Per the notes under Shape Shifting:

2) Changed how attack speed is determined while transformed as a Werewolf. Attack speeds while transformed should match attack speeds while untransformed (enhanced by the Werewolf's increased attack speed).

Does this mean IAS will simply be your armor + weapon, vs weapon only while in werewolf form?

That’s what it sounds like to me, yeah

Armor, weapon, gloves, amulet, all that stuff boosts ias outside of werebear.

Maul druid or fireclaw druid May actually be worth using for a change or a hybrid of both maybe?

Excited to test it

They need to give druid in shapeshifting teleport, otherwise he's still gonna be garbage end game

Fuuuuu mad excited to try stormlash windy druid etc. Always felt like concrete going from tomb reader to stormlash etc

No longer transform attack speed difference, next, block rate.

Does anyone know what it would take in pure overall IAS to reach the 2x 15+ias tomb reaver break point? >83? I'm going off the normal druid attack speed but am probably wrong

This might not help tomby(maybe there’s another breakpoint but tomby is already fast) but will open up more weapons. Druids have way more weapon options.

This post was edited by Tarisus on Jan 21 2022 09:20pm

How would one calculate ias, say, using a stormlash that gives 30% ias and off weapon IAS of 65? That yields 95. Would it hit the same attack frames as tomb reaver does now?

This patch makes it sound like your attack speed in normal druid form (95) will also be your attack speed in werewolf/bear form (95).

Will the "baseline" be the +95 and then the werewolf ias skill to that?

I strongly think they are trying to buff it instead of introducing new breakpoints as I see no nerfs for class changes.

In other words, whereas in old way only that 40 ias is used to calculate, now it includes 50 ias on gear added to 40. This is a buff as it opens up a lot of weapons hitting max frame speed.

Ps. Druids prefer polearms, axes and swords.

This post was edited by Tarisus on Jan 22 2022 09:48pm

I hope this is it - I've wanted to use a windy fury druid bur gave up because of the constant shifting back and forth and slow attack speed - with how this change sounds both of those issues should be remedied