Cataclysm is the word on everyone’s lips right now, and with good reason. On June 30, Blizzard announced officially that the closed beta was starting. The excitement can be seen almost everywhere as new information becomes available. There has been a deluge of information since then with everything from the official patch notes on the current build, new spells, talents and skills, new maps for the zones we will be seeing, to new emotes for each of the new races and everything in between.
We have discussed the talent tree changes a little bit already, back when they were leaked from the alpha client and again with the official preview. At both of those times, however, we saw only a fleeting mention of the new shaman spells and abilities to coincide with these talents. Much of what we saw was left to mere speculation as we had yet to see it first hand through a beta.
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Kanghi World of Warcraft
We’ve all been soaking up all the newly released Cataclysm info from this morning. I was so busy drooling (and hammering) on my keyboard about the hunter changes that I only got around to thinking about the profession and guild changes after my fourth coffee.
Here’s what we know:
All professions seem to have a new cap of 525.
You will be able to learn the next level of crafting skills at level 75. Well, alchemy works that way, and I assume that at least the other crafting skills will be the same level. No word on gathering skills yet.
Guild perks are programmed into the client and have been data-mined; however, the more complex leveling system has been abandoned. No precise writeup about how guilds gain perks, but I hear they still work for experience.
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Castres World of Warcraft
Well, even if you’re a raiding player clearing heroic mode ICC 25 there will be some really tempting items for you as you level from 80 to 85 in Cataclysm. Items like this Obsidian Executioner, usable at level 81, will certainly be of interest to your 2h melee DPS, while the Decapitator’s Razor will draw attention from enhancement shamans, rogues, and perhaps even death knights and fury warriors with the new Single-Minded Fury talent.
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If you’ve been thinking about rolling one of the new class/race combinations, but haven’t really been impressed by the ones they announced a ways back, you may be in luck. Lead systems designer Ghostcrawler has confirmed that troll and dwarf warlocks will be coming with Cataclysm.
There’s no word yet on the lore behind this change, but between Zalazane on the troll side and the Dark Irons on the dwarf side, it seems likely there’s good enough reason to unlock the class. Now if only we could get them to give us Worgen paladins, we’d really be cooking. Stay tuned to WoW.com, there’s more juicy Cataclysm info to come.
Kocherberg World of Warcraft
Step aside, class changes. Back off, world revamp. Now it’s time to put what everyone really wants to see into the spotlight: trade skills. MMO-Champion, which is having some difficulty staying up and stable this evening, has what you’re looking for amongst its Cataclysm information.
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Catelet World of Warcraft
While guild talents may have been scrapped in Cataclysm, the bonuses you would have gotten from them appear to have survived the culling fairly intact — as of this beta build, guild perks (as they’re called) are active and awesome. This list is by no means exhaustive, as chances are good there’ll be plenty more in the game.
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Kiuperli World of Warcraft
The patch notes for the newly-opened Cataclysm beta test have been updated as of build 12319. Full notes are available after the break.
Cataclysm Beta Patch Notes 6.30.10World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta Patch Notes
Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta test! Patch notes listed here are not comprehensive and will be changed throughout the testing process.
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