Burning Crusade Updates
by Elizabeth Harper 
May 25th 2006 at 7:00PM
There are several new tidbits of information regarding the Burning Crusade today. The bestiary and screenshots sections have both been updated with some new images, as well as official word on the racial abilities for the Draenei and Blood Elves (though they may still be tweaked in the future). Keep reading for the official racial abilities.
Blood Elves
Arcane Affinity
Racial Passive
Enchanting skill increased by 15.
Magic Resistance
Racial Passive
All resistances increased by 5.
Mana Tap
30 yd range - 30 sec cooldown
Drains 50 mana from your target and charges you with Arcane energy for 10 min. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Arcane Torrent
Instant - 2 min cooldown
Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you gain 5 Rage/12 Mana/20 Energy for each charge of Mana Tap currently affecting you.
At level 70, Arcane Torrent will give 161 Mana for each Mana Tap charge currently affecting you. The Rage and Energy amounts will not scale with level.
Draenei
Gemcutting
Racial Passive
Jewelcrafting skill increased by 15.
Shadow Resistance
Racial Passive
Shadow Resistance increased by 10.
Heroic Presence
Racial Passive
Increases chance to hit by 1% for all party members within 30 yards.
Blessing of the Naaru
40 yd range
1.5 sec cast - 3 min cooldown
At level 1, heals the target of 50 damage over 15 sec.
At level 70, heals the target of 1085 damage over 15 sec.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
stew May 25th 2006 8:59PM
Lets hope they update the other races' abilities to balance with the new ones. This make's the troll racials look even worse.
Timon May 26th 2006 7:08AM
Wow, great news!
Domenico May 26th 2006 11:48AM
Nice to know that the Draenei racial HoT will grow in power with leveling. I hope it's significant enough to make it worth putting on the hotkey bar. Also, what the heck is up with the screen shots? A few shots of Draenei and more than a dozen of the BElf. Ugh. I really dislike it when game developers "faction camp". It hurts game design and leaves a lot of players feeling badly about their favorites. If any of you WoW players out there play Warmachine, you know what I mean. The two lead developers for that game each have a favorite faction and they are both at a wtfpwn level of power.