Blizzard
Few updates--potentially not on the upcoming PTR:
1) Not going forward with the
Mahlstrom generation change. It's generally way too much disruption and potentially new problems introduced for something that's meant to be a somewhat minor set of changes in this patch. Given all the feedback that was concerned about the slowdown it would cause on 2-3 targets, it's okay to leave
Kettenblitzschlag generating resource so quickly on 5 targets--it's a less bad problem overall, and also what people are already used to on live.
Reverting the Maelstrom change is also effectively a further buff to
Erdbeben damage. This should be a clear net buff to steady
Wirkungsbereich where
Erdbeben can be used well (which is not every
Wirkungsbereich situation). It may not completely cause Earthquake to surpass
Kettenblitzschlag, but it is a big step in that direction. We'll likely tweak numbers further to balance all these concerns/goals. Namely:
--Helping out
Erdbeben substantially
--Not causing a large buff to
Wirkungsbereich damage in steady Earthquake-friendly situations
--Not causing a large nerf to Chain Lightning-only burst (which is a strength that Elemental is used to in Legion)
2) Slightly buffing
Elementarschlag's own damage to mostly cancel out the reduction to the stat buff, as discussed earlier.
3) Buffing Frost Shock in parallel with
Erdschock. We still need to look into
Frostschock interactions with the 7.3 set bonus if we go forward with that bonus.