New buildRead from the game files
Build 69876, the first beta client
The first 1.60.1 client: talent trees, racial traits and the Legacy system become readable in the game files.
Key changes
- Forever's first talent trees readable in the client.
- Flawless Execution and Wrack arrive; Vitality, Restless Blades, Drain Hope and Balance of Nature leave.
- Legacy: 16 points, 3 trees, and the new Bartering perk.
What we know
1 change- The first 1.60.1 client is released, a day before the beta opens.
- It is the first time Forever's talent trees, racial traits and Legacy system can be read in the game files; everything before that came from the BlizzCon demos.
- The Legacy system in this build has 16 points and 3 trees.
- The differences below compare the client with the values seen on screen during the BlizzCon demos: take them with caution. Most other differences are reworded tooltips and icons.
Warrior
2 changes- Protection:
Vitality is no longer in the tree. - Protection:
Bastion moves from row 6 to row 5, and Focused Rage changes column on row 6.
Rogue
3 changes- Combat:
Flawless Execution (Eviscerate costs 10 less Energy) replaces Restless Blades. - Combat:
Aggression no longer requires Hack and Slash. - Assassination:
Lethality drops from 6% to 4% bonus critical damage at rank 1.
Warlock
3 changes- Affliction:
Wrack replaces Drain Hope. - Affliction:
Improved Drains becomes a flat bonus to drains and Wrack, and Soul Siphon gets back its bonus per Affliction effect on the target. - Destruction:
Conflagrate no longer requires Shadowburn.
Druid
6 changes- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- Balance:
Balance of Nature is no longer in the tree. - Balance:
Moonglow goes from 3% on all spells to 8% on damage spells at rank 1. - Balance:
Moonfury goes from 1% to 2%. - Balance:
Moonkin Form doubles the chance to trigger Omen of Clarity. - Feral Combat: the Cat version of
Feral Charge no longer dazes the target. - Feral Combat:
Predatory Strikes now only applies in Cat and Bear forms.
Shaman
2 changes- Restoration:
Tidal Mastery and Totemic Focus swap places, between rows 1 and 4. - Enhancement:
Stormstrike now raises the damage of the next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Earth Shock by 20%, instead of Nature damage in general.
Hunter
1 change- Beast Mastery:
Focused Fire also applies to the pet's damage.
Legacy
2 changes- New Bartering perk: gold prices at every vendor are 5% lower.
- Performance Bonus goes from 5 to 3 ranks.