Going against your talents at high level

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So, alternate character number 2383934793470880-niner.  Troll Priest by the name of Zonk.  Yet, I am at a bit of a snag in my plannings.  Being that I have yet to actually get to what you could call a high level character, I'm not sure just how much speccing in one talent tree would cripple you when you find you have to use skills based in another tree. 

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[Edit]: A simple answer seems to have become bloated. If you're in a hurry, skip to the bottom.


The talents are endlessly/heatedly debated on various forums. On the topic of priest talents you've mentioned (I'm researching my next character, a priest) are those that would rather delete their character than give up shadow talents flaming and being flamed by those that would rather delete their characters rather than be non-holy specced. Play style should match your talents rather than any less than/greater than arguments will be all I will say on this. The great thing about talents (at least right now, rumored to go away, which would be awful) is that they can be fixed. In later game, the cost should be less of an issue so don't be overly concerned about getting talents right your first time. It would be expensive to respec every day (I just noticed your last paragraph after my first response), but you usually have to use your skills/talents for some time to really learn if what you've done with your talents is right or not. I have known for over 10 levels that I would have been better off with some talents over others, but I'm still quite effective with what I do have and will respec later after I learn more, as to prevent fixing my past mistake, and a future mistake. I suggest reading some posts on this (perhaps official forums) and seeing what others have done, and see what matches your play style and spec that way. I have not heard of anyone who hasn't been opposed if they claim one tree will wreck you and make you ineffective, which is evidence that it won't. As I've seen at least 2 trees per class argued vehemently, I don't think you can ruin yourself with any class on the choices you make on your talents, so a respec won't be needed to make you work, though it could (IMO should) be used to improve yourself. I think that 2 respecs would be pretty good and not costly. One mid level, one late, as you really learn what you use and what works for you and what doesn't.

P.S. After several re-edits for clarity, I may have rambled myself into oblivion. Perhaps a sum up would help:

1) You can't ruin yourself if you go with the wrong tree
2) It takes time to really know what's best, respeccing is very common, and with patience you can learn what's best for you without getting too expensive.