Phase 4 Teasers and Level 60 Endgame Preview - Season of Discovery
While the biggest focus is currently on Phase 3 of Season of Discovery, we did get some teasers for Phase 4 and level 60 in the Phase 3 Preview video! We've compiled all the updates we've been told are coming in Phase 4 and beyond.
Changes to Weapon Skill Bonuses
As certain Races have bonuses to different Weapon Skills, Blizzard has been vocal early on that they don't want «optimal» choices to dictate what race you choose for your character. This philosophy will be acted upon at level 60, when characters will be able to unlock Passive Weapon Skill bonuses that do not stack with racial bonuses.
This Passive will allow you to gain +5 to your choice of two Weapon Skills, and you will be able to swap your choice of two Weapon Skills «on the fly», similarly to how you are able to swap Runes.
Since these bonuses do not stack with normal racial bonuses, it will solve the issue of having an «optimal» choice for classes that depend heavily on their weapons. Those races will still have an advantage in that they already have Passive Weapons Skill bonuses, and can as such allocate their two new Passives to other weapons.
There was no indication on exactly how these new Passives will be unlocked, other than that there will be a «short discovery» and that anyone who wants them will have access to them early on.
Changes to Priest Racial Spells
Similarly to Weapon Skill bonuses, Blizzard doesn't want Race-specific abilities to determine which race you choose. As Priests have spells that are tied to their race, they will introduce a method to unlock the spells from other races.
This means that Night Elves will be able to learn Fear Ward, and Forsaken can learn Shadowguard. No word on exactly how these will be unlocked, except that they will be available early on at level 60 and have some sort of discovery tied to them.
Future Gold Sinks
The developers noted that while they will be decreasing the gold cost of certain items (such as profession recipes from Ziri «The
