Death Knight News: Rune swapping gone, Runeforging to be powerful
Death Knight News: Rune swapping gone, Runeforging to be powerful The introduction of runeforging to the Wrath Beta was a bit of surprise and slightly unexpected. Instead of rune swapping — the idea of being able to change the nature and configuration of the runes on your runeblade — Death Knights got a solid 2 Unholy, 2 Blood, and 2 Frost runes. Runeforging itself became a weapon enchantment system whereby Death Knights could enchant their weapon with various special procs and buffs for various situations. There has as of yet been no sign of an ability to swap runes, and Jayde, aka Jadefury, recently asked if there were still plans for one. The short answer, according to blue poster Ghostcrawler, is no. The long answer is perhaps a bit more complicated, and reinforces Blizzard’s stated goals with the Death Knight class role and the new runeforging ability. On the subject of rune swapping, says Ghostwalker, they designed and balanced all the Death Knight skills and talents around the idea of a runeblade with the BBFFUU setup (That is, two of each rune type). While they could allow Death Knights to reconfigure their runes, it might lead to situations where the
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