Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | 19:15 GMT

Class changes detailed for WoW patch 3.1

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World of Warcraft’s official forums are alight today with news of character classes changes in the upcoming patch 3.1.

Full details are too in-depth to outline here, but according to Eurogamer, a new raid dungeon called Ulduar along with dual talent specializations (fingers crossed) will be added. Other than that, this is what you can expect:

No more consumable ammunition for Hunters
A substantial boost for Protection-spec Paladins
Major improvements to the Priest class, especially in group healing
General buffs for Rogues and Shamans
Efficiency improvements for Warriors and Warlocks (with the penalty for Warriors changing stances being much lighter)
Mana regeneration is being reined in across the board
Streamlining every class
Bring tank classes into line with each other
Leveling out imbalance in the damage dealing classes
Healing during boss battles will be more of a challenge with mana changes.

Patch 3.1 has yet to be tested, but seeing that it is to be released sometime within the next few months, it should start soon.

3 comments

Hunam
06/02/09, 7:26 pm

Sounds like all the little imbalances finally got to them so now they are just flattening everything.

ffronw
06/02/09, 8:09 pm

They’ve made too many changes to the game as a whole, IMO. I realize that no one (including Blizzard!) expected their little MMO to be as huge as it is, but their core design forced all these problems to arise as the level cap rose.

Now, I think they’ve gone a bit far in tweaking things. The classes are not what they used to be.

Grimrita
06/02/09, 8:38 pm

I love how they call it new content these dungeons. Essentially, its the same crap wrapped up in a different colour and renamed npcs that are already in the game – yawn!