Next on our list of announced Cataclysm class changes… The Warrior!<\/p>\n
It’s important to keep in mind while reading the Warrior changes, that Blizzard has announced that they are going to normalize rage generation (again).\u00c2\u00a0 You may recall that they tried that way back in Burning Crusade…and the results were… well… not pretty.\u00c2\u00a0 With any luck, Blizz will have better success this time around.\u00c2\u00a0 Warrior is one of the classes I haven’t ever leveled all the way to level cap at some point, so, while I understand the basics of the class.. I don’t know enough to comment on the pros\/cons of the changes.\u00c2\u00a0 So go read Tankspot or Elitist Jerks for commentary on this one<\/p>\n
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Link to original announcement is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will bring with it several changes to class talents and abilities. Here you will get a glimpse into some of the changes we have in store for the warrior. The information you’re about to read is not complete, and is only meant to act as a preview for some of the exciting new things to come.<\/span><\/p>\n New Warrior Abilities<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n Inner Rage (Level 81)<\/strong> : Whenever the character reaches a full 100 Rage, he or she will gain a buff that causes attacks to consume 50% more Rage and do 15% more damage for a short amount of time. This is a passive ability so it won’t need to be activated by the player. The goal for this ability is to provide a benefit for hitting max Rage instead of it feeling like a penalty. However, we also don’t want warriors to feel like they’re supposed to pool Rage and do nothing until they hit 100, so we’ll be closely monitoring how this plays out during the beta testing, and making adjustments as needed.<\/span><\/p>\n Gushing Wound (Level 83)<\/strong> : This ability will apply a bleed effect to the target. If the target moves, the bleed gains an extra stack and refreshes its duration, up to a maximum of three stacks. The ability is currently planned to have no cooldown, cost 10 Rage, and have a 9-second duration. Gushing Wound is designed to be weaker than Rend with one stack, but better with three stacks, which will be reached when fighting a moving target.<\/span><\/p>\n Heroic Leap (Level 85)<\/strong> : This ability makes the character leap at their target and apply the Thunder Clap ability to all enemies in the area when they land. Heroic Leap will be usable in Battle Stance and shares a cooldown with Charge, but the Juggernaut and Warbringer talents will allow Heroic Leap to be used in any stance and possibly while in combat. The cooldown for this ability might be longer than the Charge ability, but it will also apply a stun effect so you can make sure the target will still be there when you land.<\/span><\/p>\n Changes to Abilities and Mechanics<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n In addition to learning new abilities, you’ll see changes to other abilities and mechanics with which you’re already familiar. This list and the summary of talent changes below it are by no means comprehensive, but they should give you a good sense of what we intend for each spec.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/span><\/li>\n Arms<\/span> Fury<\/span> Protection<\/span> Bonus Swing<\/strong> : This is similar to the Sword Specialization talent that is currently in the game, but Bonus Swing will work on all attacks and with all weapons. You have a chance to proc a free, instant weapon swing that hits for 50% damage.<\/span><\/p>\n Enrage Intensity<\/strong> : Every benefit of being enraged is increased. This includes doing more damage\/healing\/ etc. from abilities like Bloodrage, Death Wish, Enrage, Berserker Rage, and Enraged Regeneration.<\/span><\/p>\n Critical Block Chance<\/strong> : As we mentioned in the stat changes preview, block rating is changing to a chance to block 30% of a melee swing’s damage. Protection warriors have a chance that the block will be a critical block and block for 60% of a melee swing’s damage instead. There will likely be talents available to push the amount blocked even higher.<\/span><\/p>\n Vengeance<\/strong> : This is a mechanic to ensure that tank damage (and therefore threat) doesn’t fall behind as damage-dealing classes improve their gear during the course of the expansion. All tanking specs will have Vengeance as their second talent tree passive bonus. Whenever a tank gets hit, Vengeance will give them a stacking attack power buff equal to 5% of the damage done, up to a maximum of 10% of the character’s un-buffed health. For boss encounters, we expect that tanks will always have the attack power bonus equal to 10% of their health. The 5% and 10% bonuses assume 51 talent points have been put into the Protection tree. These values will be smaller at lower levels. Remember, you only get this bonus if you have spent the most talent points in the Protection tree, so you won’t see Arms or Fury warriors running around with it. Vengeance will let us continue to make tank gear more or less the way we do today \u00e2\u20ac\u201c there will be some damage-dealing stats, but mostly survival-oriented stats. Druids typically have more damage-dealing stats even on their tanking gear, so their Vengeance benefit may be smaller, but overall the goal is for all four tanks do about the same damage when tanking.<\/span><\/p>\n We hope you enjoyed this preview, and we’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback on these additions and changes. Please keep in mind that this information represents a work in progress and is subject to change as development on Cataclysm continues. <\/span><\/p>\n Cataclysm Stat & System Changes<\/strong> : http:\/\/forums.worldofwarcraft.com\/thread.html?topicId=23425636414&sid=1<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n
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\nNew Talents and Talent Changes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nMastery Passive Talent Tree Bonuses<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n
\nMelee Damage
\nArmor Penetration
\nBonus Swing<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n
\nMelee Damage
\nMelee Haste
\nEnrage Intensity<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n
\nDamage Reduction
\nVengeance
\nCritical Block Chance<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n