LoH was nerfed because of the effects it had that weren't DPS-related:
- faster cast animations = more mandatory for kiting
- better resource generation patterns for barbs/monks
- massively synergistic with LoH
If IAS had just given +damage (the same way crit + crit damage do) then it never would have been nerfed.
Now, that being said, I have a feeling that they will almost certainly do something about DWing weapons and sockets.
Barbs, Monks, and DHs can stack a significantly larger amount of +crit damage than Wizards and Witch Doctors. I think the obvious way around this is twofold:
1) Allow 2h weapons to have 2 sockets
2) Allow gems to give the same bonuses to MH & OH items instead of OH items sharing bonuses with non-helm armor
If crit proves to be too strong, which I sincerely doubt it will, you can simply cut back on the emerald bonus in the weapons some, since they do provide a massive amount of crit damage, especially for DWing and they'll tweak certain passives more than likely. I simply don't see them nerfing crit across-the-board, though, aside from emeralds. It just wouldn't really make sense given what they've said.
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- faster cast animations = more mandatory for kiting
- better resource generation patterns for barbs/monks
- massively synergistic with LoH
If IAS had just given +damage (the same way crit + crit damage do) then it never would have been nerfed.
Now, that being said, I have a feeling that they will almost certainly do something about DWing weapons and sockets.
Barbs, Monks, and DHs can stack a significantly larger amount of +crit damage than Wizards and Witch Doctors. I think the obvious way around this is twofold:
1) Allow 2h weapons to have 2 sockets
2) Allow gems to give the same bonuses to MH & OH items instead of OH items sharing bonuses with non-helm armor
If crit proves to be too strong, which I sincerely doubt it will, you can simply cut back on the emerald bonus in the weapons some, since they do provide a massive amount of crit damage, especially for DWing and they'll tweak certain passives more than likely. I simply don't see them nerfing crit across-the-board, though, aside from emeralds. It just wouldn't really make sense given what they've said.