BlizzardmightdothisthroughForebearance,butsaysthatthey'realsolookingtoreducethedurationofForebearancethroughahotfix.Thismeansit'saprettyseriousissueconsideringthedurationofForebearancewasalsointendedtobalanceorspaceouttheuseofDivineShieldandDivineProtection.Theyhavenotimetableforthechange,althoughitshouldbeexpectedthatitwillbeappliedsoon.Blizzarddoesn'tseemtoholdbackonnerfingthePaladinclass,statingthat"thelastroundofprettyseverenerfsdidn'tseemtodoenoughtoRet'sdominanceofPvP".
Theseareveryfastreactionstonerfaspecthatwas"dominant"forallofafewweeksinametagamethatistunedforLevel80.ThisisanextremelydisappointingcourseofactionincomparisontothecompleteabsenceofnerfstoDruidsdespitetheirutterdominanceoftheArenaformatforthreeseasons(reducingCyclone'srangewasn'tquitethesolution,wasit?).
PaladinrepresentationinArenaswentonsharpdeclinethroughallfourseasons-andthisincludestheHolyspec.AsmuchasGhostcrawlertriedtosoftentheblowinhispost,therejustisn'tanynicewaytogoaboutthis-BlizzardislookingforawaytomakeDivineShieldandAvengingWrathtobemutuallyexclusiveonceagain.Hesaysthatthecombinationofbothspellscontributetotheimpressionthatthespecisoverpowered.
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