Class balance hotfixes planned for November 10

Blizzard is planning hotfixes for Tuesday, November 10, to address three class issues it has identified since Forever’s launch, while it keeps investigating over the weekend.

Hunter pets and Warlock Voidwalkers are not holding up as tanks the way Blizzard wants. Their stats will be adjusted so their effectiveness is roughly the same as in Classic Era.

For Affliction Warlocks, reports show that channeling Wrack alone beats also casting Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony. Blizzard will adjust those abilities so they are always worth casting alongside Wrack, without changing Affliction’s total damage. For Enhancement Shaman, Intellect and Spell Power are currently better stats than Strength and Attack Power; Blizzard plans to make Strength always the spec’s strongest stat, so Enhancement no longer prefers gear meant for Mages and Warlocks.

Blizzard says its plan is to make class balance changes on this Tuesday, and on future Tuesdays if needed.

Why it matters: Blizzard is telling Enhancement Shamans to start collecting Strength and Attack Power gear now, ahead of the hotfix.