Blizzard
Few updates--potentially not on the upcoming PTR:
1) Not going forward with the
Водоворот generation change. It's generally way too much disruption and potentially new problems introduced for something that's meant to be a somewhat minor set of changes in this patch. Given all the feedback that was concerned about the slowdown it would cause on 2-3 targets, it's okay to leave
Цепная молния generating resource so quickly on 5 targets--it's a less bad problem overall, and also what people are already used to on live.
Reverting the Maelstrom change is also effectively a further buff to
Землетрясение damage. This should be a clear net buff to steady
Атака по области where
Землетрясение can be used well (which is not every
Атака по области situation). It may not completely cause Earthquake to surpass
Цепная молния, but it is a big step in that direction. We'll likely tweak numbers further to balance all these concerns/goals. Namely:
--Helping out
Землетрясение substantially
--Not causing a large buff to
Атака по области damage in steady Earthquake-friendly situations
--Not causing a large nerf to Chain Lightning-only burst (which is a strength that Elemental is used to in Legion)
2) Slightly buffing
Удар духов стихий's own damage to mostly cancel out the reduction to the stat buff, as discussed earlier.
3) Buffing Frost Shock in parallel with
Земной шок. We still need to look into
Ледяной шок interactions with the 7.3 set bonus if we go forward with that bonus.
