Increasing True Shot's cooldown is over the top

[MagicBot.1570]

Regarding DH buffs from the Nov 29th preview, they look pretty good, albeit too cautious compared to some other specs that are already performing quite well damage-wise in PvE (Holo and Deadeye).

 

The True Shot cooldown increase to compensate for coefficient buff from 2.44 to 3.2 is unnecessary, and it makes it a bittersweet change. I would leave the cooldown as it is.

 

The rest of the buffs are fine. I would've added a little something to procession as well but overall, it'll do the trick. As a long time DH player and someone who occasionally does the benchmarks as well, I do want to stress that True Shot should remain on a 4-second cooldown.

 

Hoping that this reaches the balance team, thanks for the changes! 

 

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Edited November 12, 2022 by MagicBot.1570

[Fueki.4753]

They should make it a quicker cast, or at least let us move while casting to compensate for the higher cooldown.

[FtoPScrub.5476]

Anet please reconsider this 6s CD. DH is so close to being good again but this change is a real downer to what would otherwise be very pog buffs. It's going to completely overshadowed by omega soulbeast and holo and bladesworn players otherwise. I don't want to be bullied anymore 😭@Double Tap @Cal Cohen.2358 

[Brandon Uzumaki.1524]

Maybe they are nerfing the CD because they still intend to make it be cast while moving (they mentioned that in a previous balance preview), the Deadeye change could be some kind of test, and they will give this buff to True Shot in the future, but 4 second CD would make it too OP.

[zealex.9410]

3 hours ago, Brandon Uzumaki.1524 said:

Maybe they are nerfing the CD because they still intend to make it be cast while moving (they mentioned that in a previous balance preview), the Deadeye change could be some kind of test, and they will give this buff to True Shot in the future, but 4 second CD would make it too OP.

Thing is even with a 4sec cd being able to move while doing wouldnt break the game a least in pve, but the cd increase aplies to pve  which doesnt make sense.

[Nero.7369]

Well I laughed hard at their reasoning: "We don't want the player to be locked in the position that often"... So a cd increase and DMG increase but overall nerf to not lock us in position.. maybe just remove the position locking completely or allow us to move at 50% speed while aiming? If the cd would have increased by 50% and dmg by 50% I wouldn't mind much would have been a buff cause less cast time spent on using it less frequently for same DPS gain.

[otto.5684]

4 hours ago, Brandon Uzumaki.1524 said:

Maybe they are nerfing the CD because they still intend to make it be cast while moving (they mentioned that in a previous balance preview), the Deadeye change could be some kind of test, and they will give this buff to True Shot in the future, but 4 second CD would make it too OP.

Too powerful in pve? Not sure why would that be the case. To be fair, having hit harder and casting it every 6 secs could be better, but even with the buffs, LB seems fairly behind. Will wait and see. I could be wrong.

[oscuro.9720]

I don’t know much about DH tbh, but I’ll throw some numbers in;
 

Assuming cast and aftercasts are constant, the coefficient/cooldown has gone from;

 

pre-patch: 2.44/4 = .61

 

post-patch: 3.2/6 = .533

 

This results in a -12.57% damage per second of cooldown.

To illustrate a different way; 

Over a 12 second period (least common denominator, shout out to 1st grade maths!) total coefficient produced pre patch would have been 7.32. Post patch it will be 6.4. Again, a -12.57% change in damage output over that time frame. 

[Sylvari.2953]

I agree BUT "Hunter's Ward ... getting a ... cooldown reduction" - FINALLY! It should be halved in PvE, 40 sec is ridiculous.

[FtoPScrub.5476]

Hi, I just wanted to reiterate that Holo will be ~39K post patch, Slb will still be at 38K, Bladesworn 41K+, all these classes have very high burst. Even CFB might hit 39K+. There is no reason to run 36K DH against these specs except in very niche circumstances. Please for the love of god reconsider true shot CD increase. I don't want to wait another 4 months...

Edited November 17, 2022 by FtoPScrub.5476