This past week, Blizzard revealed another round of Hero Talent Trees in a Sneak Peek at the upcoming War Within system. Our Discipline & Holy guide writer, AutomaticJak, offers an early review of the Oracle Priest Hero Talents which have received significant criticism due to expanding on Power Infusion and encouraging a support-oriented playstyle.
The first of the Priest Hero Talents is Oracle, available to Holy and Discipline Priests which immediately sparked a negative reaction due to its focus on replacing Power Infusion with a variety of powerful buffs to be given to allies. Power Infusion has frequently been a source of frustration for the playerbase with social concerns over which ally gets the buff and balance concerns with some specs getting outsized benefits than others due to Haste scaling. In this article we'll discuss how these Hero Talents work, some of the design goals Blizzard had in mind when creating Oracle's talents and the issues that much of the playerbase has identified with this early development.
is the first talent on the Oracle tree and it replaces Power Infusion with 3 possible