WoW Shamans get some love at BlizzCon

For so long now, Shamans in World of Warcraft have always accused Blizzard of holding them back. The class itself has a lot of potential, being a hybrid and all, but this same advantage is oftentimes seen as a weakness because they have to specialize first to become competitive enough compared to other classes.

Well, the Shamans got a bit of what they wanted during the recently concluded BlizzCon 2007 as Blizzard announced some talent changes. The following are the highlights of the said developments:

• Shamanistic Rage will reduce damage taken by 30% when it’s on, as well as its previous mana-regenerating effect.
• New talent: Shamanistic Focus. Seems to occupy the place of the previous Two-Handed Axes and Maces talent. (Does this mean 2h will be baseline now?!) Reads as follows: Rank 1/1: After landing a melee critical strike, you enter a Focused state. The focused state reduces the mana cost of your next shock spell by 60%.
• Mental Quickness increases spell damage and healing by 30% of your AP (for 3/3 talent points) as well as its previous instant-cast cost reduction effect.

Blizzard, however, failed to mention when these changes will take effect. But seeing how the company is so keen on bringing back old players and keeping its user base intact, we have to say that there’s a big probability that the changes will go live with the next patch. As always, updates as we get them!

Via World of Raids

For so long now, Shamans in World of Warcraft have always accused Blizzard of holding them back. The class itself has a lot of potential, being a hybrid and all, but this same advantage is oftentimes seen as a weakness because they have to specialize first to become competitive enough compared to other classes.

Well, the Shamans got a bit of what they wanted during the recently concluded BlizzCon 2007 as Blizzard announced some talent changes. The following are the highlights of the said developments:

• Shamanistic Rage will reduce damage taken by 30% when it’s on, as well as its previous mana-regenerating effect.
• New talent: Shamanistic Focus. Seems to occupy the place of the previous Two-Handed Axes and Maces talent. (Does this mean 2h will be baseline now?!) Reads as follows: Rank 1/1: After landing a melee critical strike, you enter a Focused state. The focused state reduces the mana cost of your next shock spell by 60%.
• Mental Quickness increases spell damage and healing by 30% of your AP (for 3/3 talent points) as well as its previous instant-cast cost reduction effect.

Blizzard, however, failed to mention when these changes will take effect. But seeing how the company is so keen on bringing back old players and keeping its user base intact, we have to say that there’s a big probability that the changes will go live with the next patch. As always, updates as we get them!

Via World of Raids