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08-23-2009, 12:04 PM
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Totem Talk is Wow.com's weekly column about all things Shamanistic. This week, we go "aaah aaah BlizzCon! Goblin and Dwarven Shamans! All sorts of stats changing! Aaaah!" with Matthew Rossi. Be warned that Cataclysm spoilers may be thick on the ground in this post.
The past few days have been a crazy basket of news for us Shaman players. The Alliance will have a second Shamanistic race with the inclusion of Dwarves (which makes sense, really, since Dwarves are effectively descended from beings of pure earth) and the Horde will get a fourth race of Shamans in the Goblins.
Frankly, an expansion based around the upheaval as Deathwing himself smashes the elemental plans pell-mell into Azeroth is pure bliss for a Shaman. This is what we're for! The elements in disarray, Ragnaros bucking wild on Mount Hyjal, the planes leaking through into Azeroth... time to get out there and do what we do best.
But that's not all. With stat simplification gear is changing, Mastery will change the way our talent trees function (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-game-systems-panel-live-blog), and then there will be the Path of the Titans (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-path-of-the-titans-explained/) to help customize us even more than Glyphs did. Shamans are going to gear differently, have five more talent points (but the talents themselves will be changed and streamlined, we're told) and play differently in Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/category/cataclysm/). Let's start talking about how.Continue reading Totem Talk: Revamped stats in Cataclysm and Dwarven/Goblin Shamans (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/totem-talk-revamped-stats-in-cataclysm-and-dwarven-goblin-shama/)
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Totem Talk: Revamped stats in Cataclysm and Dwarven/Goblin Shamans (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/totem-talk-revamped-stats-in-cataclysm-and-dwarven-goblin-shama/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Totem Talk is Wow.com's weekly column about all things Shamanistic. This week, we go "aaah aaah BlizzCon! Goblin and Dwarven Shamans! All sorts of stats changing! Aaaah!" with Matthew Rossi. Be warned that Cataclysm spoilers may be thick on the ground in this post.
The past few days have been a crazy basket of news for us Shaman players. The Alliance will have a second Shamanistic race with the inclusion of Dwarves (which makes sense, really, since Dwarves are effectively descended from beings of pure earth) and the Horde will get a fourth race of Shamans in the Goblins.
Frankly, an expansion based around the upheaval as Deathwing himself smashes the elemental plans pell-mell into Azeroth is pure bliss for a Shaman. This is what we're for! The elements in disarray, Ragnaros bucking wild on Mount Hyjal, the planes leaking through into Azeroth... time to get out there and do what we do best.
But that's not all. With stat simplification gear is changing, Mastery will change the way our talent trees function (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-game-systems-panel-live-blog), and then there will be the Path of the Titans (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-path-of-the-titans-explained/) to help customize us even more than Glyphs did. Shamans are going to gear differently, have five more talent points (but the talents themselves will be changed and streamlined, we're told) and play differently in Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/category/cataclysm/). Let's start talking about how.Continue reading Totem Talk: Revamped stats in Cataclysm and Dwarven/Goblin Shamans (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/totem-talk-revamped-stats-in-cataclysm-and-dwarven-goblin-shama/)
Filed under: Dwarves (http://www.wow.com/category/dwarves/), Shaman (http://www.wow.com/category/shaman/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/category/blizzard/), News items (http://www.wow.com/category/news-items/), Expansions (http://www.wow.com/category/expansions/), Classes (http://www.wow.com/category/classes/), Buffs (http://www.wow.com/category/buffs/), Alts (http://www.wow.com/category/alts/), (Shaman) Totem Talk (http://www.wow.com/category/totem-talk/), Forums (http://www.wow.com/category/forums/), Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/category/cataclysm/), Goblin (http://www.wow.com/category/goblin/)
Totem Talk: Revamped stats in Cataclysm and Dwarven/Goblin Shamans (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/totem-talk-revamped-stats-in-cataclysm-and-dwarven-goblin-shama/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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