World of Warcraft: The War Within has been performing relatively well since its release at the end of August, although some challenges have surfaced. A significant number of these issues pertain to the PvE activity known as Delves, but a recent fix aims to enhance consistency while playing.
In recent weeks, players have experienced vastly different challenges in Delves. Some solo players have sailed through with ease, while others have struggled to progress past the initial mob packs. part of this inconsistency can be attributed to the roles they were playing (with Tanks facing considerably greater damage), but that didn’t seem to account for all disparities.
Recently, a new blue post on the official WoW forums elucidated that the underlying issues were more complex. The post confirmed that Brann had been inadvertently absorbing excess health and buffs intended for the enemies in higher difficulty settings.
This bug was more prevalent for players who preferred to remain back during encounters, allowing Brann to charge ahead, which enabled certain specs to progress easily. The developers have now implemented a fix to ensure Brann maintains a consistent baseline power that scales with his level and the item level (ilvl) of players.
Additionally, the community provided substantial feedback indicating that Brann, when functioning as intended, wasn’t contributing enough to the group dynamic. Consequently, he has received an impressive 125% buff to both his damage output and healing capabilities.
This adjustment is part of a broader series of updates for the Delves activity, as Blizzard seeks to refine it to a satisfactory standard for both the developers and the player community. On September 13, notable revisions were made regarding how the activity scales, particularly for group dynamics and the previously mentioned Tanks.
Blizzard also rolled back several changes that had exacerbated existing problems, including a reduction in enemy damage across the board and reverting some of the more punishing affixes back to Tier 9 (from Tier 8).
It remains to be seen whether these modifications will sufficiently stabilize the gameplay experience. Nonetheless, the current situation stands out as a contentious issue within an otherwise well-received expansion that continues to face negative scrutiny.
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