Which has set off a posting frenzy across the WOW gold community.
WOW GOLD announced more details about their plan for Cataclysm gear, which has set off a posting frenzy across the WOW gold community.Most of it was stuff we already knew. The summary is that they expect bear & cats to share gear, while they expect resto & moonkin to share gear. This sounds great in theory, but is likely going to cause problems in the long run, and it's going to take months of Beta testing everything to get all the "nobs" tweaked right to pull this off.However, please keep in mind that we have multiple months to get everything working right, and that there will be some variety & customization for our gear, and that the sky is definitely not falling (well, except for moonkin who can make stars fall out of the sky on demand).Overall, they seem to be simplifying gear to a great extent. First, please realize that this is only a plan, and that some things will change between this post & Cataclysm being released. Here's a rough summary and analysis, rather than a copy/paste of that thread. If you want to see what exactly they said, then go read the original thread. Below combines some of the knowledge from earlier posting, along with what was released today. In all cases, the existing stats on gear are going to change. However, you should wait until we know what individual pieces will look like before you start stocking up on additional gear. There will be several months to get things all straightened out before things go live. Cata is still a long time away.Leather gear for cats/bears will likely have a mix of: stam, agility, crit, haste, mastery, hit, & expertise. Bears may need to gear for STR accessories for more tanking-related stats shared with other tanking classes (though bears still can't block/parry), but this point still isn't entirely clear. Dodge rating would probably only be on the STR items.