HotW is being changed from 120% STR to 110% AP, a small buff
Feral AP on Weapons is being adjusted to match the same DPS as other melee weapons
Season 3 Feral Gear has no +Heal, but armor penetration
From http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=394220399&sid=1 which also gives a complication of requested changes to the druid class.
About time they fixed the FAP weapons.
I can still remember the discussion about the first Arena druid mace. The first thing I said was that it was way under par; everyone thought I was crazy :sideways: . Looks like Blizzard finally realized they forgot +/- 200 AP on all druid weapons as well (it took them long enough).
This in combination with the talent buff, gives me about a 10% DPS increase. Which is a lot.
Btw, we'll need to rebalance our feral DPS gear as well because of the talent change. Strength just became a lot less important. Hmm, I sense Rouges won't be too happy about this ....
*shrug* there is always some1 unhappy. Id like to see the stats of the S3 feral gear.
I'm not unhappy about the change; I'm glad they (finally) fixed it. I'm just disappointed that it took them over 2 years to figure it out :sideways: (yes items like the [item]Hammer of Bestial Fury[/item] were 'broken' as well).
Lets see how long it'll take untill they fix the feral range bug that's been plaging us since day one ....
And oh, does anyone remember they once officially stated that we would get the ability to use certain pots and procs; as well as being able to drink / eat / bandage out of combat. They've been 'looking into' that for over a year now as well :rolleyes: . (We had the ability in the TBC beta, but they removed it because certain procs (windfury + swipe) were overpowered; which was true. However this is no longer the case, since the mechanics of the 'overpowered procs' were rebalanced (for example windfury no longer procs of yellow attacks)).
Oh btw, you can find pics of the arena season 3 gear here: http://boards.worldofraids.com/topic-8138-1.html
Quote from: Sandrion;212186However this is no longer the case, since the mechanics of the 'overpowered procs' were rebalanced (for example windfury no longer procs of yellow attacks)).
Considering a tanking druid normaly only does yellow attacks (maul, mangle, lacerate) windfury in bear form would do you no good at all.
The pics look good, but i doubt any of us would be able to get the shoulders, 2000 personal rating is a major pain.
Quote from: Bastet;212196Considering a tanking druid normaly only does yellow attacks (maul, mangle, lacerate) windfury in bear form would do you no good at all.
Exactly, but this wasn't the case before, were Windfury did proc of swipe and such. This resulted in insane bear DPS, which was the main reason why Blizz removed pots and procs for Druids in the TBC beta. But you're right, if they did reintroduce it, it would now be useless for Bears. For Cats on the other hand it would be nice.
Personally I'm not too bothered about things being 'unfair' towards Druids, since they're relatively minor things. It mainly bothers be that Blizz isn't doing what they say
and take their sweet time fixing seemingly trivial things.
Sorry for the rant; maybe I'm just in a bad mood :narnar: .
Btw, I wonder if the equip bonus on the S3 gloves also works on (non stunnable) bosses / mobs. This would be sweet.
I am quessing it will work in much the same way are rogue kick or warrior shield bash or pummel. Or at least, that would make the most sense :)