In an interview with Nobbel87 and Flame of MarcellianOnline, Blizzard discussed the Lightsmith Paladin hero talent tree for Holy and Protection specializations coming in The War Within expansion, answering questions about the tree and its Holy Armaments!
Early Look at Hero Talents in The War Within
Blizzard revealed hero talents for San’layn Death Knights, Chronowarden Evokers, Lightsmith Paladins, and Mountain Thane Warriors earlier today, so check out their blog post for the newly revealed trees.
Interview with Nobbel and Flame
Also check out MarcelianOnline's video of the same interview.
Obtaining Hero Talents
Are the hero talents unlocked as we gain levels or will there be more connected to it, like quests?
- You’ll unlock the hero talent system at level 71. This does mean it won’t be available as pre-patch content. As you level you gain more points to fill up the tree, eventually filling up the entire tree at 80.
Are there already plans for adding more hero talents as we get further into the expansion?
- Right now focused on developing these at launch. We’re building this out as evergreen, so it’s certainly possible down the line, maybe later in this expansion or future expansions, but nothing to share at this time. Right now focusing on these trees for launch.
Visual Customizations & Narrative Impact
Will we be able to collect new visuals for our new abilities (warlock green fire)
- Nothing we can talk about at this time, but it’s certainly top of mind for us. We’re going to try and make these hero talents visually impactful so there’s a lot of avenues that we’re exploring.
Lightsmith, Herald of the Sun and Templar as talent names for our kits. Will we also be recognised as Lightsmith’s
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