[API Suggestion] Skills and Traits

#1 - May 23, 2013, 6:03 p.m.
Blizzard Post

It’d be really handy to have an authoritative source of skill info, and the API mechanic seems like a great way to distribute it.

It could include:
- Profession/Race restrictions.
- Weapon/Heal/Utility/Elite
- Subclass of each (Axe or Signet)
- Cast Time
- Aftercast Delay
- Cooldown Time
- channeled?
- #Attacks, Damage/Damage Multiplier
- Conditions, Boons, etc.
- Combo Field/Finisher
etc.

Right now, so much of this information is collected by trial and error, and not well distributed where anyone can get it.
Also, this data should be static between patches, and is ‘public’, so wouldn’t be imbalancing.

PS – Trait buff info, too, if you can.

#9 - Oct. 9, 2014, 5 p.m.
Blizzard Post

Cool idea, can’t commit to it right now.