Talents have been around since the inception of WoW, but have really struggled to find a compelling place in the game. What if instead of this archaic system, we were simply given the tools that we need at a baseline level? With some of the existing talent trees simply baked into the class. I think that this would solve multiple problems:
- classes no longer feeling barebones
- greater player agency by having the appropriate tools needed to perform
- less development time wasted attempting to balance 36 specs of talent trees every patch
- levelling experience improved with more skills unlocked as we level
The major drawback would be that players would no longer be able to choose their talents, but they never really were choosing talents in the first place as there is always the right choice for every situation.
What do you think? Should the entire talent system be sceapped for 9.0? With talents baked into classes. Or should the current system remain?