Official expansion talent previews

[vor_lord]

There are some notable updates to check out as of today:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...ageNo=1&sid=1#0

The biggest thing that jumps out at me is a big change to Mana Tide (hello scalability):

Restoration
* Mana Tide Totem – Now restores 6% of total mana every 3 seconds, costs 83 mana (at level 70) and has no replacements.

Entire text below for the lazy (forgive the formatting, click above if you want better):

Warrior


Arms
* Axe Specialization – Renamed “Poleaxe Specialization”: Now increases crit chance with Axes and Polearms by 1/2/3/4/5%.
* Mace Specialization – Now “Gives your melee attacks a chance to stun your target for 3 sec and generate 2 rage when using a Mace.”
* Polearm Specialization – Replaced with "Weapon Mastery”: “Increases skill with all weapons by 2 and increases your chance to resist Disarm effects by an additional 25/50%.”

Fury
* Rampage – Cooldown removed, rage cost increased to 30, description changed.

Protection
* Vitality – Now also increases your total Strength by 2/4/6/8/10%.



Warlock


Affliction
* Empowered Corruption – Now increases by 12/24/36%.
* Lasting Afflictions – Removed.
* Contagion – Now “Increases the damage of Curse of Agony, Corruption and Seed of Corruption by 1/2/3/4/5% and reduces the chance your Affliction spells will be dispelled by an additional 6/12/18/24/30%.”
* Improved Howl of Terror – Now reduces the cast time by 0.8/1.5 sec.

Demonology
* Demonic Fortitude – Renamed "Demonic Resilience".

Destruction
* Nether Protection – Chance to proc is now 10/20/30%.
* Soul Leech – Now returns 20% of damage as health.
* Shadow and Flame – Bonus is now 4/8/12/16/20%.
* Shadowfury – Now a 0.5 second cast, new rank values.



Shaman


Elemental
* Totem of Wrath – Now 166 mana (at level 70), has no cooldown, lasts 2 minutes, and increases spell crit by 3%.

Enhancement
* Stormstrike – 5 yd range.
* Shamanistic Rage – No longer has a mana cost and regenerates mana equal to 15% of your attack power.

Restoration
* Mana Tide Totem – Now restores 6% of total mana every 3 seconds, costs 83 mana (at level 70) and has no replacements.



Rogue


Assassination
* Remorseless Attacks – Added Mutilate to the list of affected abilities.
* Mutilate – Description changed: “Instantly attacks with both weapons for an additional 44 damage with each weapon. Damage is increased by 50% against Poisoned targets. Must be behind the target. Awards 2 combo points.”

Combat
* Surprise Attacks – Added Shiv to the list of affected abilities. Now damage caused by the affected abilities is also increased by 5%.



Priest


Discipline
* Silent Resolve – Now also reduces the chance your spells will be dispelled by 4/8/12/16/20%.
* Improved Mana Burn - Cast time reduced by 0.5/1.0 sec.

Holy

* Improved Renew – Added Circle of Renewal to the list of affected abilities.
* Empowered Healing – Greater Heal bonus is now 4/8/12/16/20%, Flash Heal bonus is now 2/4/6/8/10%.



Paladin


Holy
* Divine Illumination – 3 min cooldown, 10 sec duration.

Protection
* Improved Resistance Auras – Description changed: “Your Resistance Auras also reduce spell damage of the appropriate type taken by an additional 3/5%.”



Mage


Fire
* Playing with Fire - 1/2/3% increase for 1/2/3% penalty.
* Burnout – Replaced with “Pyromaniac”: “Increases chance to critically hit and reduces the mana cost of all Fire spells by an additional 1/2/3%.”
* Molten Fury – Description changed: “Increases damage of all spells against targets with less than 20% health by 10/20/30%.”
* Empowered Fireball – Bonus is now 4/8/12/16/20%.
* Dragon’s Breath – New rank values.

Frost
* Empowered Frostbolt – Bonus is now 2/4/6/8/10%, now increases crit chance instead of hit chance by 1/2/3/4/5%.
* Summon Water Elemental – 3 min cooldown, reagent cost removed, 492 mana (at level 70), 45 sec duration.