Questions about Avernus release patch

shadrakt2

I don't mean to sound too negative, but I do have some questions about some changes that are going live today. Hopefully they will answer some of them during the launch stream.

Arcanist seemed to already be the weaker of the two Wizard paths. I wonder why it was the only build nerfed. Not only were some of the powers nerfed directly, it was one of the few classes that didn't get a damage increase.

What exactly does this phrase mean:
"This is a refresher of the changes since the last time this instance was in the Random Queue." Looks like they increased the difficulty of whichever dungeon they put this in front of. Were they too easy after they were removed from randoms?

They're increasing Strahd's damage again. Seems like nobody was doing Castle Ravenloft because it was unbalanced: Sisters and Arcolith were too easy, Strahd was too hard because he was doing too much damage. Why are they INcreasing his damage again, and not decreasing it?

carloswartune

shadrakt2 said:

Arcanist seemed to already be the weaker of the two Wizard paths. I wonder why it was the only build nerfed. Not only were some of the powers nerfed directly, it was one of the few classes that didn't get a damage increase.

Arcanist was generally considered the strongest single-target DPS by the player-base. As the "reference point" for DPS is currently Assassin, and Arcanist and Melee Warden were above that point, they were nerfed. The classes below were buffed.

shadrakt2 said:

They're increasing Strahd's damage again. Seems like nobody was doing Castle Ravenloft because it was unbalanced: Sisters and Arcolith were too easy, Strahd was too hard because he was doing too much damage. Why are they INcreasing his damage again, and not decreasing it?

They decreased the damage in a patch a while ago and, as a result, CR became easier. You could take like 3 of the candle explosions and not die as DPS. Probably easier than they intended, so they are adjusting the damage once again.

shadrakt2

Awesome, thanks Carlos