Thatcouldpracticallyread"reducedthemanacostofmages."Greatstuff.Lookingatthenumbersfromthelastbetabuild,thereductionseemstobeontheorderof10%,whichisquitenoticeablewhenappliedtoyourstaplespells.
Mages,don'tworry,youweren'tleftoutofthelovelightthispatch.Notatall.Thenumberofbugfixesinyoursectionofthepatchnotesdoesoutweighthenumberofsubstantivechanges,butoneofthesubstantivechangesisverysignificant.Let'sstartwithabang:
ReducedthemanacostofFireball,Frostbolt,FrostfireBolt,ArcaneBlast,ArcaneMissiles,andArcaneExplosion.LivingBomb,whichhasbeensomethingofacontroversialtalent,hasalsobeenpolishedabit:
Andfinally,thebugfixes.Theymaynotbeglamorous,theymaynotbeexciting,buttheserank-and-filepatchnoteskeepthegamerunningsmoothly.ArcanePotency:critbonusisnowconsumedimmediatelyoncastofaspellwithtraveltime,soyoucan'tgetdoublebenefitsfromcomboslikeFireball+Fireblast.BlastWavenolongergetsdoubletheintendedcritbonusfromCombustionBurnoutnowconsumesextramanaasintendedwhenLivingBombcritsFocusMagicnowworksproperlywhenmagesusetheabilityoneachother(kinky)FrostfireBolt(rank2):periodicdamagenowbenefitsfromspellpowergainsMasterofElementsnowworkswithLivingBombMoltenFurynolongerpreventsIceLanceranks2and3fromdealingtripledamageagainstfrozentargetsTormentoftheWeaknowworkscorrectlywhenthemagealsohasMoltenFuryLivingBomb:ManacostreducedtobethesameasArcaneExplosion;nolongercausesthecastertostandupwhenthefinalexplosionoccurs,anditisnowpossibleforeachmagetohaveaLivingBombactiveonatarget.
Frostmages,I'msorry,butthere'saherdofsmallnerfs(nerflings?)foryouinthispatch:
BrainFreeze:NowonlyworksonFrostspellswithachillingeffect(wasallFrostspells)ColdasIce:NolongerreducesthecooldownforDeepFreezeDeepFreeze:NowconsumesaFingersofFrostchargewhenusedNorealwaytosugar-coatallthat,butitdoesn'tlooktoomajortome,anyway.
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