

It'd knock everyone down a notch without singling out any individual class or build. The flip side would be to have a season where all enemies get buffed, and just call it the Season of Torment or something.

So Blizzard opts to go with a little power creep rather than the bad will that a real nerf would bring. If someone spent all season pushing a build as close to perfection as possible and then Blizzard knocked a chunk of that power off, that person would be justifiably pissed.

Nerfing the current standout sets gets the same thing accomplished, but it's also sort of a slap in the face to people who took the time to develop those sets. Buffing up lesser used sets its a good way to try to get them in play.
