The War Within Alpha Is OVER, And A Lot Is Going Down

The War Within Alpha now features all 4 zones, Mists of Pandaria remix is about to drop, Blizzard risk gutting a lot of Warlock players, and much more!
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[@ch.k.3377]

Suramar wasn't just a zone, Suramar was a feeling!

[@brettcloud8550]

AN ILLUSION! What are you hiding?

[@Dan55888]

Suramar was amazing and it's insane how they they havnt even come close to it since.

[@Spinevoyager]

Suramar's god.

[@milkqt666]

the fact that Suramar wasnt a proper city is sad. All that work for what

[@aaronwylie6928]

@@brettcloud8550 i hated the illusion bs

[@victuss1413]

Wish they would do alot with the glyph system. Glyph of old shadowform Glyph of frostfire blizzard etc

[@anthonyzarfati3579]

Yes Shadowform needs customization

[@stevenrussell8917]

I’d like glyphs that can change the MW’s heals different colors.

[@zuralani1]

i need them to fix DHs throw glaive glyph

[@user-tt1ix7cy7y]

I miss the old thunderbolt of ele shaman, when it was a ball of lightning! I don't wanna play sham until I get that back

[@MordredOdin]

The most one thing that Blizzard should make is a 10-man mythic raid. This is a huge deal!

[@markmikolay9019]

I am so relived to hear that Nerubians are treated as a civilisation with nuance, they are my favourite race in Warcraft :)

[@camerynmaru]

One thing about your commentary on zone cohesiveness in the recent past: I'd agree with you that Legion, Shadowlands and Dragonflight's leveling campaigns felt disjointed and disconnected sometimes. But where I disagree with you is BFA. The Zandalar zones felt incredibly connected by story (especially with regard to uncovering the Titan facilities throughout the three zones) and the Kul Tiras zones weren't too far behind. (I personally think Drustvar is the best leveling zone of all time, your mileage may vary.) :)

[@pepepicapinto543]

Oh man... Drustvar... the music, the themes, the characters, the story, the landscapes... Definitely agree, the best leveling zone ever

[@karlzone2]

The "Battle" in BfA was kinda missing from those zones, except for a small side plot in Stormsong. But otherwise I agree. The main story of BfA leveling was incredibly cohesive and well told.

[@aaronwylie6928]

BFA zones were awesome. Loved Kul Tiras

[@pepepicapinto543]

@@karlzone2 if the whole of BFA was about the war it would've become a bit tiresome in my opinion

[@Cashinn_Outt1754]

Zandalar was much better and more cohesive than Kul Tiras

[@Jaaj2009]

Locus Walker looked legit incredible in that cut-scene, performances so much better than other DF cutscenes

[@johnmassey2632]

Some of their class changes are so counterintuitive. Warriors base kit being hamstringed in lieu of “new hero talents!!”. It feels bad

[@JKane_88]

really glad Shaman's got all their trees and all their trees look like the best in the game. They really love Shamans and that makes me happy!

[@unreasonablyagreeable1081]

druid op

[@JustinPardue]

Hunters too!

[@attinger117]

Sarcasm?

[@MrZeuz666]

@@attinger117 Yes, they tossed Shamans in the bin completely.

[@Dajova]

all? still missing Totemic...

[@Ser_Nathor]

Anyone else notice if you talk to Locus Walker at the start of the quest line, he straight up says Xal is the Harbinger. Guessing it's a glitch from what he should say at the end of the questline, but also suspicious...

[@forrrrestjohncave]

It is a bug. Both Matt and Michael talked about that in the podcast.

[@jackalclone1]

Just wish the Dranei heritage armor itself wasn't so bad

[@Dan55888]

Did you see how bad the troll heritage armor is? These two heritage armors are just awful

[@Liberal_Triggerer]

@@Dan55888the troll is great. He’s right the Draenei armor sucked.

[@Said-xy6ym]

@@Dan55888 Troll one isn't good but it's definetly not as bad as the draenei, not even close((

[@matheospavlou1545]

I want to see spiders added as allied race for Horde and the crab version on alliance side 😂

[@woahthatscrazy9592]

Confirmed. Bellular is a size queen

[@HaterOfReddit]

Alpha is over? But, not all the tree's are in! I hope that shaman and rogue bros finally get their last tree's lmao. Keep up the great work!

[@javelinmaster2]

Wait I though Rogues already had all their Trees

[@casmetionut1631]

That means the shamans are the most loved 🤭

[@Pausenmacher]

@@javelinmaster2 Deathstalker is missing.

[@Urukior4]

Frost DK 😢😢

[@OhNoTheFace]

I mean things will change in beta. I think the alpha was largely for zone tests

[@michaelhutton4262]

For the MoP Remix, are the normal and heroic raids going to scale in size? Or is it set back to 10man/25man?

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@aster4jaden]

Dragonflight was about activating five MacGuffins that fizzled out into nothing, atleast with Legion they was important to the Plot.

[@gruuzol6280]

DF was ass

[@Scuuurbs]

They weren’t meant to be *that* important in a literal sense. They were important, figuratively, as a representation of the pact between the dragonflights and the titans. They were never supposed to be some big narrative plot device, lol. They just symbolize the separation and conflict between the ideals of the Dragonflights & the Incarnates

[@TheSpydetector]

@@Scuuurbs It was still shit. If they weren't that important to begin with they shouldn't have received this much content on them to begin with

[@joaquin5028]

Your response, just like dragon flight, is a ton of text to say they have no purpose ​@@Scuuurbs

[@Scuuurbs]

@@TheSpydetector “this much content” what? Renewing the oathstones took up barely any content wdym lol… The emerald oathstone isn’t even mentioned during the zone campaign, it just reactivates on its own when Merithra renews her vow with the Maruuk centaur. Restoring the power of the aspects took up a lot of the content, yes, but the oathstones were just pretty little symbols of the aspects, not sources of power.

[@666saturation7]

all my time spent in suramar looked like another single player game. The best ever zone in the entire game for me

[@zacharyc3837]

If I remember correctly, the zones are arranged more vertically as we're going towards the center of azeroth. Does that mean it's gonna be a pain to go from one of the lower zones to one of the higher zones?

[@ondrejjanosik5114]

If you get high enough renown with Nerubians, they will let you use their elevator.

[@crustyplayer]

I was so happy to hear you said WoD was preem for linear story telling. That type of story telling is what recaptured me after my negative perspective of MoP.

[@dylanwarner6035]

Glyph of jab….man that single thing made me so happy

[@Amplifymagic]

such an important glyph

[@burgers5675]

Wibdwalker will finally be playable again

[@markbay9275]

@@burgers5675 So true. Was really a breaker for me!

[@julesjmj5682]

Thank freaking god about the narrative! I’m enjoying dragon flight for the gameplay..but the storytelling just kills me. It literally feels handholdy, and at times, very juvenile in its execution. This was bad in Shadowlands, and it’s worse in Dragondflight. As someone who genuinely plays the game for the story, it really kills my appeal for the game. Dark heart feels like a step back in the correct direction. Gimme some more of that old school mystery surrounding the zones!

[@Huckle777]

Anyone know if old mage tower skins will be available to get in any way in war within?

[@aerynsciuto3582]

At mark 3:07 you recommended installing some addon. I cannot hear what addon you said, something about my ears and some background sound is preventing me from hearing that bit correctly. I think you're saying "the narcissist addon". Is that right? Thanks.

[@Sanyex]

Narcissus

[@maxw565]

The alpha is over??? Oh dear god

[@Draemencia]

Exactly what I was thinking. How? With some classes without their hero talents trees and need iterations on some of the ones currently out…this doesn’t bode well.

[@zuralani1]

it's not really "over" over, we've just seen all of the zones and dungeons. Even if they do go into beta early, this expac will most likely have more ppl in beta than any other

[@maxw565]

@zuralani1 ah right. Phew.

[@OhNoTheFace]

You do know a beta follows, right?

[@maxw565]

@OhNoTheFace oh herr we go. "It's only alpha, it's only beta..." The alpha isn't over, thank god. Because yes, obviously there will be a beta after the alpha where more development happens. But, if the alpha had been over with some specs missing hero talents or having incredibly flawed designed ones while others get insanely cool new stuff, that would be... extremely worrying

[@larslane30]

They may seem like the biggest zones I have been seeing but we alson know that all they have to do is another expansion patch to introduce more areas a little bit at a time.

[@Chronostix]

How can you make a Mop remix and not give pandarens their Heritage armor?

[@Dan55888]

Being as terrible as Blizzard is

[@pepepicapinto543]

@@Dan55888 The world is ending, they didn't do panda armor

[@Scuuurbs]

Probably because pandaren can be either faction. They’ll either need to have a meaningful story that works for both factions, or make two separate stories. Since the Allied Pandaren are technically two different factions (Tushui & Huojin) they’re probably going for the 2nd option and making two stories/armor sets. Also, China. It really wouldn’t surprise me if Bliz was being extra careful to avoid upsetting them.

[@Mysterious-Fox-01]

@@Scuuurbs especially that blizzard gave them the boots and kicked all of China out of the game

[@Scuuurbs]

@@Mysterious-Fox-01 more like NetEase tried to get an advantage on their licensing rights and Blizzard called their bluff. Trust me, Blizzard didn’t want to lose the Chinese market. NetEase must’ve been asking for some crazy shit for Blizz to choose not to renew their agreement. Anyway, they reached an agreement now & WoW is coming back to China later this year.

[@hellothere8812]

When does beta come out?

[@MrMousebob]

Have they allowed cross continent/country joining of Servers?

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Slowly plodding through two classes I’ve never main’d. Shaman and pally. So far leaning towards paladin in war within but I’ll have to see what they feel like at end game DF.

[@redyn9611]

void elf heritage armor quest still not fixed

[@AverageYTer]

Gonna push back on the size of the zones being a quality. We’re going to zipping around them at 300mph so it doesn’t really matter

[@sdnw1840]

I specifically got my raid bullion before finishing the quest because I KNEW that was going to happen. Don't know how they couldn't foresee it.

[@BrisketBBQ]

Hope they do launch Beta this week!

[@Spamkromite]

I really want to make a spider Priest or Warrior. All this teasing is killing me 🕷I couldn't be a Klaxxi, at least let me be a non-descript Nerubian, plsss

[@a1pha_star]

Very exciting! ❤

[@Bramandin]

Are classes getting de-bloated? How much?

[@vaels5682]

So glad the nerubians are finally being fleshed out. Always was hoping they would do a proper city for their architecture. Wotlk was just a taste of that

[@DerekScottBland]

Thursday for MoP? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Thought it was Tuesday, and when my new schedule came out showing Tues / Wed off I thought I was set for 48 hours of Panda time.

[@Spinevoyager]

I'm sorry for your loss. I too work Thursday. 😔

[@gwenhyfarbeati]

i thought it was tuesday too until last night and i was CRUSHED

[@Thrall966]

no point in farming transmogs before warbands or am I wrong ?

[@jonathanhendricks6564]

Wrong, you can buy all of the transmog on any class. So you can get mail on a clothy.

[@Thrall966]

@@jonathanhendricks6564 your talking about MoP remix . I’m talking about making BFA raids soloable

[@The86Ripper]

Nobody talks about what happened with the premade group finder timers. Why did they remove those? I really cant understand blizzard sometimes, how are you gonna go ahead and remove something *this* vital and nobody bats an eye?

[@samuels.2411]

2:13 would love they would sometime asap fix old buggs.

[@n.m.h9679]

Meanwhile, Night Elves have the worst escort quest in the game as their racial heritage quest line

[@jessicahampton4581]

Can you do the higher delves 10-13 and give us feedback

[@stormysteph1998]

It’s so infuriating that they can make such good heritage armor quest lines like the Draenei one, but miss the mark so completely on others like the night elf one.

[@joke_d]

Abit sad Warlock is looking abit dicey for war within so far. They have been one of my top contenders for a new main, their Hero Specs just look really great. Hopefully they will be worked upon during the beta now.

[@lusalma5404]

MOP Remix... it would be nice to reset sort of like d3 with seasonal characters.

[@MarkerInTheSand]

I'm so glad you're raising awareness about the awful Warlock changes. I really hope they get reverted.

[@forrrrestjohncave]

I really hope TWW continues to have the correctly animated cutscenes. Dragonflight had this weird mix of the two. Sometimes the mouths were synced and other times they weren't. It looked really bad that way.

[@Kantstop01]

You have a lot of new female followers! They’re so friendly!

[@zotidragoi]

friendly followers are the best

[@Robin...222]

He buy comments and vieuws

[@kathrynward7339]

I guess myself and the five other people who play affliction lock are... ok?

[@willythemailboy2]

It's sad that the best news about my main class is that Blizzard seems to have forgotten it exists. They can't fuck up what they didn't change.

[@rebeccah2729]

They closed Blizz-Con due to costs, so it's affecting WoW as well for the community.

[@trevordevore14]

They really need to just put warlock back to the way it was in MoP, I miss my burning embers.

[@justinhammer3196]

I can only hope the games characters will hug more. Hugs are missing I feel.

[@Storlans]

Does that mean the Beta is starting?

[@RoboBongoCuckooCop]

I haven't seen you be this positive about an expansion (Dragonflight) in a long, long while.

[@Tribustus]

Still no guardian Druid mentions :(

[@CrowbarSr]

warlocks will never NOT be upset, all they do is complain

[@vorios6731]

?? Have you ever played affliction after MoP ? It was one of the most fun specs in the game and it feels clunky for 10 straight years . Do you even understand the amount of time the spec does not practicaly exist ? Also destruction feels really bad to play on anything that involves the slightest of movement . In modern wow thats 3/4 of the game . Demo some times its really good then it becomes bad and vice versa. Of course they will complain . I am not even a warlock player and i feel upset for them ( and for death knights)

[@meeko6692]

Have the bugs actually been fixed tho? Guild roster - still broken, training dummies - still broken, friend online/offline notifications - still in the middle of the screen and unable to be turned off, quite frequent lag be it fps or latency lag - yep, still there. And now for one certain spec. Arcane mage. Oh boy where do I begin? Clearcast arcane missiles failing to go off but they consume clearcasting anyway - yep that’s there, happens when backpedalling or sometimes while strafing and does so with almost 100% reproduction rate when you backpedal while having missiles empowered via tier set bonus. The UI showing you that you have clearcasting when you actually don’t and you shoot out non-clearcast missiles like a dumbass - yep that’s present as well. Some abilities, especially arcane explosion, straight up refusing to go off at the time when you press the button (or at all) sometimes - yes also that. Arcane barrage sometimes refunding arcane charges like it’d shoot out an orb, even though it didn’t - yes that also happens sometimes but I don’t complain about this one haha. Yeah the bugs haven’t been exactly fixed, wow is currently in flames.

[@JustinPardue]

Well I think now they take all feedback and known bugs, go dark from alpha, then work on fixing those things for beta.

[@meeko6692]

@@JustinPardue mate I'm talking about the bugs on live servers which have been mentioned at the start of the video. Live is currently utterly broken and while it will be fixed eventually, it's straight up lying saying that "most of those have been ironed out by now".

[@fundingsecured7072]

Alpha is already over? Wow so soon.

[@lewiswalker5475]

Warlocks are used to being screwed over in pretty much every expansion from Blizzard.

[@reyflp]

Monks using their weapon is all i needed. Reroll incoming

[@Zemilia22]

Its a shame that the draenei quest chain for the heritage armor is so good but the armor itself looks incredibly disappointing, it just doesn't scream draenei to me other then the incredibly dorky looking shoulders and helmet and as mentioned are incredibly dorky and thus I wouldn't be seen dead let alone alive wearing them.

[@thirtysilver33]

I enter the matrix! 6:43

[@ndk2k4]

nah warlock works fine with hero talents, at least from my testing. Yes the core generation is a bit different, but the hero talents kind of make up for it

[@caitwn8548]

I enjoy a lot of your content but honestly I just can't take seriously any content creators' assessment of whether TWW or any other expansion is 'good'. All of you are always positive about them. Feedback from beta players carries more weight. Your other content on lore and just describing new systems is always clear and concise and appreciated.

[@chrisofblades5167]

Nice to see Shadowdance goes back to SUB ROGUES only

[@maxw565]

Why the fuck is that nice?? How does that impact your gameplay in the slightest?

[@chrisofblades5167]

@maxw565 it doesn't, but it's NICE to know that an iconic tool/spell that was originally ONLY for subtlety rogues get that set apart feeling.

[@maxw565]

@@chrisofblades5167... i dont get it

[@maxw565]

@chrisofblades5167 that exact attitude of yours is why devs took away feral druid blink. Cause "wahh wahh mages didn't feel special". Man that ability was so fucking awesoms

[@chrisofblades5167]

@@maxw565 I mean, they should get it back if it was meant for them

[@Jarmister]

ILLUSION WHAT ARR YOU HIDING

[@Iceburg2355]

Finally the bfa raid farm is on

[@Dofladingus]

Somewhere in Blizzard HQ there's a whiteboard that says "Reduce Class Resource Generation" and they won't officially announce it until prepatch. If you haven't heard, it's not just Demo. Stated goals for Warrior and Feral are to spend more time auto attacking so Rage & Energy generation rates have been reduced, Astral Power generation has been reduced so you have to cast Wrath more, Demo lost it's cores to cast SB more, and Destro lost Avatar to cast incinerate more. A lot of talents have also been removed and replaced with "Makes [filler spell] stronger" Mark my words, TWW is going to feel like a horrible return to auto attacks and filler spells and you won't know until it's too late. Don't believe me? Go look at the Alpha notes. All of it is negative feedback about how much time players are standing around during rotations

[@aaronwylie6928]

i actually liked that far more. I like having slow management of resources as opposed to being GCD locked all the time. Casters too their filler spell is effectively an autoattack so thats good to have more filler. More decision making, less twitch.

[@ddenozor]

you are telling this while the paladin gameplay shown in this video tells otherwise.

[@vaels5682]

Idk, some specs in retail were getting a bit spammy. Sounds like a reasonable direction to go in

[@Dofladingus]

@@vaels5682 I mean, spamming Shadowbolt or Lightning bolt isn't less spammy than HoG or Lava Burst, it just feels worse lol

[@geoffok]

People are going to get sick of being in the same zone forever

[@Iceburg2355]

What's different than any other expansion

[@Dan55888]

If people are still subbed right now with a year of barely any content before the next expansion they will buy and sub to anything.

[@noobyman333]

Playing a warlock in WoW is just having anything fun perpetually removed from you :( I miss my fear spells, death coil, howl of terror, etc being baseline. My doomguard, b r u h

[@aaronwylie6928]

warlocks have been h o m o g e n i z e d

[@wtfduud]

I just want Life Tap back.

[@zuralani1]

i dont play lock so i guess i never thought about that being gone, but that's crazy to think about since it's even the warlock hero power in hearthstone

[@cracklingice]

And we desperately need another Prey. That game was great. :(

[@isiseungella4688]

The only thing that sounds negative is the smaller campaign ie less lore, less questing. That's what RPG are all about, especially you only need to do it once.

[@Anubirai]

Pillars of Creation were just side stories. The real game was going through every class hall, playing every spec, collecting every artifact. Bringing in the Illidari and Illidan lore. Nightmare lore. Ysera’s Death bringing millions of gamers to tears. Another Black Dragonflight heir. All of Suramar! The overall lore was mythical. Dragon Riding is amazing, but so far no other expansions compare to Legion. Warbands will be an amazing feature, but I don’t see the lore topping Legion.

[@ddenozor]

One problem I have with Legion is that you'd have to play all the classes for lore. Or learn it from external content like KZbin videos. Yeah sure beastmaster hunter weapon lore might not be that important but Xal'atath turned out to be a major villain.

[@wecoolwecoolbounce5191]

TIGER PAM!

[@Kappavids626]

Alpha is over and they have not tested all the hero talents..sad

[@117haseo3]

I feel most sorry for hunters they just get nothing interesting in there hero talents...

[@ddenozor]

I will never feel sorry for hunters after getting wiped so many times just because of barrage.

[@MrNightfate]

6:43 xDD

[@markuslc1888]

sadge i really like blasphemy on destro.

[@NickStrife]

So no changes for Dark Ranger or Sentinel. It's ok, I can wait until I buy the new expansion or renew my sub. I don't know about the fantasy of the new zone, but my class fantasy as a Dwarf MM hunter rifleman is ruined.

[@JustinPardue]

I think that’s where they are having issues. People want to be dwarven riflemen, people want to be sylvanas dark ranger, people want to be night elf sentinel, it seems like a lot of types to balance and get right

[@NickStrife]

@@JustinPardue which is why you either put race agnostic hero talents trees. Or more hero talent trees to satisfy everyone. Btw a hypothetical rifleman hero talent tree can be used by Tauren, Humans, Dwarves and more. Sentinels are only Night Elves so even replacing Sentinel with a "Rifleman" would be better than this.

[@DejaVuJT]

Yea the heritage quests are good, shame the actual gear looks like dog shit, especially the Draenei one.

[@Vexxlive]

Funny how often Bellular uses the term "go hard" lately. I wonder if he's ever heard of waka flocka or knows what the full term "go hard in the paint" means.

[@jonathanhendricks6564]

He may play ball…. But probably not

[@OhNoTheFace]

This just in, popular phrases are used a lot without knowing the original source

[@MrCPrasky]

removing Blasphemy is in essence.......Blasphemy!!!!! Also give all DK specs Army gain please

[@attinger117]

Source for alpha being over?

[@ChangesOfTomorrow]

The alpha was one zone per week, pretty self-evident it's over after a month

[@attinger117]

@@ChangesOfTomorrow can you provide an actual date or a source for blizzard stating the alpha will be over after each world zone has had one week of testing? We have a long way to go until release. I doubt the beta would be that long

[@ChangesOfTomorrow]

@@attinger117 You’re technically right, I don’t think they said the alpha ends with the last zone, only that they will release one zone per week and we’re out of new zones - also, per the roadmap the beta is after MoP remix starts, so we should be at the end of the alpha

[@attinger117]

@@ChangesOfTomorrow you know what I haven’t looked at that roadmap in awhile. They have the war within pre patch and expansion launch during the summer and between the summer and fall…. Honestly I think that’s too soon, they haven’t even implemented all the hero specs yet not to mention work on most of the classes.

[@jfklmk13447]

Damn how is everything he's saying so true

[@jfklmk13447]

I'm so high holy fuck

[@jfklmk13447]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

[@DurchgehendamPC]

ok

[@TheVoiTube]

Lot of going down? Where are more Spencer layoffs? Row Row row your game studio down the stream. Merrily, Merrily, Merrily life is but a dream.

[@the_wild_hunt1301]

I don't know. As with BFA and SL all you were singing it's praises (maybe not you) but many others, and I was taking heat for saying they both were not that good. Well here I am again and I'm sorry TWW in alpha is just not that good tbh. Maybe change throughout beta lets hope so. But so far I'm at odds with te Blizzard dependent fan bois.

[@kungjocke9446]

The fact that people are crying over Destru and Demo getting fucked over, while Affly has been cuckholded since DF pre-patch, and will continue doing so.

[@Phanski89]

main Hunter SV, you guys get reworks, not a single note for us

[@jaymichael2231]

Thanks!

[@nigelrichens3938]

So beta is staring ?? Let the real testers in blizz

[@barator03]

Dragonflight alpha lasted 7 weeks, so probably no

[@LastTryMedia]

Nobody is getting angry enough at the rapid decline of the gaming industry. Big business screwing small dev companies, people losing their jobs for "cost saving," quality of games compromised...

[@jonathancanny4029]

This is happing in every industry at the moment

[@LastTryMedia]

@jonathancanny4029 I didn't say it wasn't, and it doesn't make it any less of a problem

[@breakaway716]

dude to hell with all these spoilers im grinding work until the expansion comes out buying a hot fresh new potato quitting my job stocking up on hungry mans and putting on a onesie yo its gametime

[@EldritchZoha]

Humm

[@stevenpike7857]

I don't like a whole lot of quests to get heritage armor. I am fine with just getting it.

[@NelielSugiura]

From what I saw on WoWHead of the hero talent trees so far... they are just really blown-out, and highly disappointing, set bonuses that, once again, force you to take certain parts of the talent tree if you want to benefit and basically nullify the other half of the basic tree. So, for example, on shadow priest, you either have to take holy nova (for archon), which is the weaker of the two of the dps talents on the left side... or take the shadow stuff that forces you into the right half of the tree in your shadow side as you do not have the points to take stuff on both sides of it because of that stupid channelling spell. So what is the point of these things? They seriously need to make these hero trees disjoint from the current talent trees. They should be 100% based on core skills, not the talents in either tree, otherwise they are reducing choice and forcing people down paths... and unlike sets where folks rotate their playstyle each season, these will last the entire expansion. I REALLY hope you and others have noticed and provided this feedback... otherwise this is going to end up a big miss of an expansion when it comes to talent tree stuff.