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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 into both Frost and Fire, Frostfire Bolt will be better. Devs will make sure Mages are kings of AoE damage, and scaling up their damage to be viable
Shaman Totems will affect the entire raid! Strength of Earth and Grace of Air will be merged Windfury will be changed, so that druids are affected by it too. It's no longer a weaponbuff, but a buff. Rockbiter Weapon will be replaced with Earthliving Weapon which increases healing done Flametongue Weapon will increase spell damage New ability: Hex. Emergency CC spell that leaves movement control for the hexxed player, but is unable to cast spells. 0.5sec casting time, 8-10sec duration
Rogue
Sap will work on not only humanoid targets, but on pretty much everything that has a brain New ability: Fan of Knives. Similar to the Warden spell in Warcraft 3. Short AoE
Warrior New talent: Titan Grip is now confirmed. Allows the Warrior to wield Two-Hand weapons in both hands. New ability: Shockwave. Helps prot warriors dealing damage New talent: Bladestorm. Similar to WC3 spell Devs want warriors to feel more like the warriors in Warcraft 3
Warlock New talent: transforms the warlock into "Illidan demon form". One of the available spells in demon form is an AoE shadowbolt that can be spammed! New ability: Demonic Circle. Small area where the warlock can teleport back into and decreases pet summoning time
Paladin Retribution itemization will be moved even closer to Warrior and Death Knight itemization New ability: Hand of Purity. Reactive healing spell
Priest New ability: Divine Hymn. New holy spell that allows the priest to heal the entire party. When a partymember is struck they go into a trance. New 51 point shadow talent: Dispersion. 90%
incoming damage reduction, 6% health/mana regen. The priest can move, but cannot cast spells. Allows a new form of defense against melee to make Shadow Priests more viable in highend Arena PVP New talent: Guardian Spirit. Prevents friendly target from being killed. A pet that gives "Cheat Death" to the target, if the player would die, the spirit pet
dies instead
Druid Entangling Roots will work indoors as well, to help druids get into heroic groups New ability: Flourish. 1.5sec casting time healing spell, its effectiveness depends a lot on what HoT effects are on the target Cyclone won't be changed Potions, on-hit effects and items will work in forms.wow, world, warcraft, panel, developer
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