Confermata la Dual-Spec per la patch 3.1 (Ulduar)

Finalmente uno degli annunci più attesi, è confermata la presenza della dual-spec per la patch 3.1 Ulduar.

Nethaera: What is dual speccing?
Ghostcrawler: Dual speccing is the ability to save two separate talent specs, glyphs, and action bars.

La dual-spec consentirà a tutti di avere due spec preimpostate, inclusi glifi e barre, e di poterle cambiare praticamente al volo, ma sopratutto in modo automatico e gratuito.

Nethaera: Why are we allowing players to dual spec after all this time?
Ghostcrawler: We really felt like this was a great way to increase the flexibility available to players and encourage them to take part in more aspects of the game. To use just one example, some players like to participate in both raids and Arenas, which is awesome behavior that we want to promote. But, there are some talents which are more useful in one part of the game than another. Currently, players have to pay respec costs and go through the process of setting up the desired talent spec and action bars whenever they switch. The new system makes this a much more logical process, saving on time and cost and allowing players to easily move from one aspect of the game to another.

La dual-spec avrà lo scopo di rendere più flessibile il gioco e coinvolgere più facilmente i giocatori in più aspetti del gioco, per esempio sarà più semplice e veloce passare dai raid alle arene e viceversa.

Nethaera: Who will be able to use it?
Ghostcrawler: Players who have reached the maximum level will be able to set up dual specs.

Nethaera: How will you be able to set up a dual spec?
Ghostcrawler: Players will be able to visit their trainer and pay a one-time fee to be able to use it.

Nethaera: How do you switch between specs?
Ghostcrawler: Players will be able to switch between their talent specs by visiting any Lexicon of Power provided they’ve paid for the ability to have a secondary spec. Lexicons of Power will be available in major cities, and inscribers will also be able to create a new item that summons one. Anyone can purchase this item, but it requires a ritual of several players to summon it for use by the party. It’s similar to a repair bot in that it will exist in the world for a short duration. It’s important to keep in mind that you will not be able to switch specs while in combat or Arenas. While you won’t be able to switch your spec without the Lexicon, you will still be able to look at your secondary spec whenever you want to.

Nethaera: Will solo players have the ability to switch their specs outside of the cities or will they still need to visit a Lexicon of Power?
Ghostcrawler: Solo players will still need to go into the city to visit the Lexicon of Power to switch their talent spec or will need to get together with other players to summon one in.

La dual-spec sarà disponibile per essere utilzizata una volto raggiunto il livello 80, dopo aver appreso l'abilità dal trainer. Il cambio della spec avverrà al Lexicon of Power nelle capitali, oppure direttamente in raid attraverso un Lexicon of Power opportunamente summonato (sono oggetti simili ai robot per riparare).

Nethaera: Will you be able to switch gear easily to match your spec?
Ghostcrawler: At the same time we implement dual specs, we will also be setting up a gear system. The feature is called “Gear Manager.” It can also be used to just swap weapons or trinkets or put on that tuxedo to strut around town. It will not automatically switch your gear when you change your talent spec, but it will allow for an easy gear change between them. The feature may not be fully functional immediately in the PTR, but we’ll have more information to share about it before too much longer.

Nethaera: Will you be able to change your Glyphs as well?
Ghostcrawler: Glyphs will be tied to each talent spec so that if you switch between them, so too will the Glyphs. You’ll notice the UI will have changed a little bit so that the Glyph panes show up alongside the Talent panes now that they are associated.

Nethaera: What about hotbars? Will players be able to save them for the talent spec they’re running?
Ghostcrawler: Yes, you will be able to save hotbars and use them with your talent specs. It just saves your bars at the same time as it saves the glyphs and talents. If you want to switch to your other action bar, you will need to change specs.

Insieme alla dual-spec, la Blizzard introdurrà un GEAR MANAGER, una versione ufficiale degli addon che consentono di impostare una serie di gear e cambiarle con un click. Questo per facilitare ulteriormente un cambio di spec + gear. Come accennato prima sia i glifi che le barre cambieranno insieme alla spec.

Nethaera: Is there a way for players to choose their talents without them being saved? Currently, once you spend your talent point, it’s spent unless you pay the respec cost again.
Ghostcrawler: With the dual spec feature, we are going to allow players who respec to configure all their talents before they get saved. They will be able to allocate the points, then choose if they want to use that as their spec, rather than needing to carefully diagram out their talents ahead of time. This will allow players a little more freedom when deciding on the talents they want to pick and avoid costly mistakes.

Sempre con la dual-spec sarà rinnovata l'interfaccia di selezione dei talenti, che adesso permetterà di aggiungere e togliere punti talenti e solo alla fine confermarla come spec che si vuole usare. In questo modo si eviteranno i facili errori nella selezione dei talenti, senza poter tornare indietro.

Nethaera: Will players be confined to only setting up two specs?
Ghostcrawler: We will be launching the feature with just two specs, but depending on how we feel it works out, we might consider additional specs in the future.

Per ora sono due spec, vedremo se sarà il caso di considerarne di più nel futuro.