10-05-2005, 07:30 AM
Lissa,Oct 3 2005, 02:47 PM Wrote:Blizzard said, that being that CoE and CoS would now increase damage if the resistance would have gone negative.
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Correction: there's a damage bonus for CoS/CoE regardless of resistences.
Quote:Curse of Shadow, Curse of Elements, and any other resistance lowering spells . . . will now also increase Shadow and Elemental damage (respectively) done to the target.
Quote:this damage bonus will not provide as much damage to low-resistance targets as the current resistance-lowering effect does
which tend to be bad for both raid agro management and for pvp balance).
Bad for PvP balance? Bad for whom? Negative resistence spikes was the warlock's ace in the hole. As much as I don't approve or rely on it, I appreciate its existence.
There will be fewer damage spikes, which you're very well aware, to combat pvp with. Other resistence countering effects, fear, banish, even polymorph on Major domo's bodyguards, etc will also be nerfed along the way. Warlock utility and damage will both be nerfed, the scale of which I can only begin to imagine.
Removal of negative resistences is a huge matter, much larger than a PvP damage nerf. Its a fundamental change everywhere in warlock ability.