Ghostcrawler explains patch 4.3 balance changes

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With patch 4.3 on the horizon , Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street (lead systems designer) has taken to the WoW community blog to discuss class and balance changes that are coming with the next big update to the game. Ghostcrawler had previously discussed some balance changes in part one of his balance change blogs , but it was missing some classes that Blizzard wasn’t ready to talk about just yet. Now, we’ve got notes and discussions on each class currently in game. I’m a huge fan of Ghostcrawler’s to-the-point blog posts about the focus and design of classes, and this is just another in the now long line of awesome insights into the design process. Death knight and druid tanks are getting some buffs to bring them more in line with the block-heavy warriors and paladins, and block capping for both warriors and paladins is not being discouraged. Feral druids are getting a Glyph of Shred change that will hopefully help their rotations, and beast mastery hunters are getting a slight buff. As we found out from before, paladins’ Holy Radiance is getting a change to be more of a focused AOE heal, and priests are getting a buff to Guardian Spirit. Shaman initially were hit with a huge Wind Shear nerf, which has been rolled back slightly. Demonology and destruction warlocks are getting a slight buff to be more competitive with afflocks, and hopefully warrior “charge jumping” has been fixed for good. You’ve promised me this before, Ghostcrawler! Where’s my charge-jumping pony-moose? Check out the full blog post after the jump. Continue reading Ghostcrawler explains patch 4.3 balance changes Filed under: Cataclysm Ghostcrawler explains patch 4.3 balance changes originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read