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This is one of the biggest patches to hit Paladins in a while, and it’s a mixed bag. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first — all of Seals have been nerfed. All of them. Seal of the Martyr / Blood, Corruption / Vengeance, Wisdom, Light, Justice, Righteousness and even Command have all had their damage reduced. The formulas are tweaks of the values of attack power, spell power, and weapon speed — a bit complicated to explain in detail — that result in an overall damage reduction. Now, before everyone gets their panties in a bunch, let me say one thing: don’t panic.

We can probably consider this patch the nerf patch, which is an essential part of the tuning process. The developers traditionally start from a high power scale and fine tune it downwards — I mean, look at the poor Death Knight. This is still the Wrath Beta, and while there is a chance these numbers might stick through to live, testing these lowered numbers are vital to getting everything right for release. If you’re in Beta, log in, play with it for a while, and give feedback. If you’re not in Beta, hold back a bit from making a ruckus and exercise a little patience until the testing is done. Let’s take a deep breath. Now where’d I put my inhaler…

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