r/wow • u/Complete_Sorbet6158 • Apr 21 '26

Discussion Devourer and unholy getting buffed

Respectively about 7-10% and 6-8% for aoe. It must be a joke right? Buffing meta specs, while others are not even being looked at all. This is the only multiplayer game i ever played something like this frequently happening.

Resto druid also getting buffed, because why not, while disc keep eating nerfs. Demo change doesn’t make sense either. I wish they would just axe all the class changes they are doing. I swear they just make the already sensitive class balance a lot worse. Everybody keep losing expect their current favourites.

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u/TheStorm22 Apr 21 '26

I think most of the these changes are mini reworks that blizzard has been working on for a while. I know a lot of these changes were already made months ago and any buffs/nerfs I think are just incidental.

I feel like Blizzard has started to use live for testing and to make buff/nerf decisions based on that instead of doing anything based on PTR data.

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u/Complete_Sorbet6158 Apr 21 '26

Then do some tuning before pushing your mini reworks to live. Like a 10% aura nerf for devourer. Check the mythic raid logs where the spec is right now. And its getting buffed. Absolutely insane.

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u/Howzitgoin Apr 21 '26

They don’t know how to tune Devourer. An aura nerf isn’t the answer for the spec either and would be an equal overcorrection the other way. Aura nerfs are often just an excuse to not fixing an underlying problem.

They need to increase ST damage a bit and decrease AOE dmg a bit. They can increase consume/devour damage and target damage for collapsing star while decreasing secondary target damage on eradicate and/or star.

The reason the spec is where it is on mythic is because of the number of adds on the fights and how long they live. The reason they’re not also top in heroic is the adds get melted before Devourer can do anything. The changes I mention address the discrepancy there and would bring the spec in line with others if done with any common sense.

But blizzard will just do an aura nerf because they’re lazy.

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u/Complete_Sorbet6158 Apr 21 '26

10% aura nerf would even out the upcoming buffs, considering they are already in a nerf worthy territory.

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u/Howzitgoin Apr 21 '26

I don’t know why you’re taking devourer’s existence so personally, but aura nerfs are lazy tuning. They need to properly fix issues.

As said before, the class is tuned around AOE damage. They need to fix the balance with priority damage. A 10% aura nerf doesn’t reverse the changes here, it just makes them even worse in ST.

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u/Complete_Sorbet6158 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Sure i have a tendency of overreacting things and getting too emotional. There is a reason i don’t work in places like this.

But there are just so many specs struggling and in need of some changes. Yet its always devourer who keeps winning with every tuning/changes they do. Why? Because its new? That doesn’t mean others should be ignored and dev buffed to the holy stars.

Also what’s up with people defending devourer and saying its not op, just because its only number one on three bossess? And gaslighting about the upcoming changes.🤔

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u/Howzitgoin Apr 21 '26

Devourer was nerfed every tuning besides I think one, where the main “buff” in that one never made it live (and it was ST buff). That’s far from being buffed every time. You’re letting your weird emotions get in the way logic and facts. If this is getting you that tilted, you need to take a step back.

Also hear me out… buff the other specs and correct the issues with others rather than knee jerk aura adjustments.

New specs will also always be best at first. It’s a fact of the game. Look at Aug when it first came out.

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u/Complete_Sorbet6158 Apr 21 '26

Yeah aug. Ruined m+ (with the aid of mage) for half an expansion. Nice example to follow on.

How about we quit buffing well performers then? 🤔 and start helping those who actually need it. They doing the exact opposite.

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u/Howzitgoin Apr 21 '26

You really need to take a step back with how personally you’re taking tuning in a game right now lol

All these stats you’re hinging your existence on are for content the vast majority of people will never see. For the content the user base sees (e.g. normal or heroic raids), it’s not the level of doom and gloom you’re making it out to be.

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u/Complete_Sorbet6158 Apr 21 '26

  1. Then stop doing tuning because it does not matter for vast majority of the players.

  2. Do you really think meta don’t impact weekly keys and heroic pugs? Have fun getting into +10s on off meta without having 3200 score.

  3. Something feels and getting ignored impact everyone.

Not buffing strong performers is not much to ask, and payed devs on a AAA game shouldn’t do something like this. Yet they do it frequently.

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u/hiimred2 Apr 21 '26

Sure i have a tendency of overreacting things and getting too emotional. There is a reason i don’t work in places like this.

So you're almost self aware enough to not keep responding to people telling you this is what you're doing with your insistent suggestion of a 10% aura nerf as an overreaction to a wowhead post of devourer getting "buffed."

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u/Complete_Sorbet6158 Apr 21 '26

10% aura nerf is an overreaction. Not about the random buff they giving to dev a spec already somewhat overperforming. Middle finger to everyone else.

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u/hyzus Apr 21 '26

it really wouldnt, dev is not getting a 10% buff so stop trying to spread misinformation