Are 7.2 aoe changes some kind of joke?

[ThurinTurambar]

Reading through patch notes i noticed a general trend: Huge nerfs to base/filler aoe
(look at mch "Spread Shot - Potency has been reduced from 140 to 110.")

Devs, are you really so intimidated by some braindead parsers who screamed that paladin is too strong *in an ultimate* because it has cleave attacks?

To the arguement that the change is aimed at dungeons so people actually use their kit instead of just filler: Those players will ignore the changes and continue in their ways, as the reason is lazyness and not misunderstanding the skills.

Im particularly annoyed at machinist, which was by no means performing well in aoe in first place. Now it will perform even worse in majority of content, as buffs only affect 90-100 level range and below we get a major nerf.

Please rethink the changes again and try to filter the complaints better!

[Exmo]

I always have trouble understanding the wording of the changes for AOEs.

Reduction in potency after the first target has been changed from 70% to 50%.

Does this mean an attack that used to deal X potency to target and ( X * 0.7 ) to nearby enemies now deals ( X * 0.5 )?

Or is it a 70% drop off? ie. ( X * 0.3 ) -> ( X * 0.5 )

[Supersnow845]

A reduction in drop off percentage is actually a buff

So if it’s going from 70% to 50% drop off on say a 1000 potency attack it’s going from 300 potency splash to 500 potency splash

So the chainsaw changes mean it’s doing more damage to any enemy not the primary one

[ThurinTurambar]

I mean it more as a protest against transfering damage from old level ranges to 90-100.
We've seen that before, look at drk: plunge was a lvl 55 skill. After change to shadowstride there is a 300 per minute hole all the way to 90s, same with the missing 2 stacks of blood weapon.
Even before removal of plunge drk was behind other tanks in untill like endwalker content, unless very specific logging optimisation happened (full raidbuffs, kill happening right after 2 minute window)

With mch as well: 30 potency per gcd in aoe taken so that skills in 90+ could have bigger splash damage.

Being able to do old content was supposedly a cherished advantage of this game, why then is it trampled over?

Please if u are so bent on 'balancing the buff out' do it on dawntrail skills, unless skills in similar level range get the damage.

[Darkstride]

A reduction in drop off percentage is actually a buff

So if it’s going from 70% to 50% drop off on say a 1000 potency attack it’s going from 300 potency splash to 500 potency splash

So the chainsaw changes mean it’s doing more damage to any enemy not the primary one

This. Most of the AoE changes reduced the splash damage penalty, resulting in higher AoE damage overall.

I was also annoyed to see any nerf for Machinist, but it seems the damage has been shifted from Scattergun to Chainsaw, Excavator, Full Metal, Double Check and Checkmate.

[Stasya]

This. Most of the AoE changes reduced the splash damage penalty, resulting in higher AoE damage overall.

I was also annoyed to see any nerf for Machinist, but it seems the damage has been shifted from Scattergun to Chainsaw, Excavator, Full Metal, Double Check and Checkmate.

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THERE IS EVEN LESS REASONS TO HAVE AUTO CROSSBOW ON HOTBAR WITH THESE CHANGES


Oh 2013 account, probably whitewashing square enix worker.

[TabrisOmbrelame]

I think SE misunderstood us.

That nerf on the MCH is clearly uncalled for. Nerfing shotgun for 20% of power to gain a little more Splash damage with the rest of the kit ? I don't think that was what MCH were complaining about ?

MCH weren't all that great at AoE to begin with. MCH is actually the worst class in term of DPS overall, uterlly destroyed by the BRD (With a whooping 3k rDPS on boss ! that is 1.8M of damage over 10 minute. And that can be a game changer especially in the early prog). MCH deserve to perform a little better, otherwise PF will start to boycott MCH because of the poor performance the classe is giving.

Also, the BLM getting somewhat reworked with the timer gone feels like Kaiten removal. I understand the reasons behind that, but the timing seems odd to me. Reworking a whole class mid-extension seems to become a habit for them. I wouldn't have said anything about it if that was done on an the beginning of an expansion.

[Aysin]

Oh 2013 account, probably whitewashing square enix worker.

I don't know what the hell this means but completely unnecessary to the conversation.

[Stasya]

I don't know what the hell this means but completely unnecessary to the conversation.

Is that your friend or coworker? Mch changes are joke/pointless, go tell to your managers please

[Aysin]

Is that your friend or coworker? Mch changes are joke/pointless, go tell to your managers please

I don't know what kind of kool-aid you've been drinking, I'm simply asking that you refrain from personal attacks and keep your discussion on topic. I don't need to know someone to simply be courteous. If we are to ask for changes regarding something, it is best to do so constructively. Spamming and resorting to personal attacks is just petty.