Change to Coefficient Bonuses on Spells

[Silencer]

In the Burning Crusade, we’ve decided to make a fundamental change to the way spells calculate the bonus they receive from +healing and +spell damage effects and items. This is because we have seen a growing trend in using “downranking” and large amounts of +healing items, which we feel negatively impacts game balance. Downranking involves high-level players using lower level spell ranks and +healing gear to conserve mana, but maintain a high rate of healing done. Through this method, it has become possible in the live game for healing characters to heal large amounts of damage indefinitely without running out of mana. To maintain progression of use through spell ranks, we are changing how lower ranked spells relate to characters of higher level.

Spells will now receive a smaller bonus from +healing and +spell damage based on a comparison of the level at which the spell was learned and the caster’s current level. Take the Priest spell Heal 2 as an example:

The spell is learned at level 22, and the base points for healing on the spell keep increasing until level 27. So, level 27 is considered the spell’s level in our calculation.

This system gives an additional 6 levels of slack before applying any penalty to casting Heal 2; so, players up to level 33 can cast it with no penalty.

In this example, we will use level 34 (one level past the cast level of the spell) as a starting point.

The bonus from +healing is multiplied by this ratio:

((spell level)+6)/(player level)

That means the level 34 player only gets 97% of the normal bonus from +healing items when casting Heal 2. A level 60 player would only get 55% of the bonus, while a level 70 would get 47%.

The exact same system will also apply to damage spells. However, as healing classes tend to use downranking more often than others, healers are likely to see more effect from this change than other classes. As a general rule, players will be able to use the top 2 or 3 ranks of each spell before receiving any penalty. All of the existing ratios for the +healing and +spell damage bonuses on spells are also still in effect; so spells with a short casting time will continue to receive a smaller bonus than spells with a longer casting time. Spells learned below level 20 will still receive substantially smaller bonuses.

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Ja ne znam sad za nesto mi je nerf a za nesto nije :/ Al u sustini low lvl healing su mi nerfoali samo tako, zbogom mana save :(

Edited October 24, 2006 by Silencer

[Lurdusami]

Odlično! Tenzija, neizvesnost, koordinacija, novosti.

Ma sve je nerfovano - so long, healing touch 4.

[PrimEviL]

do jaja.. kako oni zamisljaju da druidi sada lece? sa regrowthom, pretpostavljam

[StormScion]

hehe jbg nema vishe 1000 flash of light rank 1 za 35 mane :(

[Shale]

do jaja...chime sad da healujem, regrowthom mozda ? koj ne healuje ni 2.5k al zato koshta 900 mane, (HT rank11-3.3k-720mane), smeshno, to su samo uradili da bi druid u instanci MORAO da bude drvo, drugachije izgleda da ni nece postojati -.-

[modjo]

pa sad je opet fora imati kilo intellecta a ne +healing:P

tier2>aq40

[coll]

do jaja...chime sad da healujem, regrowthom mozda ? koj ne healuje ni 2.5k al zato koshta 900 mane, (HT rank11-3.3k-720mane), smeshno, to su samo uradili da bi druid u instanci MORAO da bude drvo, drugachije izgleda da ni nece postojati -.-

... ali drvo

[modjo]

Ili ce biti fora max spirit pa da se vezba healing rotation.

[Shale]

Ili ce biti fora max spirit pa da se vezba healing rotation.

ma da to ce biti fora lol =P