand why we're overhealing as much as we are.
These graphs are looking at the overhealing numbers on the top 50 public kills of each boss since Antorus. This is important, as overhealing goes up significantly during farm when you are generally overgearing the content. It's also important to note that between the top 5 kills of each boss, ~92% of the bosses had an overheal variance of under 5%, which means it wasn't just a few groups massively overhealing these encounters to drive up the average. See notes in the bottom of the first image for more details.
As you can see, all 3 of the raids in Dragonflight have been the highest overhealing has been since Antorus. This is consistent with the feeling that healers are too powerful in a Raid environment.
Blizzard's Goals for Healing in Season 3
Blizzard tried to combat some of the issues healers were experiencing with a few changes heading into Season 3.
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
wowhead.com
13.01.2024 / 01:17
Current Winning Tier Set Bonuses and Transmogs for Dragonflight Season 4
We've halfway through the voting duration and we're highlighting the current winning Tier Set bonuses and transmogs for Dragonflight Season 4. Data was taken on 1/12 at ~12:00PM PT and estimates the actual number of votes using the shown percentage and total votes for each region, showing only the winning transmog set and bonus for each class/spec. Want to see all the available options? Check out our other posts below. All Tier Set BonusesAll TIer Set Transmogs
gamespot.com
12.01.2024 / 22:07
Overwatch 2 Will Buff Damage And Tank Heroes With Passive Healing In Season 9
The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site.
destructoid.com
11.01.2024 / 18:47
Review: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Sitting down to write this review, I could barely believe Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the first new entry in the Prince of Persia franchise in 13 years. After both considering my time with this game and the rich history the series has enjoyed until now, I had to remind myself why that is.
mmorpg.com
11.01.2024 / 18:19
Side Quests: Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Review
It's difficult not to feel nostalgic while playing Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown. The original games of the '80s and '90s by Jordan Mechner were «Metroidvanias» in their own right, with precise platforming, precarious traps, and a bit of backtracking all woven into the gameplay. This new entry into the franchise goes back to that formula, only now with the benefits of modern game design and tech, and I'm happy to say The Lost Crown earns its spot in the pedigree.
mmorpg.com
11.01.2024 / 17:19
Take on Normal Dragonflight Dungeons With NPC Party Members in Seeds of Renewal's Follower Dungeons
World of Warcraft is about to make dungeons more accessible even if you’re playing solo or in a duo with the upcoming Follower Dungeons feature coming in Seeds of Renewal.
gamingbolt.com
11.01.2024 / 03:43
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Season 4 Will Feature Community-Voted Gear Sets and Bonuses
Blizzard has revealed its plans for Season 4 of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. While the expansion won’t be seeing the release of a fourth raid tier, the company has asked the game’s players to vote on the class and specialisation-specific gear sets that will be part of Season 4’s Fated raid series.
gamespot.com
10.01.2024 / 20:05
WoW: Dragonflight Season 4's Best Endgame Items Will Be Determined By Community Vote
The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site.
pcgamer.com
10.01.2024 / 13:13
Community-voted tier sets are coming to WoW: Dragonflight, letting players decide the mix-and-matched bonuses and style for its Season 4 wind-down
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight won't be getting a fourth raid—which is something we've known for a while, as per an interview with game director Ion Hazzikostas. It will however still receive a fourth season with Fated Raids, alongside a recycled tier list the community can vote on as Blizzard revealed yesterday.
mmorpg.com
09.01.2024 / 23:17
WoW Classic's Season Of Discovery Phase 2 Launches February 8th
Not only is Season of Discovery already underway in World of Warcraft , but the Ruby Sanctum will become available for players to grab their friends and aid the red dragonfight when they need it most.
wowhead.com
09.01.2024 / 14:58
Amirdrassil Weekly DPS Rankings - Dragonflight Season 3 Week 8
Today, we are looking at the DPS balance on Amirdrassil during the week of January 2nd. For this analysis, we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Raid statistics for Dragonflight Season 3. Mythic Amirdrassil Statistics Page
wowhead.com
09.01.2024 / 01:22
Choose Your Own Tier Set Bonuses and Transmog in Dragonflight Season 4
Each spec has a poll on the official forums, asking players which Tier Set Bonus and transmog they want in Dragonflight Season 4!