Hello, my pally friends. I looked up the new talent trees on Wowhead (warning: these may change at any time) and, apart from being underwhelmed at our options in prot and ret, I wanted to mention something.
They nerfed Illumination.
At 5/5 points, it now gives you 100% chance to get 50% of the spell’s base cost back. That’s right, 50%. Crits are no longer free, folks!
They did give us a talent (leading up to Illumination) which gives us mana regen while casting, so that should help to offset things. Hopefully. Maybe.
Now, again, this could change. But I think this was a very deliberate and mindful change, so I think it’s unlikely to change again going forward. Who knows?
Here’s the talent calculator I used:
https://www.wowhead.com/forever/talent-calc/paladin
And here’s my video on the subject of builds!
Let me know your thoughts, and let me know what you’re curious about in Forever and I’ll try to help get you clarity when I get into beta on Thursday, September 17!