Nerf reversed!



http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=100430525&pageNo=1&sid=1#0

Yay Blizz! Sets will remain.

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It's being reverted.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=100430525&sid=1&pageNo=1

For those who can't get on the forums:

Eyonix: The changes players have noticed on the public test realms concerning select tailor-crafted items, such as the Spellfire set, will be reverted before the patch is live on production realms.

This means your item sets will remain just as they are now.

Also note, to address the feedback we've been reading this morning concerning the idea of simply “buffing tier 4 and 5 equivalent slots”, the reason we do not is because improving those 3 slots for tier 4 and 5 would force a change to all other tier 4 and 5 items as well (weapons, melee sets, everything).

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Thats pretty relieving... I put about 3500-5000 gold into my set getting skill from 1 to 375 then getting the mats, i could have my epic mount right now but i went with tailoring instead.

Good call i was pissed for a second

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More and more, Blizz is listening to not the reasoned, patient suggestions but to (well deserved) anger.

Time to stage a holy and discipline priest riot?

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wow, the tailors get up in arms and blizz caves.

the shammies have been crying foul forever and they don't hear nuthin.

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It was a God-awful change and I expected no less than complete outrage by the tailors of the game.

Anyone else feel Blizz is run by monkeys?

And to those few posters who said these changes to tailoring were warranted... HA HA!

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I really don't understand the tailors who were OK with the changes saying, 'but we gain int, it's not so bad, it's only a minor loss of DPS.' I mean wtf is that?? I've seen people spend a shit load of gold for an epic gem that will increase their damage by a couple of points but losing 34 damage is ok? Ugh, stupid Blizzard fanboy apologists.

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IMO changing stats on items is a always bad idea for the stated reasons. People make decisions on gear stats and they should not be changed at a later time.

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Wow, so tailos QQ for a couple of hours, and they keep their OP sets, while ENGINEERS still get crap after asking reasonably for months. I wonder which professions Blizzard cares about?

Dont get me wrong, It would suck to have devoted so much time and effort into those sets, and have them nerfed, but at least you had something to begin with. Engineering havent had anything until this coming patch, and its one item that is equal to T6, while tailors get an entire set.

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Ever consider that those sets might be overpowered? Crafted sets superior to tier 4 and 5? I mean, come on, why don't us melee get anything like that?

Some people can't handle a nerf man it blows my mind!

If Blizzard did anything wrong here its give in to all the crybaby tailors.

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Tailors FTW.

Shamans FTL. Still & again.

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The nerf should stand.

It is downright stupid to create a crafted item set that now "requires" a warlock or mage to take up tailoring to be competitive with every other lock or mage.

Blizz needs some balance to all non-gathering professions, blacksmithing and tailoring have become mandatory for certain classes.

For christ sake, at least make them BoE so we don't all have to do the lemming imitation. Even Spellstrike has a friggin' tailor bonus on it.

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I think Blizz just opened up a can of worms by caving on their decision completely, and not just making modifications to the changes.

A complete reversal admits a wrong and shows that someone wasn't paying as much attention as they should have been.

I really don't care one way or another, because I'm neither a tailor or a squishy that would benefit from the set, but a cave by Blizz is bad idea in this situation, IMO.

It's only going to bring about this kind of immature behavior by players in the future when they get upset about a change to their class or profession.

They should get more strict about listening to reasonable requests and suggestions vs. the 3rd-grade whining.

I HATE whiners, cry-babies, and pouters... they are the bane of our society in all walks of life.

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"The nerf should stand."

Then I want to be able to trade in my Frozen Shadoweave set for an epic mount. Give your head a shake. Once you purchase an item, spell, talent or whatever, it should be nerf-proof or fully refundable.

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@14

Then as a mage, I want to be able to trade my 3oo alchemy for 300 tailoring. I made the decision to go alchemy based on all information available at the time. The introduction of "mandatory" BOE tailoring items, as good as Tier 5, was a mistake and recognizing and fixing mistakes is what a smart company does.

Never before has there been such an imbalance among professions. I don't get a spot in the guild Kara run because I don't have spellfire, other mages do.

Blizzard has always reviewed and changed items on the fly. Give your head a shake if you think this is something new.

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I love all the "oh it was overpowered when we got it so it needs to stay that way" remarks I see here, #14 is a good example.

Does that mean that the illumination nerf should only effect pallies who haven't leveled up enough to learn the skill in the first place?

Does that mean that the inc changes to sap shouldn't take effect until rogues pay for a respec?

Does that mean the inc nerf to alchemy should only effect flasks and elixirs brewed after 2.1 goes live?

I think you see where I'm going with this, enough said.

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I'm glad the change isn't making it live. It's taken a horrendous amount of farming to even reach 375. I'm 3 combines short on the vest too.

/reached Exalted with the Scryers and still didn't have enough cloth to make it to 375... Bleh.
//gouges eyes out from excessive farming.

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Blizzard should bloody nerf these sets. The set bonus on spellfire is just like being an arcane mage which kinda ruins being one. But anyway I can outdps all the mages and locks and sps with them sets anyway.

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@13

Apparently, this isn't something Blizz has been making much effort to improve. As @9 mentioned, Engineering is one of the saddest examples of their neglect. Come on! Who in mind would make a craftable Epic gun that awful?! And the plate healing goggles; well, if you're gonna nerf something, then make sure you don't throw more things for the thing that you plan on nerfing! (The extra spell crit with the nerf on Illumnation.)

Either way, as mentioned before, Blizz has a weird way of listening to certain people when they go out with their QQ riots and threatening to cut and hang themselves, rather than people who make reasonable arguements.

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omfg! Thank god no more nerf. I just got the set this week complete.

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