Druids and Paladins get reshuffled talent trees

Druids and Paladins have new talent layouts days before the launch of World of Warcraft: Forever. Talents moved, and new ones such as Lacerate and Bloom appeared. Mages also see many changes. The hotfixes are live, but development notes do not confirm them.

Druid

Talent	Change
Lacerate	New talent
Berserk	Removed
Genesis	Periodic damage and healing 2/4/6/8/10% (was 1/2/3/4/5%)
Leader of the Pack	Now all critical strike (was only melee and ranged)
Primal Bite	Damage 42/62/77 (was 26/38/59), new position
Shifting Power	Cooldown 8 seconds (was 16)
Bloom	New talent
Naturalist	Also shortens the cast of Wild Growth, all damage 2/4/6/8/10% (was 1/2/3/4/5%)
Swiftmend	Now needs your own Regrowth or Rejuvenation (was any)
Wild Growth	Now a 3 second cast

Paladin

Talent	Change
Boundless Light	New talent
Oath of Light	New talent
Shieldsworn	New talent
Stoicism	New talent
Turn Evil	New ability
Divine Precision	2 ranks, 8% Holy hit at max (was 18%), Silence 20% shorter
Holy Power	10/20/30/40/50% critical healing bonus (was chance)
Improved Seals	5 ranks up to 15% (was 3 ranks, 9%)
Light’s Vigil	No longer triggers on an enemy
Reverence	2 ranks (was 3), still 30% mana regeneration at max
Spiritual Focus	5 ranks (was 2), up to 70% chance
Righteous Fury	Learned at level 10 (was 16)
Holy Shield	32% less damage, mana cost 100 (was 150)
Improved Righteous Fury	Damage taken down 3/6/9% (was 2/4/6%)
Iron Creed	3 ranks (was 5), 30% threat at max (was 15%), damage reduction 6% (was 10%)
Sacred Duty	No more Stamina, Forbearance 10 seconds shorter at max
Shield Specialization	2 ranks (was 3), same values at max
Swift Judgement	New effect
Templar’s Bulwark	Can now be magic dispelled
Champion of the Light	5 ranks (was 3), same spell damage at max, Hammer of Wrath cast 1 second shorter
Conviction	3 ranks (was 5), all spells 6% at max (was 5%)
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	Physical damage only (was all), 20% less threat at max
Unsealed Wrath	New effect
Vindication	No longer raises attack power

Mage

Talent	Change
Arcane Focus	Removed
Arcane Blast	12% Intellect per stack (was 15%), mana cost +100% (was 175%), buff 18 seconds (was 15)
Arcane Resilience	Now row 1 with 3 ranks, rank 3 gives armor equal to 75% of Intellect
Missile Barrage	Moved to row 2 (was row 1)
Accelerant	New name of Improved Fireball, also shortens the cast of Arcane Wrath
Critical Mass	6% crit at rank 3 (was 10% at rank 5)
Improved Fire Blast	Now row 3 (was row 1)
Incineration	10% crit for Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast and Scorch at rank 5 (was 6% at rank 3)
Arctic Reach	Also raises the range of Ice Lance
Ice Barrier	Frost damage +15% (was 3%), extra 5% while shielded (was 3%)
Winter’s Chill	Next Cone of Cold +20% damage (was 5%)
Ice Lance	300% bonus damage on frozen targets (was 200%), now an 8 second cooldown
Precision	New name of Elemental Precision, now all crit chance (was select spells)

Other classes

Talent	Change
Pathfinding	Hunter: row 3 of Beast Mastery (was row 2)
Shadow Word: Death	Priest: 30% backlash damage (was 10%)
Holy Binding	Priest: new Holy talent
Improved Drains	Warlock: more mana from Drain Mana (instead of Wrack)
Revenge	Warrior: 25% of attack power at all ranks

The changes can still move, and the launch follows on 5 November at 00:00 Belgian time. Why Blizzard made them, it has not said.