Blizzard
Hello!Thank you for all of your continued feedback on
Mage changes in Shadowlands. Below, you'll find the latest changes in the Alpha, which includes reverting
Chatoiement to 2 charges, further talent tuning, and the removal of the short lived Frost and
Gardien de feu.There has a been a lot of great discussion in this thread and we hope to see it continue!
Mage- Chatoiement charge count increased to 2.
- Chatoiement cooldown Increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds).
Developers' notes: After listening to feedback and more playtesting, we are returning both charges of Chatoiement at a slightly higher cooldown cost. Our goal with the change was to bring more it inline with the other talents on the row, but in doing so, Chatoiement lost a lot of its identity. If the other talents on the tier continue to underperform, we'll look at ways we can enhance them to be more attractive options while up against Chatoiement.
Focalisation magique now also grants the caster 1% Intellect, stacking up to 8 times when their
Focalisation magique target critically strikes.
- Developers' notes: We'd like for Focus Magic to reward the caster a bit more for taking an ally friendly talent.
Gardien de givre and
Gardien de feu removed from all specs.
- Developers' notes: Compared to some of the other abilities, these two landed a little flat and overlapped a bit too much with each of the Barriers.
Fire Specialization Fureur d'Alexstrasza now also makes your next
Explosion pyrotechnique or
Choc de flammes deal 35% increased damage.
- Developers' notes: We're looking to make this more competitive with the Enflammé and the future Flammes de phénix replacement.