The 2.0.6 Patch Notes!

#0 - Jan. 20, 2007, 10:08 p.m.

So is it just me, or will this upcoming patch (obviously still subject to change!) make us mages happier than ever?

For those that haven't been bothered reading the general sticky:

Mages

* Each rank of "Improved Fireball" now reduces your spell damage coefficient by 2%.
* Each rank of "Improved Frostbolt" now reduces your spell damage coefficient by 2%.
* "Counterspell" no longer triggers the global cooldown.
* "Mana Shield" now absorbs magical damage as well as physical damage.

Don't know about the rest of you, but it looks like good times are ahead =)

Tseric

#16 - Jan. 20, 2007, 10:27 p.m.

Q u o t e:

I see.... Interesting dynamic. It makes the Empowered Talents essentially mandatory, then...

That's one way to look at it. You could certainly recoup those removed percentage points in that manner. Devs were just shaving off a little damage from the end-game scenario, as they felt the dps was a little out of line with where they would like it. It's fairly obvious that it's a removal of dps from primary nukes, so there isn't much more to elaborate on.

Cooldown on GDC was a philosophy decision. They decided to agree with you. ;)

Mana shield. You guys have been asking for caster defense in PvP for a while, right? Well, there is something to that effect.