Private Server Damage Range For Feral Forms Was Overtuned Compared To Classic Beta
It has been noted by beta testers that Druid damage in feral forms felt under tuned, especially by players with experience from private servers. Ignus and player Imaten illustrated the disparity between damage here:
https://imgur.com/a/Zh5Z3au
Since this translate to a damage-reduction of as much as 30 % for ferals forms (beta compared to private servers) further study was warranted
Conclusion:
Damage in feral forms on Beta-servers are consistently lower than on private servers.
Due to lack of data from vanilla it is not possible to determine if this is a bug or if the private servers was over tuned. The fact that very few datapoints are available indicates that either of these could be true.
Data suggests that feral forms have a loss of around 10.1 dps at level 60, which is a loss equivalent to 141 AP at maximum level (compared with private servers).
Method:
The "Druid Classic” discord-community gathered data and compared it between each source to examine the differences between vanilla, beta servers, and private servers. The damage-range was converted into (paw-damage), to account for gear, buffs, and talents.
PawDamage = (MaxDamage/Attackspeed)/DamageFactor - (AttackPower/14)
- MaxDamage: The maximum value displayed in the Damagerange of the Character screen.
- Attackspeed, attackspeed in bears is 2,5 whereas cats are 1,
- Damagefactor, accounts talents (natural weapon = 1,1)
- Attackpower is the displayed attackpower on your Character screen.
The following table provides the data:
https://imgur.com/f89LgZA
The following plot illustrates the results.
https://imgur.com/a/KyzOqO5
Comments:
It should be noted, however, that the plot shows an dps loss of 10.1 at Level 60 (both catforms as well as bearforms). This dps however, should not be compared to data from dps-meters from encounters and such. The plot only shows base damage / damage to paws (normalized white damage, without talents/AP). It is better to note that beta's feral forms have about 141 AP more than private servers.