Cataclysm class and mastery system for warriors

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Let me first just say, "Woah." Perhaps even "Ho-lee carp!" Pretty much everything we've seen so far in the beta is nothing compared to this change, which will essentially halve the amount of talent points you'll be spending. Whereas a level 80 character right now has 71 points to spend, under the new system, you'll have 41 points at level 85. Furthermore, at level 10, you'll be asked to pick a talent specialization and you will not be able to spend talent points out of that specialization until you've spent 31 points in that tree.

Considering you'll only have 41 points to spend in total, this means that there will be very little talent overlap between, say, an arms and a fury warrior and as such, much less risk of an arms warrior trying to cherry-pick fury for DPS talents. Likewise, tanking warriors won't be going up arms to pick up Impale (unless it is very, very low in the arms tree), and you'll have to be level 72 before you even get to spend points outside your main tree (tour 32nd talent point).

To say this is "monstrously huge" is to dabble in understatement. The very method by which we choose talents is changing -- how we can choose them, and how often we get them. Many abilities that are currently class- or spec-defining talent choices will be linked to the talent tree you choose to specialize in, and passive abilities that currently exist as talents will simply be applied by making the choice between talent trees for your specialization.Continue reading Cataclysm class and mastery system for warriors

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