BlizzCon: Class Panel

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Class Panel



DK Talent Trees: Blood (Melee/Healing),
Frost (Burst/Control), Unholy (Disease/Minions)



Hunter:

• Pet overhaul: talent trees,
  training, stable slots
  
  
• Clean up shot rotations
  
  
• Disengage
  
  
• Freezing Shot
  
  

Priest:

• Let Shadow do dps
  
  
• Let Discipline heal a raid, make
  disc viable for raiding
  
  
• Mind Sear; no racials
  
  

Mage

• Frostfire Bolt
  
  
• Mirror Image
  
  
• 3 (or 4?) DPS Specs
  
  

Druid

• Balance: real CC and DPS, no more
  Oomkin
  
  
• Resto: Nourish (flash heal) and
  Wild Growth (AE)
  
  
• Feral: cat or bear or hybrid
  
  
• Out of combat res
  
  

Shaman

• Totem consolidation
  
  
• Lava burst, Riptide
  
  
• Hex
  
  

Rogue

• AE: Fan of Knives
  
  
• Valid Sap Targets
  
  
• Return of poisons
  
  
• Return of the dagger
  
  

Warrior

• Protection: more toys, fewer
  mitigation stats
  
  
• Arms: Overpower, Bladestorm,
  Sudden Death
  
  
• Fury: Titan's Grip
  
  

Warlock

• Pet diversity
  
  
• More interesting rotations
  
  
• Demonic Circle
  
  
• Metamorphosis
  
  

Paladin

• Seal and Judgement overhaul
  
  
• Protection: needs to care about
  tank gear
  
  
• Holy: needs heals for movement and
  group
  
  
• Retribution: needs dps, mana and
  got replenishment
  
  

30 specs but 25 raid spots

• More viable specs and death
  knights, but no room
  
  

Buffs felt out of control

• Complex, inconsistent, stacking
  problems
  
  
• Curse of Shadows – GG Mages
  
  
• Bloodlust Rotations
  
  
• Jimmy can't come -> No WF - >
  Cancel the raid
  
  

Buff and Debuff overhaul

• Most buffs affect the entire raid
  
  
• Multiple ways to get the same
  benefits
  
  
• But no slacking
  
  
• Plenty of room to bring who you
  want
  
  
• Bring the player, not the class
  
  
• Everyone buffs, everyone does DPS!
  
  
• Downplay consumables
  
  
  • Potion cooldown, gg drums
    
    
• Gear and skill >> Buffs and
  Pots
  
  
• Just bring good players
  
  
• More Shared Gear
  
  
  • eg, spell power, healers might
    not need second gear sets
    
    
• Four main tank classes
  
  
  • Overlap niches
    
    
  • Healing and coordination >>
    threat
    
    
• Dual specs are coming – MORE
  FLEXIBILITY, not a whole lot of running back into town can switch
  specs in a raid
  
  

Q&A

Some dual gear utilities may come into
the UI.

Affliction will be coming back into
raiding.

Infernals/doomguards, want to get rid
of randomness of holding onto it, you get it for a duration and you
have it for that time.

Trying to repurpose pets systems.

More bosses to be affected by poisons,
don't feel compled to use WF over poisons.

Mage is more damage avoidance class
rather than recovering from damage.

Enhance Shaman, possibly removing WF
cooldown; as long as they can get people to use FT on the OH

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