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I am running yellow line with my burg after U23. It seems survivability has really taken a dip. I used to be able to tank 2 or 3 green colored mobs without losing much morale. Now, if I tank 2 green mobs I almost die.
Maybe its just me or maybe I just forgot how to play my class suddenly after 7 years.
I've only played a couple of times since the update, but I qualitatively noticed the same thing. Blue line Burg at lvl 107 in North Ithilien. I first noticed something when a lvl 106 signature lion killed me when I wasn't paying much attention, when before I could easily knock them down without loosing too much health. I then noticed that a lot of my bleeds were being evaded, as well as many damaging gambles. I added some finesse to a jewelry slot (I had zero before) and that seemed to help.
[edit] - I'm blue line, not yellow as I said when I first responded. But as I said I noticed the same thing.
The entire stat/combat system changed with U23 and then again with both 23.1 and 23.1.1
Avoidances plummeted and finesse is pretty much required depending on level. There is a spreadsheet on dadis website that lets you calculate the effect of stats if you want.
So, play styles may have to change or as Darwin said:
Adapt or die