Spell Damage gear changes in WotLK

In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Tom 'Kalgan' Chilton revealed that spell-damage only type gear will get replaced by a new system in WotLK.

Quote from: PC Gamer (Source)

PC Gamer: What else is changing?
Tom Chilton: We're also going to be doing away with spell-damage only type of gear. We'll moving to a system that,  as part of your talents, player will be able to convert healing into spell-damage and vice-versa as part of their talents. That way, they can use the exact same gear, but their talents just adapt what it does.

In their latest issue PC Gamer UK also released an interview with J. Allen Brack, lead producer on Wrath of the Lich King.

Here's is a snippet from the interview:

What was the biggest lesson you learned from launching The Burning Crusade?

JAB: I think the biggest thing we took away was that Illidan (Burning Crusade's lead baddie) was meant to be an all-pervasive evil that you'd fight against and eventually defeat, but I don't think that came across to the average player.

Most players just did their quests and never really thought about him. That's one of the big changes we want to make to Lich King. We're going to push Arthas right in front of players - so they understand why he's a big threat. In Lich King, Arthas will appear to players at level 71, level 75 and level 80.

Read the full interview.

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