[PC] Patch 4.4.0.3 is now live

[Rapax]

@Fatshark_Hedge

We apologise for the undocumented changes to Kerillian’s (Shade) ‘Cloak of Mist’ and ‘Cloak of Pain’ in the Chaos Wastes release.

These Talents were changed so that they could accurately reflect their descriptions, as the previous behaviours were unintended. We understand this caused a lot of confusion, and needed to be specified in the patch notes. We removed:

• The guaranteed critical strike during stealth from ‘Cloak of Mist’
• The guaranteed critical strike during the secondary phase of stealth from ‘Cloak of Pain’

We’re keeping a close eye on the reaction to these changes and are approaching this with an open mind, so please be sure to share your thoughts.

Judging by the numerous posts that were made about it when those changes were first introduced, the consensus seems to be that these changes are not well received:
Undocumented Changes to Shade Ult (Bug?)
Shade crit when ulting broken and cor staff broken for BW. Its been 1 month now and still no fix - #6 by Rapax
Plenty of arguments in these posts why the changes are bad across the board.

It’s especially egregious since many talent descriptions do not reflect the actual behavior of talents/skills/passives, yet somehow only Cloak of Pain and Cloak of Mist “had” to be changed to match the text?

If something has been widely accepted and used to the point that it becomes an integral part of the game, then changing that for the sake of text - but to the detriment of gameplay - is a poor decision
(e.g. blocking while reviving was also a “bug” before it got added as an official feature).

The 4.3/4.4 Changes to Shade's Ult Are Bad – Analysis and Suggestion

“We’re keeping a close eye on the reaction to these changes and are approaching this with an open mind, so please be sure to share your thoughts.” As a response to this statement, I would like to combine some of the previous posts about the changes to Shade ult in this topic: The changes to Shade’s “Cloak of Pain” and “Cloak of Mist” and “Shadowstep” talents that have now just been acknowledged as intended are detrimental to the way Shade is played and should be reverted. For reference, here…

EDIT:
Adding to what @isaakk pointed out, Cloak of Mist never mentions that you lose the guaranteed crit when hitting an enemy with the ult attack that breaks stealth - it only says you no longer deal “bonus damage” which refers to the extra damage boost on Infiltrate.

However, that guaranteed crit is present for this exact attack on all other ult talents as well as the base ult.

Yet. the description of the base ult fails to mention that you get this guaranteed crit OR that you deal bonus damage:
Infiltrate ult description: “Kerillian becomes undetectable and can pass through enemies. Lasts for 5 seconds, or until she attacks.”

How does this add up?
According to the description, the base ult, cloak of pain, and shadowstep also should not have a guaranteed crit upon leaving stealth AND they also should not deal any bonus damage.

Concluding, the current iteration of her ult also do not work according to the descriptions given.
Please do not focus on some talent descriptions as a justifcation to make unhealthy changes to gameplay.
As you can see, said talent descriptions are misleading regardless and should never be taken as a baseline for balance.