Cataclysm Beta - Build 12479 (Updated x3)

Update - Added the models of Cho'gall (Bastion of Twilight), Atramedes (Blackwing Descent), The Tolvirs (Uldum), Lady Nazjar (Throne of Tides), Humanoid Dragon, Earthen Onager
Update - Classes pages finally added. Talent calculator finally updated. Worst patch day ever, I need a giant hug.
Update - Added official talent trees descriptions to the primary skills list.
Update - Ok things are looking better, added the primary skills for all the classes. Some tooltips might be missing/bugged, we're working on it.

Cataclysm Beta - Build 12479
A new build of the beta is up. This post will be updated multiple times during the night.

A lot of stuff has changed and we'll need a few mins to fix everything before I can post all the content. Definitely a lot of interesting stuff, stay tuned.


Talent Calculator
WoWTal.com has been updated with all the new trees. Lot of stuff is still in dev, be careful. If you can't see the new trees push CTRL + F5 to force the refresh (Also, I know the level cap is 50, quick hack to fix the max amount of points)



Classes
Classes pages are up. I might end up doing diffs of all the changes but seriously ... there are really a LOT of changes because of the talent trees revamp, it's probably easier to just check the pages.



Models
Models of Cho'gall (Bastion of Twilight), Atramedes (Blackwing Descent), The Tolvirs (Uldum), Lady Nazjar (Throne of Tides), Humanoid Dragon, Earthen Onager




Achievements
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

  • Tripping the Rifts - Destroyed one of each type of elemental rift during the Cataclysm launch event.

Talent Trees "Primary Skills"
These skills are automatically learned when you pick your main talent tree at level 10. Thanks to Maldivia for this one.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Death Knight (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator)
DK - Blood
A dark guardian who manipulates and corrupts life energy to sustain himself/herself in the face of an enemy onslaught.

DK - Frost
An icy harbinger of doom, channeling runic power and delivering rapid weapon strikes.

DK - Unholy
A master of death and decay, spreading infection and controlling undead minions to do his/her bidding.

Druid (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator)
Druid - Restoration
Uses heal-over-time Nature spells to keep allies alive, taking on the form of a tree when the need is most urgent.

Druid - Feral
Takes on the form of a great cat to deal damage with bleeds and bites or a mighty bear to absorb damage and protect allies.

Druid - Balance
Can take on the form of a powerful Moonkin, balancing the power of Arcane and Nature magic to destroy enemies at a distance.

Hunter (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator)
Hunter - Marksmanship
A master archer or sharpshooter who excels in bringing down enemies from afar.

Hunter - Survival
A rugged tracker who favors using animal venom, explosives and traps as deadly weapons.

Hunter - Beast Mastery
A master of the wild who can tame a wide variety of beasts to assist him/her in combat.

Mage (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator)
Mage - Arcane
Manipulates arcane energies, playing with the very fabric of time and space.

Mage - Frost
Freezes enemies in their tracks and shatters them with Frost magic.

Mage - Fire
Ignites enemies with balls of fire and the breath of dragons.

Paladin (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator)
Paladin - Holy
Invokes the power of the Light to protect and to heal.

Paladin - Protection
Uses Holy magic to shield himself / herself and defend allies from attackers.

Paladin - Retribution
A righteous crusader who judges and punishes opponents with weapons and Holy magic.

Priest (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator)
Priest - Discipline
Uses magic to shield allies from taking damage as well as heal their wounds.

Priest - Shadow
Uses sinister Shadow magic, especially damage-over-time spells, to eradicate enemies.

Priest - Holy
A versatile healer who can reverse damage on individuals or groups and even heal from beyond the grave.

Rogue (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator)
Rogue - Combat
A swashbuckler who uses agility and guile to stand toe-to-toe with enemies.

Rogue - Assassination
A deadly master of poisons who dispatches victims with vicious dagger strikes.

Rogue - Subtlety
A dark stalker who leaps from the shadows to ambush his/her unsuspecting prey.

Shaman (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator)
Shaman - Elemental
A spellcaster who harnesses the destructive forces of nature and the elements.

Shaman - Restoration
A healer who calls upon ancestral spirits and the cleansing power of water to mend allies? wounds.

Shaman - Enhancement
A totemic warrior who strikes foes with weapons imbued with elemental power.

Warlock (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator)
Warlock - Destruction
Calls down demonic fire to burn and demolish enemies.

Warlock - Demonology
A warlock who uses both Fire and Shadow magic along with powerful demons.

Warlock - Affliction
A master of Shadow magic who specializes in fear, drains and damage-over-time spells.

Warrior (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator)
Warrior - Arms
Highly trained for battle with two-handed weapons, uses mobility and overpowering attacks to strike his / her opponents down.

Warrior - Fury
A furious berserker wielding a weapon in each hand, uses a flurry of attacks to carve his / her opponents to pieces.

Warrior - Protection
A stalwart protector that uses a shield to protect himself/herself and his/her allies.


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Deepholm available for testing
[blizzquote author=Valnoth source=http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/25968750006/feedback-deepholm/]Deepholm is ready for testing. Please keep all feedback in this thread.

• Level 82-83
• Breadcrumbs from Stormwind/Orgrimmar.

Please list the level you started the zone at and the level you ended the zone at. [/blizzquote]
This article was originally published in forum thread: Cataclysm Beta - Build 12379 started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2010-07-13 11:33 PM
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  1. 6ev4enko's Avatar
    Please tell me this is some kind of joke ??!?!
  1. muto's Avatar
    The only way they can compensate for doing this is giving each class a 4th talent tree then I won't care if there are 10 point talent trees.
  1. Aminozuur's Avatar
    Mh the change to consecration in prot +30sec thats means

    1. It gets a huge cd and close to useless on moving fights
    2. Way to much mana to use it again

    Looks like prot pvp gets a op crusader strike +115% damage (/wave pvp)

    And the change to Divine Illumination. Well i could be a good one or its going to suck like hell + do i miss a healing increase to healing hands? Trying to make a holy paladin able to raid and tank heal cant see a thing that buffs aoe heal in the tree. They even force us to be tank healers again(which i do like as a holy paladin thats why i did reroll at 80) with the judgement changes.
  1. BagOfChips's Avatar
    It's too bad these talent trees are the trees that will be launching with cataclysm!

    These look like 95% of the current trees minus the crap; not sure how anyone thinks this can be final.
  1. Slasha's Avatar
    I cant see any improvement coming with the 31 talent trees. Okay some mandatory talents felt awkward, but playing around with them was fun! ... this just feels like a lot of choice is gone.
  1. Adlian's Avatar
    just to inform you i think the 2th beta invite is gone in EU (wowwtf i logged in my Bnet acc and i saw deathwing icon )
  1. bojan2109's Avatar
    Do you see that is not official talent calculator..... its just reduced to 31....some1 asked where the f.,, is penance.. just w8 blizz will release it. So yes WTB Talent Tree previews !!!
  1. Grothar's Avatar
    Lol, I think most of the people here have no clue what BETA actually stands for, it's a testphase, it's not final!
  1. Idras's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by bojan2109 View Post
    Do you see that is not official talent calculator..... its just reduced to 31....some1 asked where the f.,, is penance.. just w8 blizz will release it. So yes WTB Talent Tree previews !!!
    You'll get Penance when you spend the first talent point in the tree. Check the main site.
  1. bojan2109's Avatar
    Indeed... but tbh its talent calculator post and its obvoius that those are not real even lvl cap ....some1 made it by deleting passive talents
  1. Idras's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by bojan2109 View Post
    Indeed... but tbh its talent calculator post and its obvoius that those are not real even lvl cap ....some1 made it by deleting passive talents
    You realise that Bouboille got these talent trees from the beta client, right, and that they're the real deal?

    The level cap at 51 was just a quick fix to change the number of available talent points, again, read the main site.
  1. Cubcake's Avatar
    Interesting stuff. I am kinda annoyed by the warlock destro tree tho. As destro you don't use shadowbolt so I kinda hate that to progress down further in the tree I have to waste a point on Imp SB or in the Searing Pain talent (which is really only useful in pvp)... so unless they are making a huge rotation change or something it's a waste of a point imho. Aside from that this all seems cool. I love that resto druids are getting swiftmend at lvl 10 now!
  1. DR.Green's Avatar
    I see an interesting Pre-Cataclysm event incoming
  1. Saiki-Kun's Avatar
    Feral druids are nerfed with the 31 point talent trees... I miss some valuable stuff in it...
  1. cogzwell's Avatar
    /gianthug
  1. Will's Avatar
    /hug for the hard work
  1. Lightfist's Avatar
    I would hug you, but I think you're too far away.

    Just go hug some stranger in the street. What could go wrong?
  1. notwarnus's Avatar
    These talent trees are one of the most disappointing things i've seen so far in WoW. Removing all the "useless" talents and removing talent points so linear that there is no play in them. Blizzard said they don't want everyone plaything the exact same spec, freedom in all trees in all direction...right. from what i've seen from all the trees it's actually more linear with less choices and less points to choose with. fail imo. wtb old talent trees and talent points back, k pls and tank u
  1. Hamato's Avatar
    thanks Blizz, you make it for me easier... now i can quit with peace in my hearth
  1. Alja's Avatar
    Want to buy useful resto druid talents in the actual damn resto tree (also what the crap happened to the cooldown reduction on the new "on use" tree ability . Every talent tree they have released has had the same issues at the top of the tree - pointless talents that don't actually do anything to help you heal. Yes, I realize this is the first beta that the reduced talent trees have been released but so far I'm not liking what I'm seeing. I play every available healer in the game (along with a myriad of dps) and the only tree that hasn't irked me is the resto shaman tree (although what happened to our spirit link )

    Also completely annoyed that there is no way to currently take inner focus as a holy priest (and speaking of priests if they were going to keep lolwell couldn't they have done something with it to make it not so completely stupid) - these new trees are homogenization at it's worst everything is pretty much laid out for you, take "almost" every damn talent in the tree to get to 31pts then you have some extra points that there really isn't much choice/creativity as to where to put them.

    I tend to stand behind Blizzards decisions and usually they end up "making it work" somehow, I only hope that there are some HUGE changes to these trees - i.e adding more talents but not expanding the trees beyond tier 7 so people have at least some variety in what they choose, i.e giving resto druids more than 5 pts in the first two tiers that have anything to do with healing.

    /sigh

    --alja
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