BM Hunter Pet Damage Adjustment Coming Today - 25% Nerf to Pet DPS

Live Posted 9 days ago by Squishei

In a recent hotfix aimed at correcting an issue with Augmentation Evokers and their damage logging, we adjusted how Hunter pet damage is calculated. A side effect of this was that Hunter pet attacks started scaling with weapon attack power, increasing the damage of a Hunter pet’s special attacks by about 32.5% at 450 item level. The side effect is something we would like to retain, as it means that Hunter pet damage will now benefit from weapon upgrades.We’re currently testing the following hotfix, and intend to apply it to all realms as soon as possible today:

Kill Command, Bite, Claw, Smack, Flanking Strike, Froststorm Breath, and Burrow Attack damage reduced by ~25%.

After this hotfix goes live, it will be added to our next Hotfixes Update.

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Comment by Vilko-_-Comment by Toxictimbodoes this mean hunters might even come out better off after the nerfs with the increased scaling? might be cool.Comment by ibmooseW… T…. FLYING F@CKComment by SundercatWhat I want to know is how it went live like this to start with. Did nobody test, at all, how a change interacting with hunter pets impacted their damage?Comment by Abioticxdwhen will the poor bm hunters stop being discriminated against. feel for all of them. hard spec to learn and now thisComment by HeroicveniThis was obviously a bug/overtuning; glad they cracked down on it quicklyComment by XatihrRIP WeezComment by MeechHit 'em with another 25% kekComment by SweetsourLmao at the hunters who are surprised by this. Like, come on, really?Comment by LostartesDang....BM got basically zero love this xpack, not including the bow from the first raid. While it is still good at solo content, it has basically hit rock bottom in group content. Just let BM get some love for once this xpack and let it end the xpack with said love!Comment by belzebhuSo.. Survival Pet will also get nerfed? -_-Comment by WalocialHunters doing an excellent job of sandbagging all PTR testing only for their overtuned spec to be nerfed so quickly. Oof.Comment by pawpurrWhat I want to know is how it went live like this to start with. Did nobody test, at all, how a change interacting with hunter pets impacted their damage?Comment by Sundercatman im missclicking bad out here pls let me delete my messagesComment by DiscomancoTOMRUS is gonna be in shamblesComment by SaelsinGod forbid hunters get something good.Comment by AedionMorrisHunters finally are doing damage and have a raid spot and "ohp. no no no. we cant have that"Comment by redfinaleSo.. Survival Pet will also get nerfed? -_-Comment by NabinkemperPet damage nerfed 25%. However, the weapon scaling damage increase still in effect. This is a 7.5% increase in damage on paper. This means you want to upgrade your weapon before anything else.

Sad for MM without pet....

SQUISHEI: The title is slightly misleading as this affects all hunters since it's all pet damage and not just BM.Comment by VakkoJSorry, when we said Hunters get to be OP this patch, we meant Demon Hunters.

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