Celestalon
We’ve been reading all of the feedback throughout beta regarding
Танец теней and the desire to have it use the “Stealth action bar.” To get right to the point, after an upcoming hotfix, Subtlety Rogues will find that
Танец теней swaps their main action bar to the alternate bar that is used while in
Незаметность.
For a bit of context on the late change to our thinking on this: we rarely allow automatic functionality (such as action bar swaps, or macros) to choose between core damage abilities on the player’s behalf. We believe it’s important that the player has to make those choices themselves. The Rogue
Незаметность bar has always been a minor exception to this, but for many years, the
Незаметность bar was only active for the single ability you used to open a combat, and was not seen again for the duration of combat (other than with
Исчезновение). The ability to bind your openers to the same buttons as your rotational abilities was a convenience that didn’t affect your use of abilities in combat.
However, the new
Танец теней (and to a lesser extent
Увертка), has resulted in some Rogues regularly using openers during combat, as elements of their rotation. In this case, the
Незаметность bar changes from a minor convenience that lets you place once-per-combat buttons on more convenient keybinds, to actually making regular, mid-combat decisions for you.
That said, after following the ongoing discussions and carefully considering your feedback, we understand the desire for consistency with other abilities that allow Stealth-only actions. Given the gray area that
Танец теней is in, and the widespread feedback that using the
Незаметность bar would be more consistent and intuitive, we’ve decided to go ahead and allow
Танец теней to once again swap your main action bar. This hotfix is scheduled to live with weekly restarts in each region.
A few details for players who use macros to further manage their buttons:
- Танец теней will be treated similarly to Увертка for the purposes of macro conditionals. It will not activate , but it will activate .
- If you want to make a macro that mimics the behavior of the main bar (i.e. swapping when you have any of Незаметность, Исчезновение, Увертка, or Танец теней), you can use the macro conditional .