About the Difficulty to Write Steady Wrath Beta Commentary: DK Tanking Talents
I probably should have known better. I actually used to.
With the latest beta build, DK tanking talents appear again to spread across all three trees. Again, not much of an issue in general (except that now you actually will have to make some choices as currently not every single of them can be picked anymore), just that with the rate of changes, the class is currently too unstable to try and predict much about it.[...]
Some Blue Posts on Tanking Design Philosophy for Wrath
Looking through recent Blue posts, here are a few interesting tidbits regarding Tank design for Wrath.
Death Knight Talents Revamped, Tanking Now in 2 Trees
In the newest Beta build, it appears that Blizzard decided to reshuffle tanking talents. Where previously these were scattered over the lower tiers of all three trees, we now find them only in Frost and Unholy.[...]
Quick Glance at Death Knight Tanking Talents
Wowhead (no, I’m still not linking to them) put up a WWI-based talent calculator for DKs. From a quick survey, it appears Blizzard wants indeed not to typecast each talent tree to specific roles, as talents fit for tanking appear in all three.[...]
WWI: Totems to Effect Entire Raid
Just a few quick notes, while other class news look good as well, shammies get a few much needed enhancements coming their way:
- As per the post title, totems will now be raid-wide instead of just party
- Some totems will get merged (Grace of Air + Strength of Earth)
- Totems are confirmed to become physical [...]
Why I Will Definitely Roll a Death Knight
As I mentioned previously, I’m currently leveling a mage on a new (for me) realm. I picked mage for its fast pace and ease of getting to 70, because for many other classes, having a little stash of gold to buy the best gear available at the AH can make a lot of difference.
Jumping the Wrath Gun: A Point in Case
The thing about alphas is that anything is subjet to change. Even information already officially published, like the Death Knight Talent Tree descriptions, can be changed at a moment’s notice.
Disease Mechanisms in PvE?
Part of the pre-announced Death Knight’s abilities include using the disease debuff quite liberally. I’m wondering how that will play out in PvE (obviously I don’t hold my breath, bosses will probably be immune to most of it).
DK information on WoW Site
Blizzard wraps up the previously released information on their site
An Apology to Stop, and a Reply on Death Knights
A week ago, Stop replied to my short Death Knight post. Unfortunately, his reply got caught by Akismet, making it the first false positive I got.
Death Knight Tanking Unveiled
As everyone will have found out by now, there’s a lot of WotLK info bursting out today. Gamespy’s report on Deathknight is particularly interesting.
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