As readers of the WoW comic will know, a character is being established to become the new Guardian of Tirisfal: Me’dan, son of Garona Halforcen and Medivh, Last Guardian of Tirisfal. In the latest issues of the comic, Jaina Proudmoore encounters a Draenei who claims to be Garona’s uncle, who is also a Priest or Paladin (the latter, I think). The uncle, Jaina, Aegwynn and undead sorceror, Meryl Winterstorm. Together, the four wielders of power seem poised to establish a new Council of Tirisfal, which will not just focus on arcane magic, but include wielders of holy magic, shamans, and druids as well. (I wonder if warlocks will be included.)

Even in classic pre-BC WoW you had to be at hit cap, max defense, appropriate resistance ect. If you remove all of that what will be the point of gear management?

Gear and talents work hand and hand. As a mage there are come builds that are crit dependent making crit more important than haste. A 4 piece conquers set bonus and almost 50% un-buffed crit rating makes for a hell of a lot of free instant cast pyroblast. A huge haste rating makes other builds better so for them haste > crit. Sounds like Blizz is trying to make everyone the same.

If everything is done away with then at that point ANY upgrade will be usable. Yes it can be a annoying to have to pass on an item because it does not have what you need in favor of getting a different upgrade that does, but you do that if you want to stay on top of your game.

I like doing 1000-1500 extra dps in a heroic (unbuffed and with a 1% miss for lack of a Drani) than the average toon. When your in a pug and one person from another raid guild whines that the nublet in the corner has low dps because their under geared having the tank chime in with “That’s ok the mage is doing more dps than two of you” makes you know you have your stuff together.

If Blizz is going to just wipe that all away why the hell should I bother? Forget the Tier gear go for the biggest and easiest thing you can grab. Its all going to be the same now.

Anybody else have a problem with that?

Still, I’m way more excited for this expansion than any previous one.

The troll druid I was not surprised about either. Seems like trolls fit perfectly for the roll. Worgen druids also seem to make a great deal of sense.

Now, if you consider the quest to be added in 3.2.2 for the Horde, it isn’t a surprise at all that the Tauren are gaining the Paladin class. One of the tauren elders gets to talking. Their god Mu’sha is their moon god, and they figure out that Mu’sha and Elune could very well be the same being. From there, it’s not a far inferance that they connect their Sun God (can’t remember the name for the life of me) to The Light that the humans/dwarves/gnomes venerate. From there, it’s an obvious move for them to start venerating their Sun God to bring them the powers of the Paladin. Like was stated earlier, Tauren are actually the most likely of the horde races to gain the Paladin class simply because of their views and cultural beliefs.

First of all, I see the Worgen as the Tauren of the Alliance. They are there out of political necessity, while not exactly fitting in entirely. The Tauren are with the Horde because Thrall was there to help them when no one else would. However, consider that Tauren seem to be a little more peace-oriented than the other Horde races. Orcs and Trolls have generations of vicious warmongering to work though, while Blood Elves and Forsaken are all about vengeance, mainly against the Scourge but also against other races. The Tauren are about neither blood vengeance nor bloodthirstiness, but about peaceful (mostly) survival.
Compare that “outsider” status to the Worgen who, remember, are basically human, but who suffer from a curse. In addition, they are natural enemies of the Forsaken, who try to dominate that part of the Eastern Kingdoms. Besides, if King Varian Wrynn is determined to go to all-out war, then the Alliance will need shock troops.
As for the “Holy Cow” Paladins, that innate peacefulness and devotion to balance and nature would fit in with the basic qualities of piety, devotion and strength that are the Paladin. The fact that the Tauren more naturally follow the Earthmother than the Light may come down to semantics, taken from a certain point of view, but it is a minor obstacle. When Lore is considered from the proper point of view, I see Tauren Paladins being “proper” classes as much as Troll Druids and Dwarf Shaman.