Here are Paladin and Death Knight class changes and Blizzard class discussions that have been put through today. You will see the Hunter changes in a separate post as they are pretty significant and very large; the entire talent list for them is being swapped around some and it looks like they have finally gotten their polish passover. With any luck priests will be next right?
Death Knight
Death Coil and Frost Strike RP cost changes
Death Coil and Frost Strike are 40 runic power again. I hoped that would make it into this build.
We’re still not sure if runic power generation is too high or not, but ultimately 40 is just a better number. Since you often do 5 abilities before using all your runes, that leaves you with 50 RP. If every Death Coil drained that, you are kind of static. With a 40 cost, you build up a little more RP over time so the Death Coils come at different moments. (src)
Chains of Ice diminishing returns in PvP
It’s a bug. It should not diminish. (src)
Paladin (lol pink)
Retribution in endgame raids
While the people that participate in forums like this tend to be pretty up-to-date on class abilities and balance, trying to keep track of the status of so many classes, spells and abilities can be overwhelming for a lot of players. The community at large can be slow to change. Retribution Paladins didn’t have a lot to contribute back in the day, and while I think they are a good contribution to a group even today on live, some people didn’t get the memo. Lolret, yanno?
We want Ret to fill a role in a group. We want *everyone* to fill a role in a group. Even the talent tree as it currently stands (meaning on Beta) could have a lot to offer if those abilities were polished up: mana or health battery for example. I can’t tell you fore sure what it’s going to end up being until we’ve finished our big buff stacking pass.
Personally, I’m feeling really good about the changes to the class as a whole. It’s a big change, so it’s going to take even more time than other classes for the dust to settle and all the talents to get balanced out. But I like the direction. (src)
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