Season of Discovery Class Tuning Incoming - April 23rd

23.04.2024 - 04:05 / wowhead.com

Blizzard has announced that they will be implementing some Class adjustments as a part of April 23rd's scheduled maintenance.

Druid

• The Natural Weapons talents now increases all damage done by druids in Season of Discovery, instead of just physical damage.
• The Gale Winds rune now reduces the mana cost of Hurricane by 60%.
• Swiftmend no longer consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on the target when used.
  
  Developers' notes: Please note that it does still require Rejuvenation or Regrowth to be on the target to be used.

Paladin

• Seal of Righteousness damage can now be critical hits.
• Sacred Shield's duration is extended to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).
• Crusader Strike has now gained an additional effect: Crusader strike now refreshes all judgement effects active on the target to a 30 second remaining duration.
• Seal of Martyrdom can now «twist» with other seals, including Seal of Command.
  
  Developers' notes: Seal «twisting» was an interesting emergent effect that became popular during the original Burning Crusade, that utilized the slower server messaging system used in early versions of WoW to slightly extend the duration of the Paladin's active seal for a short time whenever a second seal was cast. This effectively allowed paladins to momentarily gain the benefit of two seals at once if they timed the application of a new seal to line up perfectly just before their weapon swing. This is something we would have considered a bug at the time, but for many players, it became a popular feature of the class, allowing skilled players to increase their output with precision gameplay.
  We recreated this playstyle in Burning Crusade Classic and since then it's been a popular request in other versions of original WoW, including Season of Discovery. We had concerns about allowing Seal of Martyrdom and Seal of Command specifically to be twisted together in Season of Discovery for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the playstyle is highly mana inefficient, it largely requires addons such as a weapon swing timer to function properly, and twisting can be unintuitive for less experienced players. As the game matures and we continue to listen to player feedback however, we recognize that for some, this is part of the charm and uniqueness of playing a paladin during those early eras of WoW's history. We consider this change to be experimental and we will watch the performance and behavior of Retribution closely after this change. Should it prove problematic, we may revert this change or apply additional adjustments later. We greatly appreciate the feedback we've received about this thus