Blizzard
Few updates--potentially not on the upcoming PTR:
1) Not going forward with the
漩涡值 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
闪电链 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
地震术 damage. This should be a clear net buff to steady
范围效果 where
地震术 can be used well (which is not every
范围效果 situation). It may not completely cause Earthquake to surpass
闪电链, but it is a big step in that direction. We'll likely tweak numbers further to balance all these concerns/goals. Namely:
--Helping out
地震术 substantially
--Not causing a large buff to
范围效果 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
元素冲击's own damage to mostly cancel out the reduction to the stat buff, as discussed earlier.
3) Buffing Frost Shock in parallel with
大地震击. We still need to look into
冰霜震击 interactions with the 7.3 set bonus if we go forward with that bonus.