08-30-2006, 02:38 AM
I really hope the Burning Crusade is going to contain the changes to rage generation mechanics the CMs keep alluding to every time the Tactical Mastery issue comes up. By itself, moving TM from Arms to Protection doesn't solve the basic problem that almost every warrior feels obligated to dump enough points in the tree to get TM. Retaining at least some rage while stance shifting should be a basic skill available to all warriors, with a perhaps a talent to increase the amount of rage retained.
I've played a warrior without TM and one with TM, and I wouldn't play a talent spec without it right now. They changed Arcane Exploision, they can change Tactical Mastery...
Now on to warlocks:
My warlock is Demology specced for now, and I recently completed the Nemesis set (20% less threat from destruction spells). My blueberry can actually tank now. Not "hold the mob in place for a little before losing aggro", but actually tank the mob until they're dead. When I was testing it, I had to spam searing pain to pull aggro away.
For warlocks I anticipate seeing a lot more specialization. Affliction locks are going to become a lot more popular in PvP with even more DoTs to throw around - especially the Seed of Corruption + Unstable Affliction combination. Do you dispel and do 1000 damage to yourself, or leave it, and do 1000 damage to the rest of the group?
For demonology, I'm hoping the Felguard will be pet that the Infernal and Doomguard promised to be, but weren't. Where you place the relative power of the Felguard vs the enslaved pets is a good combination. It *is* a 41 point talent after all. A pet that would be useful in raids for more than just passive buffing would also be nice.
Mana feed? Yes please! Anyone who's used the Void Walker a lot knows the biggest issue isn't health recovery (with Health Funnel and Consume Shadows), but their mana regen rate. Now you cast a couple of Life Taps and they are at full mana again.
At the moment I'm leaning towards a Demonology / Destruction combination for levelling but we'll see.
Chris
I've played a warrior without TM and one with TM, and I wouldn't play a talent spec without it right now. They changed Arcane Exploision, they can change Tactical Mastery...
Now on to warlocks:
My warlock is Demology specced for now, and I recently completed the Nemesis set (20% less threat from destruction spells). My blueberry can actually tank now. Not "hold the mob in place for a little before losing aggro", but actually tank the mob until they're dead. When I was testing it, I had to spam searing pain to pull aggro away.
For warlocks I anticipate seeing a lot more specialization. Affliction locks are going to become a lot more popular in PvP with even more DoTs to throw around - especially the Seed of Corruption + Unstable Affliction combination. Do you dispel and do 1000 damage to yourself, or leave it, and do 1000 damage to the rest of the group?
For demonology, I'm hoping the Felguard will be pet that the Infernal and Doomguard promised to be, but weren't. Where you place the relative power of the Felguard vs the enslaved pets is a good combination. It *is* a 41 point talent after all. A pet that would be useful in raids for more than just passive buffing would also be nice.
Mana feed? Yes please! Anyone who's used the Void Walker a lot knows the biggest issue isn't health recovery (with Health Funnel and Consume Shadows), but their mana regen rate. Now you cast a couple of Life Taps and they are at full mana again.
At the moment I'm leaning towards a Demonology / Destruction combination for levelling but we'll see.
Chris