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CL nerfed but no compensation?

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Gigawat
#1 - Aug. 31, 2012, 12:15 p.m.
Blizzard Post
So..
Chain Lightning damage and SP scaling reduced by 18%.

But no compensation on Lighting Bolt increase. I mean CL was nerfed in the first place because it was doing more single dps then LB. But wheres the compensation?
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Ghostcrawler
Game Designer
#12 - Aug. 31, 2012, 5:22 p.m.
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I believe my post said:

-- Chain Lightning now deals 17.5% less damage to the primary target, but chains 80% of the damage to each successive target, up from 70%. This should help spread the damage better, and also reduce the damage against a single target. The total damage remains the same, when glyphed.

In other words, it does less damage to one target but that is offset by more damage to subsequent targets. We want to keep it an AE ability.