Blizzard
Few updates--potentially not on the upcoming PTR:
1) Not going forward with the
Maelstrom 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
Catena di Fulmini 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
Terremoto damage. This should be a clear net buff to steady
AdE where
Terremoto can be used well (which is not every
AdE situation). It may not completely cause Earthquake to surpass
Catena di Fulmini, but it is a big step in that direction. We'll likely tweak numbers further to balance all these concerns/goals. Namely:
--Helping out
Terremoto substantially
--Not causing a large buff to
AdE 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
Detonazione Elementale's own damage to mostly cancel out the reduction to the stat buff, as discussed earlier.
3) Buffing Frost Shock in parallel with
Folgore della Terra. We still need to look into
Folgore del Gelo interactions with the 7.3 set bonus if we go forward with that bonus.
