Shadowlands is the all-new expansion for World of Warcraft that promises to deliver a significant update to playable classes in the
game. We’re expecting a ton of abilities to make a comeback for this
patch, but there are also some that we’ll need to say goodbye to.
Blizzard affectionately calls this expansion “The Unpruning”. This is
because the Shadowlands update aims to undo all of the technicalities
and problems that have been plaguing the game since the Warlords of
Draenor patch. Ultimately, the Shadowlands expansion aims to smoothen
out the sharp edges of the classes in the game and make your character
more whole as a result. Unlike in Classic WoW where you had to rely on
your WoW Classic Items and to WoW Classic Gold survive and not the
exclusive abilities of your class, Shadowlands will make you turn your
head back to the vanilla World of Warcraft. So, what changes can we
expect to see?
Base-line spells were locked behind talents since the Battle for Azeroth expansion. As a result, choosing classes ultimately became
useless. And with no remedy to fill that gap that was left behind, it
ultimately led to the loss of many players. Some of which have
transferred to WoW Classic to farm WoW Classic Gold and WoW Classic
Items instead. Azerite traits were there, but the constant grind that
players had to do just to farm a few Azerite was insane. People were
clocking up to 8 hours or more just to get a handful of it. In the end,
it left a bitter taste for everyone’s mouth because of how grindy and
uninteresting the system was.
The Shadowlands expansion fills the hole that the Battle of Azeroth left by giving players class-wide access to abilities that were
otherwise locked behind talents. Plus, Blizzard also plans to bring back
specs that are regarded as favorites back when they were still present
in the game. This makes classes more interesting and alive, leading to
mastering a certain class actually having an impact on how you play the
game. New abilities will be introduced as well through Covenants,
followed by Anima Powers that’ll surely help you by the time you get to
Torghast. This solution has led to many players’ return. With improved
abilities, new spells to cast, and a tweak or two in how classes work,
Shadowlands is like the redemption arc to Blizzard’s last fumble.
