[WoW] Panel @WWI

[Believe]

7:34pm CEST: Q: Any plans to be able to switch between Talent specs easier?

A: We are working on a plan to give players access to two Talent specs. More details in the future.

[Kragg Goremaw]

Well during the WoW Q&A grab bag, they hinted that they were looking in to making the ability to switch between talent specs easier. Something along the lines of a two spec queue maybe.

Damn Believe beat me to it bastard!

[Aria]

God that would be so awesome.

[Brikker]

It's good to be a Shaman.

[RiskyChris]

Mage

* Mages are getting a Frostfire bolt dealing Frost-Fire damage to make elementalists more viable.

I'm getting a crazy Ravnica Block vibe from this for some reason. Dual-mana spells were pretty cool.

7:34pm CEST: Q: Any plans to be able to switch between Talent specs easier?

A: We are working on a plan to give players access to two Talent specs. More details in the future.

This would go a long way towards PvP/PvE reconciliation.

[Mist]

More like Invasion Block, really.

[Dynalisia]

Originally Posted by Mist

Shamans need more buffs. There's only 5 of them in every raid.

These changes are in part to make the dependancy on shamans less. Although they are meaningless without making bloodlust/chainheal less powerful of course. Pretty sure we're going to see some changes that will bring those two in line not by nerfing them, but by making other classes' (new) abilities more powerful.

[Deris]

Yeah the new Paladin changes have me TOTALLY excited.

Wait no. Prayer of Mending? Are you kidding me?

[Antoine]

10-min pally buffs won't overwrite 30-min buffs

wtf? so if you only have 3 pallies your feral or resto druid will get gayed out of a buff? (or enh and resto and ele, or prot and arms/fury, etc)

[Kolle]

please please change totem buffing. stationary/2 minute buffing needs to go. i will resub instantly if they do so. i don't give a shit if they nerf shaman in some other way.

[Mist]

Originally Posted by Antoine

wtf? so if you only have 3 pallies your feral or resto druid will get gayed out of a buff? (or enh and resto and ele, or prot and arms/fury, etc)

They'll have to right click it off. That's kind of annoying.

[Javvo]

Originally Posted by Blizz Dev Panel

Which party buffs will become raid buffs in WotLK?

Most of the shaman totems, Unleashed Rage, and Battle Shout for example.

If paladin auras aren't being incorporated as well I swear to god I'm going to punch Tigole square in the fucking nuts.

[Deris]

Its bad enough that Paladins only really use 1 Aura in pve anyways (Conc).

Having that aura be restricted to Party only without MASSIVE aura changes/buffs is just asnine.

[Makata]

Originally Posted by Mist

They'll have to right click it off. That's kind of annoying.

It said "short term blessings." To me that means having a bop cast on you won't remove the bow that paladin cast on you. You will (temporarily) have 2 blessings from 1 pally.

[Javvo]

Originally Posted by Deris

Its bad enough that Paladins only really use 1 Aura in pve anyways (Conc).

Having that aura be restricted to Party only without MASSIVE aura changes/buffs is just asnine.

Agreed. Although they're saying that they want to make Ret pally's group utility better for melee dps groups. So I'm assuming they'll be as wanted as an enhancement shaman after all the changes are through. If all goes well the ret utility will be made raid-wide as well.

Here's the quote:

Originally Posted by World of Raids

Itemization for Ret Paladins?

They will share itemization with Warriors and DKs and they plan to buff their group utilities for melee dps.

Originally Posted by Makata

It said "short term blessings." To me that means having a bop cast on you won't remove the bow that paladin cast on you. You will (temporarily) have 2 blessings from 1 pally.

Good deduction that makes a lot of sense and I wasn't really thinking of it that way.