Real 1.12 Patch Notes

[lemekim]

Some further information about the Windfury totem nerf and the reasoning behind it, courtesy of Eyonix:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.a...an&T=669879&P=3

The change to the Windfury Totem for patch 1.12 was implemented because we felt the burst damage of all melee characters under its effect was too high. Even once the change is live, the Windfury Totem will still have great potential in providing substantial improvement to the overall dps of a group.

Please see my above response concerning our reasoning for the Windfury change. The only other patch 1.12 changes that I'm aware of concern Grounding Totem and Lightning Shield, and are minor. The Grounding Totem will no longer absorb the effect from the Entrapment Hunter talent. Concerning Lightning Shield, Air Bubble pockets in underwater regions will no longer consume a charge from this spell.

We have no plans to compensate the dps loss caused by the change to the Windfury Totem. We wouldn't have made the change if we felt the need to compensate.

I just explained why, Ratul. We felt that in its current state Windfury Totem allowed for too much burst damage (dps). We don't feel the need to compensate because our goal was to reduce the totem's potential for damage in a group/raid.

No one is lying. We try and provide information and insight into our plans and goals for various aspects of this game's development. Things change, unfortunately. It's this type of reaction that prevents me from providing players with greater detail of future content.

Reading this made me realise that Devs have as much understanding of the current faction balance as the poo-slinging monkeys in my neighborhood zoo. And these are the people we expect to solve all problems in the Burning Crusade expansion? Hahaha.