Relentless Earthstorm Diamond does not work on damage from spell-crits anymore.

The 2.1.2 patchnotes said this:

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"Relentless Earthstorm Diamond: The bonus damage to critical strikes from this metagem now applies to all types of damage, not just physical."

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The 2.2.0 patchnotes did not mention any changes to Relentless Earthstorm Diamond, yet the gem is now working as before 2.1.2.

Simple question: Is this intended or a bug?

Thanks for a precise answer. Would be nice if this had been in the patchnotes, however. Also a caster version of this gem would be nice - but I guess that is for the suggestion forum instead.

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Thanks for a precise answer. Would be nice if this had been in the patchnotes, however. Also a caster version of this gem would be nice - but I guess that is for the suggestion forum instead.

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i agree, a caser version would be nice. Let's try that at suggestion forum.
And also from me: thx for the quick response

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Hey Gediablo,


It has indeed been changed so that it no longer affects spell damage. There have been some modications made to this item over previous patches, and judging by the PTR it may be modified again to not affect "white damage" either. It does not look like it will be altered to affect spell damage again, but anything in the game is subject to change.

If you have any feedback on how you think this item can be improved, please use our Suggestion Forum: http://forums.wow-europe.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=10024


Lorclene

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Are you sure? Drysc says that this is unintended.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1777877482&sid=1&pageNo=1#19

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Are you sure? Drysc says that this is unintended.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1777877482&sid=1&pageNo=1#19

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His response is to a question about white damage on melee attacks though, no-one asked and he didnt answer on the subject of spell crits, specifically. It wouldnt suprise me if blizz intended to remove the spell-crit effect, and removing the white-damage melee bonus is the unintended side-effect.

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Are you sure? Drysc says that this is unintended.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1777877482&sid=1&pageNo=1#19

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Now you confused me again. :(

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Now you confused me again. :(

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Read the post below the one you quoted.
That person has proper reading comprehension.
IE He was talking about melee spell dmg was not mentioned.

Here is a blue quote from the US forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2215432644&postId=22153039814&sid=1#2

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I'm not sure I know what was stated, but you're right, it really wasn't intended for casters. Unless you love agility.

Yes, we do plan to make a meta gem that fills that gap. 12% spell crit, 3% crit damage.

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Maybe I should make a new thread, but I'll ask here since it is related:

Arcane Missiles is currently (since 2.2.0) giving 6 chances per cast for Mystical Skyfire Diamond (MSD) to proc, 1 from the start of the channel and 5 from each individual missile.

To me that sounds a lot like the bug Blizzard had with clearcast on 2.2.0 PTR - that was a bug that never made it live. I would like to know if this is intended or a bug before I start replacing all my orange gems with red gems for MSD to work. If it is bugged I'd rather aim for the new RED-like meta gem for casters.