I just read your buff to Luck of the Draw, does this mean you'll revert any changes of dumbing down Cata Heroics be reverted to their original retail release state? I hope the answer is yes since they were never a problem to begin with. I am one of those you referred to as "organized group" players so yeah, I haven't found anything in Cata Heroics since they first came out to have anything really difficult about them at all, most are actually quite easy except for Grim Batol Heroic the first time through, after that its cake.
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We didn't implement any across-the-board nerfs to Heroic dungeons based on player feedback. Some encounters were more difficult than others, some trash pulls were too unforgiving or extraneous, etc. After being able to review statistics from a much larger sample audience, we determined these changes better reflect our original design intent. On the same note, as Ghostcrawler mentioned, some bosses were easier than we expected and are being buffed.
All of the specific changes to dungeons or boss encounters are being made to better align all of the Heroic dungeons with our intended difficulty level. The Luck of the Draw buff, however, is being made in response to the feedback we're seeing on the forums, as well as the statistics we've been reviewing which reflect all types of dungeon party trends. We feel it's a good way of closing the disparity between the success of pick up groups and the success of preformed groups, without trivializing the content for some players to appease others. |