 | Why was Mirror Image / Hydra nerfed?(1) | Category: GeneralMarch-13-2014 12:24 AM PDT (9 years ago)  |
| Umm Blizzard, your recent patch broke this build. I've been hooked, having so much fun, and now you screw this build completely? Note, it wasn't even overpowered. The premise of the build is this -- that mirror images could each summon their own Hydra that deals 10% of the Hydra's normal output. If you think about it, that only adds up to 140% of the Hydra's normal output. Even with 5 Hydras (4 duplicates plus 1 original). I don't know how insane you'd have to be to conclude that 140% of a normal Hydra is overpowered, considering how weak Hydra is, as a spell. DOES BLIZZARD WANT EVERY WIZARD USING FROZEN ORB? Please revert the Hydra nerf. This build is now dead. Also, WOTB/RLTW/WW barbarians were like 5x more efficient than a comparable monk or DH for a long time. Yet Blizzard allowed this to happen and hardly ever nerfed it. Now this, barely average build comes in, and Blizzard kills it off literally within a fortnight? What a joke. Disappointed. EDIT: Apparently some people cannot read. This is NOT about the patch hotfix that made the cloned Hydras do the correct amount of damage. I support that change, whether it was a buff or nerf. What I don't support is Mirror Images no longer summoning Hydra at all. | ||
 | Why was Mirror Image / Hydra nerfed?(11) | March-13-2014 12:11 PM PDT (9 years ago) |
Note, it wasn't even overpowered. The premise of the build is this -- that mirror images could each summon their own Hydra that deals 10% of the Hydra's normal output. We never intended for Mirror Image to cast more than one additional Hydra which is why it was changed. This isn't necessarily due to the difference in damage, as much as it has to do with visual clutter. Mirror Image was spawning way too many things on the screen at once when combined with Hydra, and the rate that these hydras spawned in was pretty inconsistent. As far as damage goes, our intention was that hydras spawned by images do 10% damage, and that's where they're at now. | ||
 | Why was Mirror Image / Hydra nerfed?(64) | March-13-2014 4:36 PM PDT (9 years ago) |
Somehow I think this whole Mirror Images can no longer cast Hydra issue is unintended, or else what would be the point of including this bit in the hotfixes list: Because there were two separate fixes that occurred at the same time. Regrettably, the latter (that the number of Hydras that could be cast by Mirror Image was corrected) was hidden under the other hotfix, and this communication was missed. I've corrected the hotfix list as a result, and apologize for the confusion this caused. | ||
