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The race change feature is now available. You can’t create any of the new race/class combinations in Cataclysm, but you can at least change race. I have already written a detailed head to head analysis of all races, from a tanking perspective. Update March 2010: expertise only has avoidance value outside of ICC raids, so don’t worry about it. What is missing, though: some of the new calculations on the avoidance value of expertise, which I’d discovered more recently. Which race has the best abilities for tanking? Which racials help a tank more so than a PvPer or DPSer? Before DKs were born, I wrote this analysis so I could choose my race. Now with Cataclysm coming out, all tanks have more choice than before. New tanking combinations mean a new tank has great options. The new tank mixes are:
The Worgen and Goblin both have gap-closing abilities, for arena balance obviously. These mobility skills can be very useful for tanking. Warrior choices are interesting: a Worgen Warrior would take the throne as the supreme mobility tank, and a Blood Elf Warrior would be the best anti-caster tank. For Cataclysm, Goblin racials are over-budget, they have so many good racials. Worgens look about right. Definitely I expect some change before live to even these out. Tauren HP racial needs a buff too. It’s basically a flat HP increase in disguise as a percentage: it scales at each level of experience, but not by your gear. At L85, the Nelf racial will be proportionally even stronger still. So… let me give my conclusion first, details last. » continue reading August 25th, 2009 | 4 comments - (Visit our forum to comment) |
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