07-22-2010, 03:40 PM
Speaking of talents, what do folks think of what is quite possibly the biggest change of the expansion: the talent revamp?
I think it's great, personally. While it doesn't seem like there would be many people who haven't played WoW already, Blizzard seems to be focusing on improving the experience for players totally new to the game. It goes hand-in-hand with the 1-60 content revamp, and I think they will be successful in pulling in a lot of new people.
Talents were due a complete revamp for sure. A max level character could see a large change in playstyle by respeccing but a low level character really doesn't have much to look forward to until higher levels. You turn level 10 and get your first talent point, only to be faced with the relatively boring choices of +1 crit%, +5% mana, or some other minor boost. It all adds up when you're 80, of course, but at level 10 it's not anything to be excited about.
Getting your spec-defining abilities at 10 along with a clear description of what that spec should be doing will go a long way towards preventing terrible builds and making levelling more fun. The removal of most of the boring +1% to x talents will make getting a new talent point a genuinely exciting thing.
New talent trees can be viewed here btw. They're from the beta so obviously aren't finalized.
I think it's great, personally. While it doesn't seem like there would be many people who haven't played WoW already, Blizzard seems to be focusing on improving the experience for players totally new to the game. It goes hand-in-hand with the 1-60 content revamp, and I think they will be successful in pulling in a lot of new people.
Talents were due a complete revamp for sure. A max level character could see a large change in playstyle by respeccing but a low level character really doesn't have much to look forward to until higher levels. You turn level 10 and get your first talent point, only to be faced with the relatively boring choices of +1 crit%, +5% mana, or some other minor boost. It all adds up when you're 80, of course, but at level 10 it's not anything to be excited about.
Getting your spec-defining abilities at 10 along with a clear description of what that spec should be doing will go a long way towards preventing terrible builds and making levelling more fun. The removal of most of the boring +1% to x talents will make getting a new talent point a genuinely exciting thing.
New talent trees can be viewed here btw. They're from the beta so obviously aren't finalized.