World Of Warcraft Class Preview Q&A

19 Apr 2010 at 11:31:22 by Bill Vaughan

Blizzard answered several questions from World of Warcraft players at the weekend regarding the upcoming class changes in the new expansion, Cataclysm.

Following the recent previews on each class, players had many queries to put to the developers about the proposed changes. The Q&A took place over Twitter, and  the Blizzard reps picked out several topics they were happy to discuss.

Our resident WoW expert Tom gives a round up of the main facts learned from the Q&A, which wasn't strictly class-related.

• New riding skill which will allow all 280% speed mounts to fly at 310% speed.
• Haste won't make channelled spells (i.e. Mind Flay) be faster, it will last the same, but more ticks per duration.
• New pets: Fox, Monkeys, and more. (We saw monkeys in Lost Isles at BlizzCon's Cataclysm demo)
• Druid's Tree of Life: Regrowth will be instant-cast and Lifebloom will apply two applications at once.
• Uldum mount hinted.
• Smoke Bomb may be used during boss encounters.
• Retribution Paladins will get an interrupt.
• Talent Tree and Glyph tab overhaul.
• Stonetalon Mountains and Western Plaguelands are nigh unrecognisable.
• Rogue: Cloak of Shadows now provides 100% resistance.

There's much more, including several specific class-related questions. See the full Cataclysm Class Preview Developer Q&A on our WoW channel.

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