WWI 2008 Developer Panel2009-08-28 00:00:00Important news: Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 WWI 2008 Live Video Streams
At World Wide Invitational, several Blizzard developers talk about class changes that will take place in the upcoming expansion Wrath of the Lich King.
Death Knight Developers don't want talent trees to be pigeonholed into specific roles. Each tree will be functional both roles. Runes have a 10 second separate cooldown Army of the Undead will make players feel like how the Lich King feels when he commands the Scourge to attack All races are confirmed to have Death Knights. The Lich King wants them all
Hunter Steady Shot will no longer clip Auto Shot, meaning it won't have to be timed, just spammed The skill point system of pets will be replaced with Pet Talents, one tree for utility, one tree for tanking and one tree for DPS A new ability will make the pet deal extra 20% damage when on 20% health
Mage Mage Armor will be reworked to reduce harmful debuff durations New ability: Frostfire Bolt. In itself it's not as good as Frostbolt or Fireball, but when the player talents in...
TBC Raid Changes, Beta Class Updates, Free Char Moves2009-08-14 00:00:00TBC Raid Content ChangesQuote from: Bornakk (Source)
To coincide with the upcoming new talents and mechanic changes forclasses in the next patch, we are making some adjustments in existingraid content to provide a smooth transition when the upcoming patch isreleased. The creatures and bosses in raid dungeons that wereintroduced in The Burning Crusade will have their health reduced, andmost will have their standard melee damage output reduced as well, buttheir spell and ability damage are not being changed. These changes arebeing made in all raid dungeons from Karazhan to Sunwell Plateau aswell as the outdoor encounters of Doom Lord Kazzak and Doomwalker. Ontop of this Illidan is also doing his part and will stop casting Shearon players.
Druid - Upcoming Restoration changesQuote from: Ghostcrawler (Source)
Here are the changes we're making next patch. See how they feel.
Wild Growth:Coefficient and healing increased. Mana cost decreased. Cost should beabout the same as Circle of Healing. It doesn't heal instantly, butwill heal for about dou...