FUCK ME RUNNING
11:28 AM
They released the 3.2 patch notes while I was typing up the last post... consider this a placeholder until I get some analysis done and posted...
The newest season of Arena gear can only be purchased if you meet the requirements with your 3 or 5 player team rating. Rating requirements from 2 player teams can still be used to purchase the previous season of gear.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
EDIT1:
Just so y'all don't get Chicken-little on me... the Feral dps nerfs are EXTREMELY small, though they might seem big, here's some maths:
Soooooo... the base damage of every Feral offensive ability has been lowered (talking single-target dps here) in 3.2. Fine, but isn't this a non-scaling nerf? For instance, this is something like a 10% damage nerf to Ferals in crap gear, but closer to a 2-3% nerf to Ferals with BiS?
I'm reading this, crunching the numbers with pad-n-paper and not really seeing a HUGE difference... if Shred does 200 less damage every time, I'm going to lose 4000 damage from shred on a fight where I use it 20 times, right? Like... I'm looking at my parses for various fights... and not really seeing that much change...
Okay, here's an example of Hodir:
| Ability | Total | % | Direct | AvHit | AvCrit | |
| Melee | 501,745 | 29.2 | 291 | 654 | 2,464 | |
| Rip (r9) | 496,171 | 28.8 | 98 | 5,062 | ||
| Shred (r9) | 441,157 | 25.6 | 51 | 3,568 | 12,207 | |
| Rake (r7) | 165,111 | 9.6 | 22 | 698 | 1,954 | |
| Ferocious Bite (r8) | 53,384 | 3.1 | 3 | 17,794 | ||
| Mangle (Cat) (r5) | 48,826 | 2.8 | 8 | 2,304 | 8,382 |
Okay, so that's about 200 less damage PER Rip, Shred, Rake, and Mangle...
Let's just knock the totals down by that much:
~3000 off of Rip
~5000 off of Shred
~2000 off of Rake
~1500 off of Mangle
Ballparking here...
Total damage over the course of the fight: 1,720,900
Duration of the fight: 04:57
DPS before: ~5736
DPS after: ~5698
That's a difference of less than 40 dps... is the sky really falling here?
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June 18, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Yeah I'd say FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
is just about the only way to sum up my feelings currently looking at the PTR notes. I know it is just the PTR, but all around damage nerf plus making my 2s team worthless? Yay indeed. And now to find a serious 3s.
June 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM
We might still be able to petition to get the 2v2 bracket to count again... otherwise yeah... time to find a good 3s partner that works well with your current 2v2.
More info, as it becomes available.
June 18, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Pretty sure the 2s bracket isn't coming back. Blizz has said repeatedly they don't like the emphasis that is placed on it.
June 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I don't know... the outcry in the forums at the moment is pretty amazing. I'm hoping they bring, ahem, leave the 2v2 bracket as-is... it's not perfect, but it's definitely less of a gib-fest than 3v3 or 5v5. Plus, Guntir is my only brother, how can I trust anyone else in the arena?