Do you think we will keep artifacts skill next expansion?

[Deleted]

I think we will keep the skills next expansion, since specs are balanced around having such skills.

[unbound]

Nope. Specs all have to be rebalanced anyways based on various changes (e.g. we'll see if there is more pruning).

[Florena]

I think some skills and some of the artifact gold traits will be baked into classes or some new post leveling progression system but not all.

[ZachAttack]

I think a lot of the artifact abilities (more so the passives) will be baked into the other specs. I believe we can suspect another power progression system like the artifacts though.

[Wolfbear]

I'm assuming we will keep the abilities for the most part, they did say they went a bit too far on the pruning too so adding even more stuff is hopeful.

[ZachAttack]

I think some skills and some of the artifact gold traits will be baked into classes or some new post leveling progression system but not all.

wow we said the same thing

[ComputerNerd]

We have had effects from the Draenor Perks for instance put into the classes in some form.
We are likely to have at least some mechanics from the Artifacts become baseline in some way, be it by default, talents, etc.
But we will change in more ways than simply additions, so some may need changed to fit, some may not, and we may even lose something pre-artifact.

Going to have both gains and losses.

[Swalload]

I think we will keep the skills next expansion, since specs are balanced around having such skills.

There will be a massive job done on all specs, obviously, some skill may stay, or go, and be replaced by something else. I'm also expecting some nice artifact traits to be baked in, maybe even some legendary effects.

[Thelxi]

Yeah I do think they will make many of the artifact skills baseline for many specs. For example the moon spells for balance I can see becoming baseline. If they don't they would have to essentially rework the entire spec.

Maybe though they will remove many of those skills and passives to make room for new spells and passives, as a form of progression yet again. Maybe we will be doing the same thing we did in Legion; slowly unlocking our spec.

[Deleted]

Nope. Specs all have to be rebalanced anyways based on various changes (e.g. we'll see if there is more pruning).

There will be a massive job done on all specs, obviously, some skill may stay, or go, and be replaced by something else. I'm also expecting some nice artifact traits to be baked in, maybe even some legendary effects.

Are you telling me they are going to change specs for the 7th time in 5 years ?

[Phuongvi]

Nah, They will give us something new to whine about

[unbound]

Are you telling me they are going to change specs for the 7th time in 5 years ?

Yes. They always modify the specs each and every expansion to try to keep the game fresh.

[Niffo]

Really curious to see how this game is going to transition into getting rid of the artifacts.

[Queen of Hamsters]

They'll waste a ton of time and resources on reimagining the damned specs again, as per usual.

I just hope they return my favourite spec to what it once was.

[Swalload]

Are you telling me they are going to change specs for the 7th time in 5 years ?

Of course, nothing can stay as it is anyway, it's mostly garbage.