Classes

- Druid

• Shapeshifting Changed - No longer castable while silenced, on separate GCD group than standard abilities.
• Powershifting removed/Furor significantly nerfed (12s icd at max rank)
• Mobility slightly reduced due to silence changes and pvp set bonus nerfs.
• Manual Crowd Pummeler Nerfed (1 hour global CD, no charges) - Effect replaced by feral talent.

- Hunter

• All pet families have new unique skills. Most pet types now have some unique ability. [See Hunter Pets]
• Taming made significantly more difficult.
• Deadzone increased to 10y.
• Melee abilities amplified, survival tree focused on melee.

- Mage

• Fire and Arcane buffed to be more inline with Frost utility and dps
• Arcane has multiple utility spells like Brilliance Aura (AoE mana regen aura)

- Paladin

• Protection given Second Wind, mana regen when healed.
• Crusader Strike Baseline Added - Instant attack that gives stacking haste buff 5% to 25%

- Priest

• Disc/Holy becomes viable DPS build via Smite Spec
• Shadow utility/mana sustain increased
• Shadow PvP CC/blackout rebalanced

- Rogue

• Offensive abilities mostly nerfed across the board
• Cloak of Shadows added as 21 pt Sub Talent.
• Assassination can increase duration of CC effects
• Blade Flurry massively reduced CD (30 seconds)

- Shaman

• Dual Wielding - Can equip fist weapons in the offhand slot.
• Totems on shorted GCD (1s), on separate GCD group than standard abilities (think potions/scrolls).
• Elemental/resto viable raid/aoe healing spec focused on chain heal that can dps if low healing requirements in raid/fight.

- Warlock

• Soul Drain becomes high damage short duration 'execute' ability.
• Life Tap off GCD, has short cooldown.

- Warrior

• Melee skill range slightly increased across the board.
• Rend scales with Attack Power, Revenge deals 50% weapon damage.
• In-combat health regeneration!
• New talents:
  • Parabellum: Reduce the cooldown of all your skills.
  • Berserker's Blood: Gain major bonuses as your health declines.
  • Constitution: % of HP as Strength, Poison/Disease immunity.when at HP thresholds
• And much more! See Warrior page for more information.