The Explosive affix is being removed from WoW: Dragonflight in the second season of Mythic+ play, Blizzard Entertainment announced today. With this change, Blizzard has taken another step in the direction of appeasing the WoW community since the Explosive affix was widely accepted as one of the most frustrating affixes to deal with during Mythic+ runs.
Originally, Blizzard had intended for the Explosive affix to be reworked in the upcoming season. Instead of Explosive orbs being able to be killed off in one hit, a version of the affix was tested on the Dragonflight Public Test Realm where orbs would spawn at a heavily decreased rate, but with more HP. In the end, no consensus on the balancing of the affix could be reached, and Explosive will be removed from the Mythic+ affix pool for the expansion’s second season.