A few giggles and laughs because of the stated thought that 10/25 will be equal, yet not.
So...we get to professions aka what top end still min/max.
First up:
Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, and Tailoring
•Many of the green (and possibly some blue) items made during the process of leveling these professions will contain random stats. In most examples, two stats on these items will be set, and two will be random. The idea with these items is to mix up the skill leveling items so you're not just, for example, creating 10 pairs of boots that are all exactly the same.
•Superior-quality items that require more materials than other recipes in the same skill range provide multiple skill-ups. For example, if a recipe takes three times the reagents, it will give you three skill-ups.
•We didn't feel like we were getting much flexibility from specializations, so they have been removed for all three of these professions. The intent was to help people diversify their profession to feel different from that of other players, but through other professions we've found systems that work better to this end, such as simply making recipes available that you can earn over time.
•To follow up the previous change, all items that required a specialization are now useable by anyone.
•Tailoring the high-end Cataclysm items will center around a single cloth type that can be crafted through five different recipes -- each with their own material components and a long cooldown.
•All three professions will create their starter sets of PVP gear, which will be upgraded with new recipes every season. In general, these are meant to keep pace as an entry-level PvP set below whatever the current Hero Point set is.
Nothing new, but it makes it easier. Funnily enough I wonder if tailoring will still be as outlandish as it is currently. And if wondering...the thread is still one of the finest procs in the fucking game.
Alchemy
•New elixirs will be about 75% as strong as flasks. So you can get more total stat points with two elixirs, but flasks will still be the best at giving you a single offensive or defensive stat.
•New unique material used by nearly all high-level recipes will be created by alchemists on a one-day cooldown.
•New Mysterious Potion created with common materials restores health and mana in a massively random range, as well as sometimes granting the benefit of another potion. The health and mana range is from 1-20,000 and is able to crit. The minimum amount restored, however, is scaled upwards by the Alchemy skill, making it a great choice for alchemists to keep for themselves.
•All potions and elixirs now use the same basic vial type. Flasks still use a fancy vial.
•New Alchemist Stone.
Ok...75%?! Holy shit, that is fucking nuts. Now to this I wonder if he means 75% with Alchemy buff or 75% base. If he means base? Then Alchemy goes easily a few notches in min/max given that it states Flasks give one, but no class is just one stat, no matter how much Blizzard shoehorns dumb shit. Let's just say, given how much shit scales with stats, this is an interesting push. And to be honest, it's funny. The reason most high end use Flasks? Because they are better. But if you scale exilirs that high AND allows to have each, I know many of us who would make hundreds for glass nights. The fact they do not require SPECIAL HERB *1 make them a better deal.
New Alchemist Stone is useless. Will always been a low end trinket with keeping in the bag to make/transmute shit. Unless this thing scales or there's a high end variety, this will not change. Personally, I am fucking pissed that they didn't make a high end one for Wrath, but to be expected given the absurd laundry list of shit they have missed.
Enchanting
In general, material component costs for most recipes are more moderate in how much they require, while the highest-end recipes will still require large quantities. The goal of this change is to make the leveling recipes more consistent and not create unintended roadblocks in getting to the higher skill levels.
An enchanter vanity pet is being added.
Nothing changed, in fact giving a pet is just there to reach...I dunno the achievement?
New Cataclysm weapon enchantment preview:
•Avalanche -- Chance to deal Nature damage on melee hit/spell hit.
•Elemental Slayer -- As expected, this enchantment helps players deal devastating damage to elemental creatures.
•Hurricane -- A stacking haste proc.
•Heartsong -- Mana regeneration through increased Spirit when chain-casting spells.
Meh, Meh, New SUPAH ENCHANCT!!!(depending on how high and what the 500+ one looks like), and same.
Again, I love how much useless shit they tag with the shit people really want aka only a couple times did people go "Maybe try Demon sl...wait, my weapons are better if I use this. Fuck +20/0/0 bonus proc on a single type."
•Engineering is still being designed, but expect new unpredictable gadgets to use on yourself or enemies. Toys, explosives, and even a new vanity pet or two. Oh, and powerful mechanical bows and crossbows in addition to guns.
•In general, we want Engineering to remain a tradeskill mainly focused on creating fun or useful gadgets for the engineer, but we are exploring options for items that can be sold to other players for profit.
Okay...to the first. Wow they remembered a complaint from...VANILLA. Dumb fucks.
And LMAO to the second. Sorry, looking at that is akin to looking at the warrior's faces when they read the rape list.
Inscription
•With the large number of class changes coming with Cataclysm, many existing glyphs will see new functionality.
•Minor glyphs are woefully uneven from one class to the next right now, so they're a focus for us to clean them up and try to ensure that everyone has minor glyphs they're excited about.
•New Darkmoon Cards will be added, with hopes they'll all be as awesome as the Greatness card.
•We'll be adding more major glyphs as well, but in the hopes of making them as balanced as possible, we'll likely wait until after the expansion ships to add any for the new abilities in Cataclysm.
•New and more desirable off-hand and relic recipes will be added.
This has to be remarked for each.
1. Doesn't fill me with much given the sheer stupidity they did in this expansion. Some were so utterly stupidly powerful that they became needed for the class. Not as small advatage, needed.
2. Minor Glyphs need more. Not MUST HAVE vs useless shit. Again, look at the builds...
3. Then balance your stats for classes. The reason Darkmoon Cards were either awesome or shit is how classes USED their stats, ie +90 Str/Agi plus a proc? It made some classes having fantastic levels of burst. Same reason that oh...Death's Verdict, Deathbringer's Will, Whisphering Skull are so fucking fantastic.
Final one? Sorry dipshits, it's either going to be Darkmoon card(Still used if you are unlucky with trinkets) or Alchemist Stone.
Jewelcrafting
•Some gem colors have changed! Hit is now blue. Mastery and Dodge are yellow. Intellect is now red. These simple changes have created a much more diverse matrix of gem cuts.
•New Jewelcrafting dailies will be introduced.
•Many cuts are being added to support the new Mastery stat.
•Some new Cataclysm jewelry recipes have completely random properties, and can sometimes create superior and epic versions.
•Jewelcrafters will have some fun new (and potentially lucrative) vanity items, including fist weapons, rhinestone sunglasses, monocles, and stardust (sprinkle on players for entertainment).
Honestly, nothing bad and in fact some interesting venues of money making. Course the random one will bring out the account whores in the droves. But that is much a user problem then purely Blizzard problem.
Herbalism, Skinning, and Mining
•All Cataclysm herbs have the chance of containing Volatile Life.
•There won't be a new Lotus equivalent in Cataclysm. Alchemists will use the more reliably-found Volatile Life to create the new high level flasks.
...uh...I think he needs to re-read his statement and remember what Lotus were solely used for.
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