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World of Warcraft: Tradeskills Update in Next Patch

KoltraneKoltrane Member UncommonPosts: 1,049
in News & Features Discussion

In the next World of Warcraft patch, Tradeskills will be renamed as Professions.  This is more than a name change, however.  Professions are getting a complete makeover:


You will no longer learn different professions by paying for them with skill points. You'll still learn them by speaking to the appropriate profession trainer. However, players will now be restricted to learning two professions. We decided to change the skill system to make it simpler, balanced, and more intuitive. The new system should allow everyone to participate in one to two professions, and create a much more vibrant market for goods generated from professions.

Players are encouraged to choose their two skills prior to the patch (the date of which has not been announced at this writing) and unlearn any other skills they may currently have trained.  Characters that have more than two skills at the time of the patch will have two chosen at random.  The entire post is available by clicking here.

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  • ZonMezzZonMezz Member Posts: 19

    image More and more I'm starting to see the degeneration of World of Warcraft from a game with a number of options for different characters, great world detail and a large interesting number of quests,  to a game with cookie cutter crippled characters and raiding/camping a la EQ.

    I think WoW (and EQII) should be looking closely at Saga of Ryzom and it's wealth of playability options. To be frank, no matter what character you decide to play, you have the ability to take from any other skill in the game. People who've played above level 20 can attest to the fact that this game gets more and more complex, skillwise at least, the higher you level. The great thing about this open ended type of gameplay, especially with Ryzom, is, if you get nerfed in one type of character class, you just concentrate on another skillset for awhile. (It's not *that* easy, but you do not have to reroll if they nerf your bard into oblivion like they did in DaoC). Your main character essentially can also be your alternate character as well, as you can just work on crafting that day instead of hunting, your rocket launcher skillset instead of your magic skillset, or your hand to hand weapons instead of your two handed axe skills.

    It saddens me when the WoW team starts to eliminate options for players, and make the game that much more streamlined and boring. Though it does make my next mmporg decision so much easier.

     

     

     

     

  • MetalfiendMetalfiend Member Posts: 16

    OH NO ITS THE END OF WOW!

    get a life seriously its not really a big deal im glad they are doing it.


    Doom and gloomers are stupid.

  • analogueanalogue Member Posts: 79

    Good changes.


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    Best to Worst list of MMOs :
    Bought : AO, EVE, PS, Lineage II, Lineage, Neocron, StarPeace, Horizons, DAOC
    Tried : WoW, Ryzom, SWG, AC2, E&B, RO, The Sims Online, EQ, Shadowbane


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    Best to Worst list of MMOs :
    Bought : AO, EVE, PS, Lineage II, Lineage, Neocron, StarPeace, Horizons, DAOC
    Tried : WoW, Guild Wars, EQ2, Ryzom, CoH, SWG, AC2, E&B, RO, The Sims Online, EQ, Shadowbane

  • reddog000reddog000 Member UncommonPosts: 121


    Originally posted by analogue

    Good changes.

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    Best to Worst list of MMOs :
    Bought : AO, EVE, PS, Lineage II, Lineage, Neocron, StarPeace, Horizons, DAOC
    Tried : WoW, Ryzom, SWG, AC2, E&B, RO, The Sims Online, EQ, Shadowbane


    WHAT?  You cannot say limiting players choices is a good change.  All classes will now be cookie cutter style.  RIDICULOUS!  All Blizzard had to do was leave all trade skills open and hard cap the skill points.  Instead they idiotically are changing a good system just to get people to trade.  Hell....people were trading fine the way things are.  Economy schmonomy......stupid to ruin a good system just for trading purposes.  Look at EQII they will let any class learn any ability.  I quit playing the stress test because if limiting players choices is the way WoW is going it will lose a lot of role and playing in the role playing game that it should be.  Instead a player will now spend more time leeching items from other players instead of getting to play the game.  Here I come EQII and please let people play with open choices instead of total limitation.  Way to go Blizzard......very very disappointed!!! image 


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  • heinrichoheinricho Member Posts: 252

    I have my reservations, I'm worried about engineering since it's supported by mining and blacksmithing.  We'll see wat happens.

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  • mainframe04mainframe04 Member Posts: 15

    I don't believe you played into ryzom long enough.  Ryzom is terribly unbalanced in the choices you make.  Your mage is able to have an obundance of life just becuase your a 'crafter' (its the reason i stopped on ryzom.)

    All in all, I think WoW should have more of a three skill system than just two.

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