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Discussion: World of Warcraft / World of Warcraft - General Discussion - Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf - "- +weapon skill was changed for a few reasons. First, it was "too good" point-for-point.
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11-14-2006, 02:44 PM #1
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Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
"- +weapon skill was changed for a few reasons. First, it was "too good" point-for-point. However, we also made some slight improvements to +weapon skill to offset the nerf in order to maintain its use as the "best" stat you can get against a target 3 levels or higher than you, but not by as wide of a margin. In addition, we didn't want +weapon skill to affect glancing blows because glancing blows (along with crushing blows) are our sacrosanct protection against players fighting mobs they're simply not supposed to be fighting."
A lot of rogue complaints about this on the forums (up to page 11 last time I checked) as it appears to be a rather significant nerf to rogue dps during boss fights due to the inability to negate the glancing blow damage reduction.
I guess we'll have to see how it ultimately works out, but doesn't look good at the present time.
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11-14-2006, 03:29 PM #2
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Well it *is* pretty crazy that right now +10 weapon skill effectively eliminates the damage reduction of a glancing blow on any mob in the game. I guess a human sword-spec rogue with the the Twin Blades of Hakkari would be pretty pissed about this change.
Regardless, I'm not too worried about it. I have no + dagger skill, and I do just fine. Maybe I'll shed a tear or two once I get a [item]Death's Sting[/item].
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11-14-2006, 03:31 PM #3
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Re: Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
Best thing i like about a druid is that they cant really nerf us due to the fact that were not really that good to start with
QUOTE : "Icsist has a little shameless behavior in the past"
Nice remark guys.
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11-14-2006, 03:38 PM #4
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Re: Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
Holy Crap that is a sweet weapon !!!
Originally Posted by msheahen
Candrice 63 Warrior
Ricca 70 Rogue
Machelle 70 Mage
Enya 74 Druid
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11-14-2006, 03:41 PM #5
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Re: Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
Damn straight. Too bad it's in the belly of the final boss in AQ40 (C'Thun).
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11-14-2006, 03:52 PM #6
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Re: Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
It certainly WAS nice NEVER hitting a glancing blow with 313 2h sword skill with my OEB. Too bad that's being banked now
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11-14-2006, 05:53 PM #7
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Re: Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
It's just seems odd considering the +weapon skill was a new talent in the most recent major patch along with the rogue review and now in the next major patch it gets nerfed to less than it was before. I guess it's a good thing I switched back to daggers, now I won't be worried about missing out on the easy human 310 swords Originally Posted by msheahen
Well it *is* pretty crazy that right now +10 weapon skill effectively eliminates the damage reduction of a glancing blow on any mob in the game. I guess a human sword-spec rogue with the the Twin Blades of Hakkari would be pretty pissed about this change.
Regardless, I'm not too worried about it. I have no + dagger skill, and I do just fine. Maybe I'll shed a tear or two once I get a [item]Death's Sting[/item].
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11-14-2006, 06:18 PM #8
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Re: Blizzard confirms future rogue nerf
Yeah it is a bit odd, Aeryck. I mean, based on what they said, it'll still be a very nice stat to have... just not quite as good as it is now.
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