That is basically what happened, yes. I would encourage you and any concerned players to post where appropriate to voice your concerns:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d2r/t/werewolf-and-werebear-skills-are-useless-in-ptr/101741/36
https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/sddg5o/werewolf_and_werebear_attack_speed_changes/

Alright well let’s flood the PTR forum with topics about it.

Folks, do NOT just respond to an existing topic. Make a new one.

Fill the entire first page of the blizzard PTR forum with shapeshifter topics.

For those who can post on battle net. While they are fixing the ias for Druids, it is worth mentioning the below:

1. Make Fury uninterruptible like Arreat Summit states.
2. Allow Fury to perform normal attack at 0 mana(zeal, ww).
3. Change Aldur set so the weapon is no longer worse than a blue weapon(plus it takes up helm/boots where all the CB and DS are at).

For those who can post on battle net. While they are fixing the ias for Druids, it is worth mentioning the below:

1. Make Fury uninterruptible like Arreat Summit states.
2. Allow Fury to perform normal attack at 0 mana(like zeal and ww).
3. Change Aldur set so the weapon is no longer worse than a blue weapon(plus it takes up helm/boots where all the CB and DS are at).

Uninterruptible would be a game changer. But the changes they made to FHR (cool down) may actually get close to simulating this as well. I’m not going to be testing much until April, but if anyone is on the PTR and wants to post some melee example videos here it could me helpful.

This post was edited by inkanddagger on Feb 15 2022 02:04pm

Blizzard has announced again some changes with ias. They decided to come back to initial variant with some changes. What do you think about it?

Werewolf viable. More wepon selections. I dont understand what formula is used for serial attacks on fury anymore. I have tried to figure that out. Paw attack is same for wolf and bear, but wolf gain SIAS. They max out at 6 fpa for polearms and 7 fpa for 1 hand i believe. Ofc the serial is faster.
You may now use eth reapers wep, stormlash, destruction, etc on wolf with great ias for some cool ctc builds.
I believe summoner hybrid with beast cadeuce or smt may be viable in werewolf form.

Werebear is ruined. Max 6 or 7 fpa attack since its same paw attack as wolf. The 7% increased damage in skill, the 3% SIAS from maul each charge is nothing compared to loosing 2-3 FPA. 6 og 7 FPA seems nearly impossible to reach without FANA or maul chargeups etc as well. I believe assas werebear are now capped at 5 frames.

How about slow weapons like botd tm or war pike? Did someone test it on ptr? And eth Reaper? Is that good?

This post was edited by gratek on Mar 5 2022 08:54am

They’re usable in pvm. Definitely not pvp worthy weapons.

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