Official Burning Crusade Talent and Spell Preview

The new mage skills are nice except invisiblity, 5 minute cool down for an invisiblity where you can only see other invisible people or people with dectect invisible, and it takes 8 seconds to take effect.

Though spell-steal sounds extremely fun. I can just see it now the priest throws up Power World Shield and then I steal it, or the shaman hits a toep and I steal the effect.

Some mage builds I'm looking at trying. The 41 point fire seems kind of low, unless it scales a lot higher at level 70. The Water Elemental looks interesting but I would have to see it in action, I mean can it work as a tank, does it disapear after a certai time. Slow could be fun but the best new arcane one is the 25% intellect to damage. The fact you can get Arcane Power, Fire Power, Improved scorch and arcane instability in one build is intersting thats a lot of damage.

30% + 10% + 3% + 15% = +58% spell damage

41/10/10
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The paladin talents and abilities are amazing.

I guess putting shammys and pallys on the opposite factions did have some good effect after all...
 
20% mount speed aura is my most favorite thing EVER. I played a year solid of my life away on a Bard in EQ (about 2500hours+). My most favorite part of being a bard was the run speed boosts. Bards were the fastet toons in the game. Now Pallys are in WoW muahahahah I love it!
 
The new spells and talents scare me xD

...However this one makes me laugh lol!

Invisibility - Rank 1
Requires Level 68
263 Mana
Instant cast5 min cooldown
Fades the caster to invisibility over 8 sec. The effect is cancelled if you perform or receive any hostile actions. While invisible, you can only see other invisible targets and those who can see invisible. Lasts 20 sec.

Mage: Casts Invisibility!
*covers his eyes*
Mage: You can't see me!!!
 
Yea invisiblity is just terrible, I could understand a few minuses to make it not that overpowered but in this form it is completely useless.

Five minute cool down, takes 8 seconds to go completely invisible, then only twenty seconds of stealth where you can't see anyone or do anything.
 
Warlock:
Kinda glad im a Warlock.

Nether Protection in the Destruction tree is so going to get nerfed.

I like this spec for Osirys.

Mage:
The +58% to spell damage is amazing. But i have a few questions.

1) Does Molten Fury in the Fire tree apply to targets that you have been casting on, or does someone else have to do the damage to be considered wounded?
2) Melko does +58% damage include Incinerate? (Thats 64% if it does.)
3) Does Spell Stealing remove buffs constantly if the target tries to rebuff a buff like PW: Sheild? "This effect lasts a maximum of 2 min." That statement makes me wonder.

I like this spec for Klangdon.
 
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1. From what I've read Molten Fury only works on targets at less then 20%, thats what wounded means here enemies at less then 20% hp.

2. Incinerate does not increase damage, not sure what you mean there.

3. The spell steal thing is how long the buff lasts. Like lets say a mage steals power word fortitude from a priest, it only lasts 2 minutes not the full half an hour.


Did you not get ignite on purpose? Going for 30 fire and no ignite is kinda unorthadox. I was looking at another build, quite interesting and probably what I will use while leveling.
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Ive never gotten Ignite... :D

Why would you get slow, why not put that point into Blastwave or 3/3 Improved Scorch?
 
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Ignite is like the best talent in the fire tree. It makes your crits do 210% damage, more then Ice Shard specced frost crits.

Though slow vs blastwave is a tough choice. I think for leveling slow can help a lot if you can find a nice spot with melee elite guys to grind. 15 seconds of 50% speed is enough to kill just about any melee without ever getting touched.
 
Though slow vs blastwave is a tough choice. I think for leveling slow can help a lot if you can find a nice spot with melee elite guys to grind. 15 seconds of 50% speed is enough to kill just about any melee without ever getting touched.


Oh my gosh, I HAVE TO GRIND AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

<wonders if shadow is in his future again>
 
i messed around with the talent preview for warlocks and i came up with this for me

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info...000235020313325010040105050500051220001000000
Grodester I would take the one point out of Soul link and Finish off Master Demonologist to 5/5. With the gear you have, you can survive w/o SL.

Ignite is like the best talent in the fire tree. It makes your crits do 210% damage, more then Ice Shard specced frost crits. ...
I guess I have some respeccing to do...
 
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BUT I LOVE THE FACT OF 10 LIVES...Klangdon, this will be the hardest choice I will have to make since picking my gnome character, everything else has been straightforward in this game.

EDIT: Ok Klangdon, I fixed around some things, tell me what you think about this spec

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info...000235030013325010051105050500051220001000000


looks like I will be extremely over powered lol, you're right, who needs instant corruption? LOL

I will miss my 70% chance to resist Drain Life and Fel Concentration, I just don't know how I will survive without it lol. THIS IS SO MIND BOGGLING ITS GIVING ME A HEADACHE!!!!!!!
 
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You can spec however you want. But thats just how i would spec. It looks like we are going after the same build.

...looks like I will be extremely over powered lol, you're right, who needs instant corruption? LOL

I will miss my 70% chance to resist Drain Life and Fel Concentration, I just don't know how I will survive without it lol. THIS IS SO MIND BOGGLING ITS GIVING ME A HEADACHE!!!!!!!

I used to have Fel Concentration and sometimes I wish I had it. And I dont miss instant Corruption anymore :)
 
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