What will replace Freezing Arrow?

#0 - June 26, 2010, 10:50 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Trap Launcher (level 83): When used, the next trap can be shot to a location within 40 yards. This provides the current Freezing Arrow treatment to all traps and, as a result, we will be removing the current ability Freezing Arrow. 1-minute cooldown. No global cooldown.

While I understand that certain abilities will be available at new levels have the developers stated whether or not Freezing Trap will be directly replaced with a new ability or is this one of those "Now you have less keybinds to press" and hitting level 80 just means new ranks to current spells now.

Ghostcrawler

#17 - June 27, 2010, 4:01 a.m.

Trap Launcher is replacing Freezing Arrow. The functionality is so similar that there is little reason to have both.

The levels at which you get certain spells are changing, in some cases dramatically. At the moment our design is that Trap Launcher is introduced at lower levels than 80-85.

We're not super worried about class balance below 85 once Cataclysm ships. There will be a short period where things might feel really chaotic as everyone (including us) gets used to new mechanics, talent trees and stat allocation. Losing any current spells is just going to be the tip of that iceberg. Fortunately, we don't think classes need to be balanced on a razor's edge for that period. Any gear you score in that window probably won't last very long once you start leveling again.