WoW: Cataclysm Class Changes Coming This Week

[John Funk]

No soul shards? Will Drain Soul have any use beyond another DoT?

Other than that, I'm quite interested to see what's in store.

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Off topic, but are they ever going to add more fist weapons?

I believe that Soul Shards will still be in the game, but not as you know them. They'll be like... you activate your soul shard for a temporary buff or something like that; something that you use once in a while rather than reagents.

Kind of like Mage Mana Gems.

 

[dagens24]

Huntard here; glad for the switch to focus from mana. People forget that Hunter is essentially a caster; well soon we won't be.

 

[Wardnath]

Buff Blood DKs, IMO. :S

Also, replace Bloodworms with Blood Golem. ^_^

 

[Arkhangelsk]

This might just turn me back to a WoW player. But then I think back of the grey times between level 10-40, and I go back and play Final Fantasy XIII.

What the hell?
That's like looking at a hillside, complaining it's too steep, then turning around and climbing a straight cliff wall.

Matter of taste. I don't play Final Fantasy for it's game play. Don't get me wrong, Final Fantasy is fun as a game, but what attracts me to it is the story. And I don't like WoW's story that much.

Besides, with FFXIII, we're talking 80 hours tops. Getting from 10 to 40 may not take as long if you're an advanced student, but let's not forget you're paying for every month. And FFXIII's stunning graphics and textures doesn't give me a headache.

 

[Jaranja]

This might just turn me back to a WoW player. But then I think back of the grey times between level 10-40, and I go back and play Final Fantasy XIII.

What the hell?
That's like looking at a hillside, complaining it's too steep, then turning around and climbing a straight cliff wall.

For you, perhaps.

People are allowed to like Final Fantasy 13, you know.

Wow, I completely misread that number.
Well that isn't true, I just didn't read it. He mentioned WoW so I figured he was talking about the FF MMO. I saw WoW and FF, then made the assumption.

I fail.

That's okay. I've played FFXI and it sucks about as much as WoW. Maybe a bit more.

FFXIII, on the other hand, is epic.

[sub]Shame my PS3 just broke about 10 minutes ago.[/sub]

 

[NeutralDrow]

No soul shards? Will Drain Soul have any use beyond another DoT?

Other than that, I'm quite interested to see what's in store.

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Off topic, but are they ever going to add more fist weapons?

I believe that Soul Shards will still be in the game, but not as you know them. They'll be like... you activate your soul shard for a temporary buff or something like that; something that you use once in a while rather than reagents.

Kind of like Mage Mana Gems.

Huh. I'm looking forward to it, then.

...just some more lower-level ones, it's all I ask. You can't even use brass knuckles until level 10, and there's nothing worthwhile after that until level 27 (no, not counting the claws).

Huntard here; glad for the switch to focus from mana. People forget that Hunter is essentially a caster; well soon we won't be.

So that's what that meant? Damn, wonder if I can wait until the end of the week...

 

[Slizergiy]

it should be intresting to see what chabges they do come up for the pallys. For me, mainly the ret pallys.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Buff Blood DKs, IMO. :S

Also, replace Bloodworms with Blood Golem. ^_^

Blood golems would be quite nice...they'd have to be small, though, or their pixels'd clutter up the screen. Personally, I just hope things stay the way they are for us DKs. On one hand, Blizzard could make an awesome class even better- or, things could go the way of the paladins.

Spoiler: Slightly off-topic but still WoW

EDIT- GAH WHY THE HECK ARE THEY DOING THIS IT MAKES NO SENSE [http://www.wow.com/2010/04/06/cataclysm-blood-will-be-the-only-death-knight-tanking-tree/#continued]

Revamping the blood tree as a tanking tree? Well then where the factor is my DK supposed to get his DPS from? We already have a tanking tree, it's called Frost! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[benbenthegamerman]

STOP MAKING THIS GAME GOOD AGAIN! Seriously, I don't WANT to go back to Azeroth but it's getting harder and harder... Especially since you're making it FUN to level to 80 again, which I'd want to do anyways since I'm on a non-PVP server >=(

ITLL NEVER LEAVE MAN!!!

Edit: if they dont do something with blood dk's, i will bust a nerve. Its not that i have a problem with the mechanics, (in fact, i love the mechanics,) its just that i think the last time we were nerfed was when heart strike was reduced to 2 targets as opposed to three, which really wasn't a big deal since blood dk's alredy sold their souls for decent single target damage and sorta crappy group damage. but thats just me.

 

[Wandrecanada]

I bet they're stuck on Paladins because they rebuilt it starting by re-adding Reckoning and couldn't figure out what other spells to bother adding. Maybe make the bubble automatically cause your hearthstone to fire?

Paladins are for 1 shotting the boss, then leaving the adds for the scrubs and going home.

 

[benbenthegamerman]

Buff Blood DKs, IMO. :S

Also, replace Bloodworms with Blood Golem. ^_^

Blood golems would be quite nice...they'd have to be small, though, or their pixels'd clutter up the screen. Personally, I just hope things stay the way they are for us DKs. On one hand, Blizzard could make an awesome class even better- or, things could go the way of the paladins.

ok, i agree: take out blood worms and give us maybe something like blood beasts. If you spec into it, you can only use it once an hour, you cant use it with a ghoul/army of the dead, and should probably be used for tanking i.e. [torment soul] could transfer bunch of aggro towards the tank. i dont know, just throwing an idea out there.

 

[rekabdarb]

Bout time they removed paladins.

Goddamn that class sucks.

I enjoyed the pally, dont be hatin the Pally, he will blast you with wholy light and hit you over the head with a hammer.

so... you'll heal them then hit them... kinda seems like an oxymoron

 

[McNinja]

I just got pulled back into WoW. And it's a good thing I did... I can get my mage back from my brother, and maybe take his Death Knight while i'm at it.

 

[Energylegzz]

Buff Blood DKs, IMO. :S

Also, replace Bloodworms with Blood Golem. ^_^

Blood golems would be quite nice...they'd have to be small, though, or their pixels'd clutter up the screen. Personally, I just hope things stay the way they are for us DKs. On one hand, Blizzard could make an awesome class even better- or, things could go the way of the paladins.

Exactly screw the worms I want something intimidating. Blood Golem's would be awesome

 

[Rhino of Steel]

When I stopped playing WoW I had 4 level 80 characters: Druid, Mage, Hunter, and Paladin. Blizzard likes to draw out my anticipation I see.

Cataclysm is making me very interested in WoW again. I logged on and played for a weekend last month after being away for half a year and a lot of the changes they have implemented already are great. Queueing for Heroics is fantastic especially with the added bonuses for doing so and they've now overhauled the PvP system to fit that mold too. I've quit this game twice now yet they keep managing to draw me back in. Blizzard is evil that way and may they never change.

 

[Aric Rainwater]

They'd better power up warriors, but only slightly. I don't mind being a UP class as long as I don't get clobbered by every damage capable class in PvP. I'm looking at you, 10k critting warlocks...

 

[Taco of flames]

Are the classes themselves being updated, or are we just getting the information? If the former, I am disappointed that I won't be able to play my paladin alt for a bit. But I have my priest, mage, shaman, and druid to play with, and tanking Maraudon does get boring. Perhaps my druid will be able to not suck now! (He's a terribly undergeared 80, and has fallen to the vicious cycle of having bad gear, preventing him from joining groups to get better gear, and is so stuck with bad gear. My other characters are in the 20-50 range, but I work around the empty zones by farming the Random Dungeon Finder. This parenthesized statement has gotten SO far off the original topic.)



In before "you are not prepared."

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

Oh paladins lost their use in the lore, since the plague is over and the burning legion is no longer a threat. joking.
They will reveal it in its time.

 

[fenrizz]

Evil Blizard, tempting me back to WoW yet again.

 

[Summerspeak]

I haven't played WoW, in over 2months. I've been waiting for cal to be released and seeing this is the next best thing then the release, I'll start playing again.