This article provides an overview of the impact WOW's new Dual Spec Feature will have on the various hybrid classes in the game.
Counting The Minutes Until The WOW Dual Spec Feature Is Released
Like millions of obsessed World of Warcraft fans, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new Dual Class spec feature. I am a Resto Shaman who raids 3-4 times per week and participates in battlegrounds and arena during my off-days. Since I am still saving up for my epic flying mount, I don’t have money to shell out on respeccing my character for any activities outside of the commitments to my guild. In addition, I’m saving up the required 1,000 gold so that I can take advantage of this feature when it first launches.
Resto Shaman
Life As A Shaman Is About To Be More Fun!
My mind has been swimming with the possibilities in which my in game life as a Shaman will change as the result of being able to move between two different specs. Daily quests should progress more quickly once I’m able to switch over to one of the other DPS builds. It will also be nice to change roles during occasions when we have more healers show up to a raid than needed. Not only will this serve as an antidote to my boredom, but it will help the group clear dungeons much faster. It is definitely a win-win.
Paladins and Druids Have A Reason To Be Excited
I know that if I am this excited about the new Dual Spec Feature, then my fellow hybrid classes of Paladin and Druid must be ecstatic as well. Both Paladins and Druids have the opportunity to be one of the most essential members of any party or raid by either speccing as a healer or tank. One of the reasons I’ve rolled a healer on two different toons is because of how few there seemed to be when trying to group for instances as I was leveling. Since that time, tanks have become an even hotter commodity. Once Druids and Paladins have the freedom to switch over to the role that is most needed at the time, this will allow them and others to continue on in groups that might have otherwise been shut down. Of course they still have the option to keep a DPS spec as one of their chosen two, which is an added luxury that none of us have experienced in the past.
Death Knights Will Also Feel The Love
Death Knights will also find joy (if that is possible for one so evil) in having the ability to switch between two different specs. I have an Unholy Death Knight in my 3v3 team and he often remarks about his impatience for dual specs so that he can change up his talent spend for those moments when he enters Arena. Since he is also a member of my guild, he is hesitant to spend the money to respec since a majority of our time in game is spent raiding.