Legion Moonkin changes per Wowhead site director

[Liax]

Moonkin - new model! It had some problems, now new spec. Core problem: based on moving bar on your UI, not watching around you.

Moonkin bar going away - still has unique spell and dots , fantasy of Druid calling stuff from stars.

Innervate is returning but not for resto. Balance will have it for utility. Stampeding roar limited to feral/guardian. Resto hotw variant.

New Druid talent row - affinity - lets you pick what other role you are good at. Dialing down base abilities that cover other roles. Balance affinity as guardian Druid gets moonkin form for example.

https://twitter.com/perculia/status/663134354500009984
https://twitter.com/perculia/status/663134560687796224
https://twitter.com/perculia/status/663135310688026624
https://twitter.com/perculia/status/663135794895294464
https://twitter.com/perculia/status/663136022750867456

[Deleted]

Oh god I hope not. I wish blizzard would stop redoing moonkin from scratch every single expansion.

Also hybrids have never worked in wow and there was a reason why they got rid of it.

[Gapezilla]

Eh it's just a talent row, we've always had good healing utility it's just been mostly passive. How it ends up depends entirely on number tuning.

[Hey There Guys its Metro]

How can anyone know that? This means a beta test has already started for select press then?

[Liax]

She's at blizzcon, and does most of the reporting on Wowhead.

[Treeba]

How can anyone know that? This means a beta test has already started for select press then?

They do a lot of 1 on 1 interviews off camera. They devs also talk directly to players and things come up that weren't talked about on stage. We'll probably hear a lot of things over the next few days.

[Byucknah The Red]

How can anyone know that? This means a beta test has already started for select press then?

There were several interviews that were not covered on the virtual ticket. Expect to have them on MMO-C in the coming hours/days.

[melennia]

How can anyone know that? This means a beta test has already started for select press then?

The interview took place at blizzcon, there are a few devs answering class questions at the darkmoon fare area.

[dark666105]

Bear with moonkin form? Not sure what they are doing there.

[Justin-Sane]

As long as they get rid of or change the current eclipse bar mechanic, then I'm happy.

[enak101]

When you aren't tanking switch to boomkin form to starfall, I imagine could be really cool on some fights. Bring back some hybridisation in a cool way.

[dark666105]

Well they never said you would get starfall, just moonkin form.

[Calzaeth]

Oh god I hope not. I wish blizzard would stop redoing moonkin from scratch every single expansion.

Also hybrids have never worked in wow and there was a reason why they got rid of it.

Wrath to WoD they have simply done a bit more with the same core idea of cycling between Wrath and Starfire, so I wouldn't say "from scratch" every expansion. Although I like how, in Wrath, it was completely RNG, then we moved thorugh a couple iterations of player control, and now we have gone back to "Game decides" but with a clunky channel to offset randomness. It's gone full ̶m̶o̶o̶n̶ ̶s̶u̶n̶ circle!

Or the bottom of the slippery slope, to be poetic.

[enak101]

Yeah they didn't say we would get starfall but its a core moonkin ability (at least in WOD), just a scenario I imagined it would be useful anyway.

[Cyous]

Eclipse scrapped. They are moving away from the two fillers spells, Starfire and Wrath. That is the only reason I can use to explain this change. Now, what will replace it?

Consider this: I don't think they mean "scrap Eclipse completely" but rather that they're going to keep a similar theme and move to a "one filler" rotation. Considering this, that playstyle implies a system similar to what Insanity is going to be -- build up, drain over time. During WOD Alpha, we suggested it, but it couldnt work with two fillers.

[Malmmoc]

I was thinking it could be cool to have solar be a stance like a rogue's Blade Flurry that we use for aoe. So Lunar would be for single target, and maybe spread multitarget, and for aoe/cleave, you turn on the sunshine and spells would have an autocleave/splash effect like sunfire does.

[Dreyen]

I'm glad they are removing eclipse. i can't admit I've loved staring at my eclipse bar very much this expansion... maybe it's because im getting old and im getting less into complex rotations that keeps my eyes out of the actual action just to fixate UI and weakauras... Back in the day i was big on feral Wotlk rotation. I'd rather have simple rotations and complex mechanics and action in the actual game.

[FeralSynapse]

I wonder if this means some form of 'bearcat' will be slightly viable again.

[Feali]

Moonkin rework.. again.. like clockwork.

[Dreyen]

I wonder if this means some form of 'bearcat' will be slightly viable again.

There's an interview on wowhead that says they want tanks to be useful when they are not actively tanking, in that they can show off their skill with great dps... they also said they are thinking of bringing back bearcat or even introducing moonbear as hinted by the moonkin form afinity talent.