PVP Changes - 1.3

NO, it isn't useless. Jeez, people. What they've done is sort of what Blizz did with the various crafting enchantments vs the Engineering glove augmentation. One is active while the others are static and passive. So, instead of having 380 Power for 20s every 2 minutes (Battlemaster relic), they're going to make it give you a static +64 Power which will be on full time. What this does is lower the burst the relic provided, thus increasing the TTK in PvP, and they also give you a damage boost for the 100s that you DON'T have the relic available. Also remember, the relic, even when popped, does you no good when you're CCed or dead. This just balances everything out by resituating the overall power.

Also remember that they're providing on-attack versions of relics. This will be the same as the relics that you currently have but the buff popped is random and could happen on your killing blow or your first hit.

So the stat buff stims are getting canned too?

I thought it was just power adrenals and stuff.

Can anyone who's in the PTS clarify the change to relics - I play as a deception assassin and a big part of my 1v1 tactic was to pop [relic/recklessness/overcharge saber] which gave me a moderate amount of burst / constant dmg to mitigate cd's an opponent may pop. I could see why a relic/adrenal combination would be nerfed, however changing the function of relics and purely removing burst potential in-spite of feels like a horrible change - again haven't played PTS and would like clarification on my speculation please and thank-you

There is no relic popping now in pvp. I played in a WZ over lunch and my relic ignored my commands. Sad but I guess I get it.

Great changes.

TTK is being indirectly increased. If you guys ever faced a team on vent calling targets and rolling their relic/adrenal, then you should appreciate this change. We do that in our games and I often feel bad for the other team. Obviously we can still focus people down, but with much lower and coordinated burst, people will have more of a chance to disrupt our success

Once the initial shock is gone, I believe the pvp community will be glad for this change. Consider the impact a reduction in burst and an extension to TTK has on softer specs, balance shadow for example. Yea, this is good.