by JR Cook - 10 years ago     show comments

A hotfix to increase damage output for several classes and specs perceived by the World of Warcraft development team to be underperforming compared to their peers has now gone live.

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • Icy Talons now increases melee attack speed by 45% (up from 30%).
  • Unholy
    • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 35% (up from 25%).
• Hunter
  • General
    • Aspect of the Hawk now increases ranged attack power by 35% (up from 25%).
  • Talents
    • Aspect of the Iron Hawk now increases ranged attack power by 35% (up from 25%).
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Elemental Focus now increases spell damage done by 20% (up from 15%)

Technical Game Designer Chadd Nervig reassured any players who may be fearing another respec or rotation change on his Twitter account after announcing that the hotfixes had been implemented:

.@Celestalon It's worth noting that these changes are extremely simple number tweaks, not mechanic changes.

— Celestalon (@Celestalon) January 7, 2014

At least a few denizens of Azeroth will have to start thanking Celestalon instead of blaming him.