# WoW Cataclysm coming soon **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 8, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-cataclysm-coming-soon/553085 "2010-09-08T18:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 56
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-cataclysm-coming-soon/553085/56 "2010-09-16T18:23:03Z")
> [@New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2717): > > > [@New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2716): > > > > Holy power for paladins is soul shards for warlocks is combo points for rogues is shadow orbs for priests. > > The only one of those I’m familiar with is combo points. Which is one of the reasons I dropped my rogue ☹ Add _whatever they call them charges_ for Unholy DKs to empower their ghoul. And hunters have a stacking thing going on too. Lots of classes are getting abilities/talents/resources that require stacking and unleashing in order to allow for more variation in play than a 1, 2, 3 rotation. The goal is for you to be making active decisions in order to increase DPS rather than it being more a function of latency and gear. More reactive, if you will. I don’t think any of them are as severe as the combo points for rogue/feral, however (where if you don’t know how to use them you can’t do any sort of reasonable DPS). Just a way for you to vary your play and perhaps a larger gap between “good” and “bad” DPS for a given class with the same gear set. The example for the DK is that as you (or it?) crit you build up charges and once they stack to 3 (5?) you can empower your ghoul into a monstrosity (think Deformed Fanatic in Lady Deathwhisper in ICC). NOTE: Posted here cause Skammer recommended it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-cataclysm-coming-soon/553085)._