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09-07-2009, 03:11 PM
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Totem Talk resumes our discussion of Shamans in the upcoming expansion as Matthew Rossi puts on his wizard hat and immediately gets Earth Shocked for wearing the wrong hat. Also, I lobe the Machinima I stole the title of this post from, although that's not germane to the discussion.
We were interrupted by BlizzCon announcements last week when discussing starting a new Shaman (or resuming an old one). Frankly, the list of changes incoming in Cataclysm makes me leery of discussing the current leveling experience too much, because it's going to be radically altered. Two new shaman races! A complete reworking of gear and statistics! A new profession we'll all have access to in Archaeology, entirely reworked talent trees, a new max level progression option in Path of the Titans, and last but not least (to me) new totem skins (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/03/new-shaman-totems-in-the-expansion/)!
Seriously, you have no idea how long I've wanted this. I expect the current 'default Horde' totems will remain the Orc totems of choice, but I'm very hopeful for Tauren and Trolls and Goblins and Dwarves to all get their own unique totem skins. Frankly, I want Tauren totems to resemble the giant beating pole Cairne Bloodhoof (http://www.wowwiki.com/Cairne_Bloodhoof) carries around.
Despite what I posted (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/05/breakfast-topic-the-you-that-you-cant-leave-behind/) about my warrior, I plan on faction transferring my Draenei Shaman to Tauren fairly soon and moving him to my Horde server. I may or may not race change him to Goblin when they become available for race change (might be more fun just to level one, we'll see) but the idea of finally getting totems that match other races just fills me with glee. Trolls with weird voodoo looking sticks! Goblins with... I have no idea!
Continue reading Totem Talk: The Future Soon (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/07/totem-talk-the-future-soon/)
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Totem Talk: The Future Soon (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/07/totem-talk-the-future-soon/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Totem Talk resumes our discussion of Shamans in the upcoming expansion as Matthew Rossi puts on his wizard hat and immediately gets Earth Shocked for wearing the wrong hat. Also, I lobe the Machinima I stole the title of this post from, although that's not germane to the discussion.
We were interrupted by BlizzCon announcements last week when discussing starting a new Shaman (or resuming an old one). Frankly, the list of changes incoming in Cataclysm makes me leery of discussing the current leveling experience too much, because it's going to be radically altered. Two new shaman races! A complete reworking of gear and statistics! A new profession we'll all have access to in Archaeology, entirely reworked talent trees, a new max level progression option in Path of the Titans, and last but not least (to me) new totem skins (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/03/new-shaman-totems-in-the-expansion/)!
Seriously, you have no idea how long I've wanted this. I expect the current 'default Horde' totems will remain the Orc totems of choice, but I'm very hopeful for Tauren and Trolls and Goblins and Dwarves to all get their own unique totem skins. Frankly, I want Tauren totems to resemble the giant beating pole Cairne Bloodhoof (http://www.wowwiki.com/Cairne_Bloodhoof) carries around.
Despite what I posted (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/05/breakfast-topic-the-you-that-you-cant-leave-behind/) about my warrior, I plan on faction transferring my Draenei Shaman to Tauren fairly soon and moving him to my Horde server. I may or may not race change him to Goblin when they become available for race change (might be more fun just to level one, we'll see) but the idea of finally getting totems that match other races just fills me with glee. Trolls with weird voodoo looking sticks! Goblins with... I have no idea!
Continue reading Totem Talk: The Future Soon (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/07/totem-talk-the-future-soon/)
Filed under: Horde (http://www.wow.com/category/horde/), Alliance (http://www.wow.com/category/alliance/), Dwarves (http://www.wow.com/category/dwarves/), Tauren (http://www.wow.com/category/tauren/), Trolls (http://www.wow.com/category/trolls/), Shaman (http://www.wow.com/category/shaman/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Odds and ends (http://www.wow.com/category/odds-and-ends/), News items (http://www.wow.com/category/news-items/), Expansions (http://www.wow.com/category/expansions/), Draenei (http://www.wow.com/category/draenei/), (Shaman) Totem Talk (http://www.wow.com/category/totem-talk/), Goblin (http://www.wow.com/category/goblin/)
Totem Talk: The Future Soon (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/07/totem-talk-the-future-soon/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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