Thenewforumstructureisunderevaluation(Source)
We'restillevaluatingwhatwelikeanddon'tlikeaboutthenewstructure.Wedidthinkitwastimetochangetheforumsthough.Itwasbecomingclearevenplayersdidn'tholdthecontentontheminhighregard.
Thereisdefinitelyabenefitinhavingplayerscommunicatewitheachother,particularlyonbroadtopicsandparticularlyonissuesofclassbalance.Wehadway,waytoomany(evenonthebetaforums)threadsthatturnedintopitypartiesaboutwhowastheworstclass.
AddCasterandMeleeSpecificForums(Source)
Wemightconsiderthatrouteeventually.Fornowit'simportantforalltheclassesfillingaparticularroletoactuallyhavetohavetheirdiscussionsmorepubliclywheretheyareforcedtodefendtheirarguments(especiallytheQQ)infrontofotherclasses.
Pleasekeepinmindthatallothertransfer-eligibilityrequirements,restrictions,andpoliciesremainthesame.Thenewgoldlimitalsoappliestofreecharactermoves(whenoffered).Formoreinformation,pleasevisitourPaidCharacterTransferFAQ
(http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20558%26amp;categoryId=2317%26amp;parentCategoryId=%26amp;pageNumber=1).
Quotefrom:Ghostcrawler(Source)
I'mattemptingtopostthisearlysincetheRetcommunityfelttotallysurprisedlasttime.
WearelookingatsomewayofmakingAvengingWrathandDivineShieldmutuallyexclusive.ThismaybethroughForbearance,ifwecanreducetheForbearancedurationthroughahotfix.Thebubbleisintendedasadefensivemeasure.Yetbubble+wingscurrentlyisusedalotinBGsandArenasandhelpscontributetothefeelingofbeingdestroyedbyaRetributionpaladinwhileyouareunabletorespond.
MyapologiestotheRetpaladinswhoalreadyfeelpickedon.Wearereallytryinghardtonotoverdoanythingbuteventhelastroundofprettyseverenerfsdidn'tseemtodoenoughtoRet'sdominanceofPvP.
WearealsosympathetictothenotionthatifRetcan'tdoinsaneburstdamage,thatthespecmightneedothertoolstobeviableinPvP.We'reexploringthisnow,possiblythoughthemissing11-pointProttalent,possiblythroughotheravenues.We'llletyouknowwhenwe'vemadeadecisionhere.
Idon'tknowexactlywhenthischangewillgolive,butIdidn'twantyoutoreturnfromtrick-or-treatingandbeshockedthatwedidn'tannounceit,sincethatseemedtocausealotofdamagewiththelastnerf.
I'llleavethispostunlockedfornow,assumingtheresponsesstayintelligentandwedon'tgettoomuchflamingortrolling.
NOTE:ThehotfixwillbeonLiveandthebeta.
ClassForumChangeUpdate
Theclassforumswillnotberemoved(Source)
ExplanationfromGhostcrawler(Source)
Tobeclear,theprimarypurposeoftheclassforumswillbeforplayerstopresentinformationtootherplayers.Thedeveloperswillnothavealargepresencethereexcepttomoderate.Ifyouwanttodiscussclassbalance,thisistheplace.
Ifyouwanttodiscussoptimaldpsrotations,tryanddecideonatalentspec,orasksomeonewhatgearyoushouldbeusingatlevel70,classforumsworkgreatforthat.
Ifyoustartalongthreadintheclassforumsabouthowyourclassistheweakestoninthegameorhowyoucan'tbeatmagesinPvP,thosethreadswillprobablygetlockedordeleted.Thosediscussionsbelongherewhereyouwillhavetocontendwithotherplayerswhojustmightdisagree(aswellastheblues).