Blizz - you cannot nerf Bash mid season
UPDATE – nothing to see here, BLIZZ has now confirmed that Bash isnt changing! YES!!
It’s a sure fire way for people to quit the game, it’s just too deflating to even go again.
You do understand that you have mechanics/systems like Temper and Masterworking, which people have literally sunk in insane amount of time rerolling/refarming for build specific affixes. It’s all a throw away now with this nerf.
Secondly – bash barb, compared to other builds, arent overperforming unreasonably to a point where we are 20 pits levels above all other builds. It’s not even the best build in the game for Pit pushing. So, why bother even nerfing and causing this outrage?
Thirdly, so what’s next, you will be nerfing Victimize? And then, you will be nerfing Golems? By that same logic, should we avoid playing these builds knowing that it’s one patch away from breaking these builds.
You see the issue here – you are setting a precedent that anything that is powerful, it’s potentially next on the nerf chopping block and we should refrain in committing/investing time in these builds.
UPDATE – it looks like the latest patch notes isnt accurate with regards to Bash. More to come once we hear it directly from Blizz.
Posted to another thread on this topic, but will share here as well. To clear this up, and put any uncertainty or rumors to rest, the Barbarian Bash is not changing, has not been reduced to additive, and will continue to play as it is now. The patch note was regarding a change that never went into the live game, and will not be.
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