Blizzard
Few updates--potentially not on the upcoming PTR:
1) Not going forward with the
Maelström 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
Chaîne d’éclairs 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
Séisme damage. This should be a clear net buff to steady
Dégâts de zone where
Séisme can be used well (which is not every
Dégâts de zone situation). It may not completely cause Earthquake to surpass
Chaîne d’éclairs, but it is a big step in that direction. We'll likely tweak numbers further to balance all these concerns/goals. Namely:
--Helping out
Séisme substantially
--Not causing a large buff to
Dégâts de zone 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
Explosion élémentaire's own damage to mostly cancel out the reduction to the stat buff, as discussed earlier.
3) Buffing Frost Shock in parallel with
Horion de terre. We still need to look into
Horion de givre interactions with the 7.3 set bonus if we go forward with that bonus.