Blizzard has posted development notes for War Within Alpha #3, giving details on why they made the talent changes in this build.
Hello, Retribution Paladins.This week’s update is about quality of life improvements.Wake of Ashes Retribution Paladin relies on Wake of Ashes for both of their Hero Talent trees, and it is core to Retribution’s rotation.
With these in mind, we moved Wake of Ashes before the 2nd gate. Additionally, we’ve noticed that aiming Wake of Ashes caused frustrations when strafing and we’ve made changes to make it feel good while strafing as well.Expurgation and Templar Slash Blade of Justice and Templar Strikes are deeply connected to the Holy Power economy, and they both have talent and stat interactions that makes you press them more often.
The damage over time effects from these abilities were losing value due to being reapplied in a short cadence. Which in return made pressing your core buttons feel worse.
We’ve decided to make the damage over time effects roll over their remaining damage value into the next application.Templar Strikes We’re increasing the cooldown of Templar Strikes because it requires you to press more buttons than your usual rotation.