We’ve done a tuning pass of many of our dungeons/bosses/encounters to ensure that nothing overly punishing occurs to “melee DPS’ that would lead people to favour ranged DPS over Rogues/DPS Warriors etc.
Also, we’ve changed the NPC cleave mechanic so that it’s now a frontal cone ability rather than a 360 degree chain attack. Sweeping Strikes has been removed from all Burning Crusade NPC’s.
We’re also reducing the Glancing Blow damage penalty for creatures 1-3 levels higher than the player. This will have a significant effect on melee DPS as it relates to endgame melee dps. More details on this at a later time.
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1. Re: 02/04 Tigole on rogues 02/04/2007 14:28:05 PDT
Q u o t e: The Rogue Situation
We’ve done a tuning pass of many of our dungeons/bosses/encounters to ensure that nothing overly punishing occurs to “melee DPS’ that would lead people to favour ranged DPS over Rogues/DPS Warriors etc.
Also, we’ve changed the NPC cleave mechanic so that it’s now a frontal cone ability rather than a 360 degree chain attack. Sweeping Strikes has been removed from all Burning Crusade NPC’s.
We’re also reducing the Glancing Blow damage penalty for creatures 1-3 levels higher than the player. This will have a significant effect on melee DPS as it relates to endgame melee dps. More details on this at a later time.
7. Re: 02/04 Tigole on rogues 02/04/2007 14:34:43 PDT
and its not even first of aprils anymore! must be true!
Vaneras - "CloS will not be removed, now stop trolling and learn to adapt!."
Ommra
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8. Re: 02/04 Tigole on rogues 02/04/2007 14:36:34 PDT
Q u o t e: The link isn't really working well I reckon.
Grr. Fixed now, thanks.
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12. Re: 02/04 Tigole on rogues 02/04/2007 15:03:21 PDT
Very good news. It's a step on the way to improving melee dps again.
At the same time there will be no carrying over effect on PvP which is nice.
I just hope one day we might see this talent as well"
Exploit Weakness:
Percentage based expose armour attack. Would basically do the same as Expose Armor but be a self-buff. Naturely this wouldn't work with Expose Armor, but it would work with Sunder Armor,. and at the same time not be overpowered. It could be used in PvP as well, but only on very armored targets, as the % based armor removal would do nothing for classes already wearing crappy armor, for example all casters and even other rogues.
But yeah, this is what most melee was asking for, it's nice to see it get adressed.
Blizzard is going to help out the poor locks that cry over CoS
New tip on loading screen:
"Don't use Deathcoil on Purple Rogues."
