{"id":411,"date":"2010-04-21T11:22:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T17:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thrallatemybaby.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2010-04-21T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T17:22:20","slug":"wow-cataclysm-rogue-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"WoW: Cataclysm Rogue Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now we have the Rogue Class changes that will be coming with Cataclysm.<\/p>\n

With Smoke Bomb, and the new Mage spell Wall of Fog, Blizzard is definitely trying to bring Crowd Control and Strategy back into the game, even in Battlegrounds.<\/p>\n

Link to Official Announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, we’ll be making several changes to class talents and abilities across the board. Here, you’ll get a glimpse at what’s in store for the rogue class, including a look the new high-level abilities and an overview of how the new Mastery system will work with the rogue’s different talent specs.<\/p>\n

New Rogue Abilities<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n

Redirect (available at level 81)<\/strong><\/span> : Rogues will be getting a new ability to help them deal with changing targets. Redirect will transfer any active combo points to the rogue’s current target, helping to ensure combo points aren’t wasted when swapping targets or when targets die. In addition, self-buff abilities like Slice and Dice will no longer require a target, so rogues can spend extra combo points on those types of abilities (more on this below). Redirect will have a 1-minute cooldown and no other costs.<\/p>\n

Combat Readiness (level 83)<\/strong><\/span> : Combat Readiness is a new ability that we intend rogues to trigger defensively. While this ability is active, whenever the rogue is struck by a melee or ranged attack, he or she will gain a stacking buff called Combat Insight that results in a 10% reduction in damage taken. Combat Insight will stack up to 5 times and the timer will be refreshed whenever a new stack is applied. Our goal is to make rogues better equipped to go toe-to-toe with other melee classes when Evasion or stuns are not in play. This ability lasts 6 seconds and has a 2-minute cooldown.<\/p>\n

Smoke Bomb (level 85)<\/strong><\/span> : The rogue drops a Smoke Bomb, creating a cloud that interferes with enemy targeting. Enemies who are outside the cloud will find themselves unable to target units inside the cloud with single-target abilities. Enemies can move inside the cloud to attack, or they can use area-of-effect (AoE) abilities at any time to attack opponents in a cloud. In PvP, this will open up new dimensions of tactical positional gameplay, as the ability offers a variety of offensive and defensive uses. In PvE, Smoke Cloud can serve to shield your group from hostile ranged attacks, while also drawing enemies closer without the need to rely on conventional line-of-sight obstructions. Smoke Cloud lasts 10 seconds and has a 3-minute cooldown.<\/p>\n

Changes to Abilities and Mechanics<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n

We’re also planning to make changes to some of the other abilities and mechanics you’re already familiar with. 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 want for each spec.<\/span><\/p>\n