Major PvP Updates in Patch 10.1: Embers of Neltharion
Blizzard has released a bluepost going over some major updates to PvP in Patch 10.1. Alongside reducing Critical Strikes and Crowd Control, the Precognition PvP talent is being converted to an Embellishment on crafted gear.
Greetings PvPers of the Dragon Isles! In the Embers of Neltharion PTR, you’ll see a number of PvP changes, and we want to discuss and provide context around these changes.We’ve felt that the game pacing in Dragonflight has been close to what we’d like, apart from having health spikes that are too large in burst windows. The changes below are decisions we’re looking to make alongside each other, to move even closer to game pacing that we’re happy with.Critical Strike PvP Value At the beginning of Shadowlands, we increased the Critical strike damage and healing value to 175% from 150% in PvP (from the normal 200%).
We will be reverting this change, so the Critical Strike value will be 150% in PvP to address our burst concern. We recognize this will slow down game pacing, and we will keep an eye on it to ensure it isn’t too slow.
Alongside class changes, we intend to adjust the primary stat gain from Gladiator’s Distinction as a tuning knob to keep PvP pacing in a healthy place.Crowd Control In September, we published a post that both discussed and recognized crowd control continues to be a point of concern for players in PvP. We shared that we would continue to analyze and evaluate how crowd control plays in PvP and discussed some other options for future patches to further address the concern of crowd control, one being adjusting the PvP duration on individual abilities that may have not been changed for years.
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