Talent Calculator is up. Excluding stuff that hasn't changed at all from the first preview, my thoughts:
Assassination:
Imp Expose Armor now adds 6/12% to armor reduction. Since it still doesn't stack with Sunder - "meh"
Imp KS is 3/6/9% extra damage - "meh"
Combat:
Weapon Expertise is 3/5 Weapon Skill. Cheaper than I expected (1 for 2.5 instead of 1 for 2), but less total than I had hoped for (6 instead of 10). Looks like I'll still be wearing Aged Core Leather Gloves forever, only now I get to sacrifice Lethality points to get this skill, yay! Edit: Also, no Fist weapons here. Looks like Blizzard decided making Fists useful (read: 1 or 2 real fist weapons post-BWL) wasn't worth it after all.
Subtlety:
Sleight of Hand (previously unlisted): Better Feint (Alliance shouldn't feint) and reduces incoming criticals. I can only see this fitting into a sword/mace Subtlety build (read: Hemo!)
Deadliness is Tier6, just what I expected. I wonder if Hemo builds will have a remote chance of keeping up in raids now. Being only 10% bonus to AP maxed, I'm guessing not. I'd say try out a 21 Combat / 30 Sub build just to see the end result, but quite frankly a Rogue without Relentless Strikes is dead weight when it comes to DPS.
Overall? Seal Fate's only boost came from a new eviscerate (which still doesn't scale) while Combat Daggers gets to sacrifice Lethality to get to Weapon Expertise. Combat Swords can choose from a variety of talents (Riposte, Aggression, Improved Eviscerate, and Lethality again which isn't nearly as good for Swords) to get Weapon Expertise at a much cheaper opportunity cost.
Congratulations, Blizzard. You made the easiest playstyle also the best. Those who sacrifice the most for DPS will now be inferior in that respect too. It's so stupid to think all they needed to do was make Lethality 3 for 30% instead of 5 for 30% and this whole problem would have been avoided (even if it still doesn't solve the dagger tri-spec dilemma, it would at least relieve it).
Assassination:
Imp Expose Armor now adds 6/12% to armor reduction. Since it still doesn't stack with Sunder - "meh"
Imp KS is 3/6/9% extra damage - "meh"
Combat:
Weapon Expertise is 3/5 Weapon Skill. Cheaper than I expected (1 for 2.5 instead of 1 for 2), but less total than I had hoped for (6 instead of 10). Looks like I'll still be wearing Aged Core Leather Gloves forever, only now I get to sacrifice Lethality points to get this skill, yay! Edit: Also, no Fist weapons here. Looks like Blizzard decided making Fists useful (read: 1 or 2 real fist weapons post-BWL) wasn't worth it after all.
Subtlety:
Sleight of Hand (previously unlisted): Better Feint (Alliance shouldn't feint) and reduces incoming criticals. I can only see this fitting into a sword/mace Subtlety build (read: Hemo!)
Deadliness is Tier6, just what I expected. I wonder if Hemo builds will have a remote chance of keeping up in raids now. Being only 10% bonus to AP maxed, I'm guessing not. I'd say try out a 21 Combat / 30 Sub build just to see the end result, but quite frankly a Rogue without Relentless Strikes is dead weight when it comes to DPS.
Overall? Seal Fate's only boost came from a new eviscerate (which still doesn't scale) while Combat Daggers gets to sacrifice Lethality to get to Weapon Expertise. Combat Swords can choose from a variety of talents (Riposte, Aggression, Improved Eviscerate, and Lethality again which isn't nearly as good for Swords) to get Weapon Expertise at a much cheaper opportunity cost.
Congratulations, Blizzard. You made the easiest playstyle also the best. Those who sacrifice the most for DPS will now be inferior in that respect too. It's so stupid to think all they needed to do was make Lethality 3 for 30% instead of 5 for 30% and this whole problem would have been avoided (even if it still doesn't solve the dagger tri-spec dilemma, it would at least relieve it).
Trade yourself in for the perfect one. No one needs to know that you feel you've been ruined!