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Ebon Plague Fix

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Nikephoros
#4 - Feb. 3, 2009, 9:57 p.m.
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there are a lot of debuffs/buffs that don't stack.


This is not a problem of a debuff not stacking. It is a problem of losing a large amount of DPS if another DK of the same spec is in your party or raid.

Unholy DK damage relies heavily on having three diseases on our targets. Only one DK gets the benefit of having placed Ebon Plague on a target, so everyone else's damage drops. It would be like if only one Rogue was able to place combo points on a mob, and the other Rogues couldn't use finishing moves.
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Ghostcrawler
#16 - Feb. 3, 2009, 11:43 p.m.
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Is it possible to just code the disease to count as a third disease to all DKs who have the talent?


This is the right solution. However, as I said the last time this question was asked, our priority right now is making sure more DKs spec Frost or Blood, not how to reward groups that bring multiple Unholy DKs. We do recognize it is annoying though and we'll get it fixed.
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Ghostcrawler
#41 - Feb. 4, 2009, 1:23 a.m.
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He is saying that there are more important things than addressing this one issue for and already way overpopulated class/spec.


Yes, thank you. The bug is not trivial to fix or we would have done so and it isn't worth bumping other changes off the list in order to buy time to fix it at the moment. It might involve re-designing the talent.
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Ghostcrawler
#90 - Feb. 4, 2009, 4:15 p.m.
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EASY EASY EASY FIX

In fact, its not even a fix, its REVERTING A PREVIOUS NERF.

Make Ebon Plague a magical effect.

Make Unholy Blight count as a disease again.


Not all Unholy DKs pick up Unholy Blight though. One of the benefits of Ebon Plague is it just happens without having to spend that extra GCD. We'll get it fixed.

We also agree that Plague Strike feels underwhelming. Part of the reason is that, unlike Icy Touch, it also has a pretty significant PvP effect in its ability to remove hots. We have some ideas to improve it though. We definitely don't want DKs to ever feel like the right way to play is to ignore one of their two main diseases. As some players have pointed out, there are a few reasons why that is the case.

As a new class, I would expect to see a higher rate of change over time in the DK until they have caught up a little more with the 4+ year history of the other classes.