Life Tap Nerf, Flametongue Weapon MS Effect Removed In PTR
Things change in the Public Test Realm a lot. Aside from seeing new stuff coming out for the Sunwell patch, we’ve also seen a lot of changes to current things like class abilities, PvE encounters, Karazhan attunement and others. This latest wave of changes for patch 2.4 in the PTR is proof that things can very well change and that nothing is official until the patch goes live.
While the patch hasn’t gone live yet, the latest additions to the PTR patch notes shows that changes that Blizzard announced before have been rolled back. I’m talking about the infamous warlock life tap nerf and the shaman flametongue weapon mortal strike effect. Yes, they are both gone! So while warlocks can cheer, shaman get the short end of the stick once again.
I was really hoping that the life tap nerf would not go live because while it may address the issue of seemingly infinite mana in arenas, it breaks class design and itemization in the process. Even if I play a warlock as one of my alts, I’m all for taking a few nerfs if the need is there. But please don’t break one of the class’ core mechanic. After all, there’s a difference between a class getting nerfed and getting broken. Personally I would rather have drain life take a hit than the life tap nerf any day so it’s a great thing it’s not happening.
The flametongue MS effect for shamans surprised me when it first came out because it’s not exactly the kind of buff I was expecting for the class. Several days later, the buff has sat well with me since it’s a bonus for enhancement shamans for PvP. Now that the buff to flametongue weapon has been removed, the patch notes have again taken me by surprise since I really thought it was here to stay.
The patch notes also include an interesting change which basically makes all cleave like effects (cleave, swipe, avenger’s shield, felguard cleave) ignore crowd controlled mobs nearby. This is a great change because the classes involved will not need to worry about breaking CC anymore while using these abilities.
Click here to see the complete PTR notes update in World of raids.
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