Patch Notes: Sunday, April 19th, 2020

[hotkarlmarxbros]

Rogean: Resolved an issue where group heal spells were generating way more aggro than they should.
Rogean: Adjusted Rune spell aggro to be more in line with direct healing spells.

Imagine raiding for months to afford a bladestopper. Not for yourself, but because you want to help the raid. Now you get slapped with a cast time (I think?) and it no longer pulls aggro any better than a see invis bracer. 4-500k item now worthless. RIP some people's banks.

[Sivaeb]

Classic!

[danansomehandsom]

Originally Posted by hotkarlmarxbros [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Imagine raiding for months to afford a bladestopper. Not for yourself, but because you want to help the raid. Now you get slapped with a cast time (I think?) and it no longer pulls aggro any better than a see invis bracer. 4-500k item now worthless. RIP some people's banks.

That's the idea.

[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by hotkarlmarxbros [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I just think it's funny staff continues to repeat that this is all in the name of recreating classic. Like, just cop to the idea that you wanted to make a custom server as you saw fit. Why repeat the classic argument when it is only "classic" when convenient.

One could argue that the devs here are emulating what the original devs were known for, as are the players.

Item added to game. Players find unintented use for. That use is observed by guides and brought to the attention of devs. Item is earmarked for nerf. Then comes patch day. And, as it was in classic, here are the community reactions.

[danansomehandsom]

1.) Paladins instantly have value again especially in Raids.
2.) RaidPuller/RaidTank elitism and corruption is 1000% harder because cheat items are less cheaty.
3.) Guilds must be based on cooperation/numbers more than ever instead of ruthless greed.

Thank you! Amazing changes, and we're finally ready for them as a community I think! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jimjam]

So are WC caps 'can equip', but still rechargeable, now?

Will we all be rolling exclusively halfling cleric, war, rogue raid forces now (with halfling druids, of course, as transport)?

[hotkarlmarxbros]

Item added to game. Players find unintented use for. That use is observed by guides and brought to the attention of devs. Item is earmarked for nerf. Then comes patch day. And, as it was in classic, here are the community reactions.

Yeah, but if that was the case, there are plenty of balance and QOL changes that came in later expansions that could've been implemented, but were deliberately ignored instead. In fact, they went so far as to REMOVE shit that "wasn't classic" like the pet window. Like, pick a side of the fence, make the best game you can. Great. This mix and match shit depending on how they feel at the time can make people that wind up with the short end of the stick understandably annoyed.

[Taiku]

Thank you, I'm very happy with the changes the team has made for the server, I'm sure people will find a way to play the game still without these items!

Though I do feel for the guy who just bought puppet strings, I'm looking forward to someone making a list of all the rebalanced vendor prices and cast times!

And maybe paladins will be able to get their soulfires now instead of sitting in bags of raiders!

[Endonde]

Originally Posted by Naethyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On Blue this patch gives a huge advantage to the guild that fields 120+ players. The competition was fun while it lasted.

As fun as it is to see RG cry, this change screwed them over real hard and I kind of feel bad for them.

[Pretzelle]

With all the nerfs, is it possible to see the upgraded Primals and Bo Staff of Trorsmang soon?