Nerfs to Dracthyr Hunter Abilities Super Disappointing

[Talihawk]

I've wanted a Dracthyr hunter since they first appeared during the Dragonflight announcement. It was super disappointing when we found out they could only be Evoker. It was Dragonflight's biggest frustrations for me. It was even more aggravating for the devs to keep saying 'Eventually' they'd be allowed to become other classes but never giving even a ball park estimate as to when that would be.

Now we have a when but we also have massive nerfs and outright removals to several racials. This feels like such a massive fumble. They knew Dracthyr would be other classes eventually, so why didn't they set them up that way instead of waiting until the proverbial last moments to start pruning the race like an out of control bamboo bush?

Many races have had incredible DPS or game play advantages over others. So strong that was the reason some people played one race over another. And yet those races continue to have them or only had them changed years after they were introduced.

It is absolutely heavy handed and over correcting to damage the Dracthyr racials if a player chooses another class over Evoker. No other race gets hit like this when choosing a class other than the one it was introduced with.

Thus far they've totally removed Tail Swipe, increased the cool down of Wing Buffet, nerfed the speed at which glide goes, reduced how far it can take you, and now they've made it impede several Hunter class talents like Aspect of the Cheetah and Disengage. I suspect it does the same for many other classes too.

The racials are a benefit yes, but they weren't going to break the game any more than Nightelve's Shadowmeld or Troll's Beserker mini-bloodlust. Dracthyr as a race already had plenty of disadvantages to ensure that it wasn't going to be OP or the only 'Serious Choice' for the bleeding edge min/max-ers. Those folks were already taking things like Engineering so they could make their gliding capes, or battle rez, etc.

I really hope Blizz roll back some of these changes, as they are too harsh and really damage the race fantasy of being a Dracthyr. No Racials should be be detrimental to a class's abilities. Racials are supposed to be helpful and a positive resource to a class's tool kit.

They fixed Earthen's gem eating after the fact, so they really should repair the damage done to Dracthyr too.

I hate to use the meme but it's really like they took out the Nerf Bat because Fun was Detected. I'll still make a Dracthyr hunter but I'm not sure if I'll pay for a race change for my main now simply because knowing what it was like, what it could have been like, has caused severe resentment.