Mistweaver Tier 21 Concerns

#1 - July 25, 2017, 11:11 p.m.
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This build (build 24651) included the aforementioned changes to Mistweaver's Tier 21 set bonuses.

However, it completely removed any Mastery interaction from the set. The 2 set bonus could just as easily read "The primary target of your heals gain the Tranquil Mists buff...". There is no reason for Mistweavers to increase Mastery rating with this set, as there had been in the previous iteration.

The 4 set bonus is terrible. Yes, it's no longer at odds with the 2 piece, but the actual healing of it is not nearly enough (in the current build) to warrant taking less well-optimized pieces for its effect. 25% Spell power is nothing, especially on a 15% chance. It needs to be made more consistent and actually impactful.
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#9 - July 26, 2017, 6:28 p.m.
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I just fixed the 2 piece HoT to correctly be able to critical strike.

The 4-piece bonus does not use a deck of cards, it is just a flat percentage proc rate.
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#15 - July 26, 2017, 11:04 p.m.
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A few notes:

- The HoT from the 2p bonus was not benefitting from haste, that will be fixed in the next PTR build. I also doubled the healing of this HoT.
- The 4p healing/proc rate was just low. I bumped the heal up from .25 to 0.5, and the proc rate from 15 to 50%.

Numbers are not final.