Blizzard
Thank you for all the feedback, and apologies for the delayed response.
We agree that there are moments of frustration with the live version of
Lames du démon, and are continuing to look into how to address them, but also think that a smooth resource income is not the best solution.
For Havoc, we wanted to create a style of play that used fewer core abilities in favor of having deeper gameplay in other areas (e.g. a higher reliance on movement and battlefield awareness, and higher variation in resource generation). Part of what makes
Morsure du démon, a spammable resource generator, work for Havoc is that its interaction with
Frappe du chaos is not static. You need to monitor how much Fury it generates, and react with
Frappe du chaos when appropriate.
We tried out having
Lames du démon at 100% on the PTR mostly as a quality of life change, and to reduce the periods of time where players running
Lames du démon found themselves unable to use any abilities. However, in practice, that change took an already simplified rotation and made it almost completely predictable. Though effective, it made the spec very dull to play. Reacting to your Fury bar is a core aspect of Havoc gameplay, and we don't want to lose that gameplay with
Lames du démon.
All that said, we still agree that the current version of Demon Blades is not perfect, and we will continue to iterate. The version we tried on the 7.2.5 PTR was just not the right direction for Havoc.