BlizzCon 2009: Path of the Titans explained
by Eliah Hecht 
Aug 22nd 2009 at 5:00PM
For my money, one of the most interesting Cataclysm features they've alluded to is Path of the Titans, another character advancement system at max level. Before the Systems panel today, we didn't have a lot of solid information on it. There are still questions to be answered, but here's how it appears to work so far:
- At maximum level, you choose to align yourself with a given Titan cult - i.e., you choose a specific path.
- The paths are not class- or role-specific. Players will have to figure out for themselves what path they want to take.
- Turning in artifacts found with Archeology (the new secondary profession) will cause you to progress along your chosen path.
- The main rewards are Ancient Glyphs (not part of the Inscription profession). At each rank in your Path you have two to three choices of Glyphs.
- Some examples of Ancient Glyphs are:
- Bleed reduction
- Bandage improvement
- Increased damage following a crit
- More Glyphs will probably come after launch.
- Everyone is going to eventually be able to get all the glyphs for their path, and it will not be grindy (i.e. not like Sons of Hodir).
I'm looking forward to learning more about this as Cataclysm comes towards beta and release. I'm especially excited that they're focusing on making it not feel grindy, because that's a definite risk for a system like this.
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Filed under: BlizzCon, Cataclysm, Archaeology
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
selport Aug 22nd 2009 5:03PM
In before angry parents raving about brainwashing children to join cults.
Mailia Aug 22nd 2009 5:04PM
In before in the mountains.
Street Justice Aug 22nd 2009 5:06PM
In before more in before messages.
TJ Aug 22nd 2009 5:07PM
I know you have send a storm to ruin my plan Thorim
Kcirreda Aug 22nd 2009 5:07PM
I remember you...
Xiol Aug 22nd 2009 5:20PM
Look man, I was drunk, okay? I have no idea where the suppository came from, and the Unicorn outfit seemed like a good idea at the time.
pietrex Aug 22nd 2009 5:07PM
What is this?
Otome Aug 22nd 2009 5:09PM
Battletoads.
loreaddict Aug 22nd 2009 7:47PM
Maddness
dumasti Aug 23rd 2009 11:23PM
THIS...IS...SPARTA!!
James Aug 22nd 2009 5:13PM
Maybe we could change these to Ancient Runes? Having two sets of glyphs is a little awkward. I think you could keep runeforging and Ancient Runes separate but having someone ask what glyphs you use would lead to some issues with terminology.
GerardthePriest Aug 22nd 2009 5:19PM
My concern about tying this to a secondary profession is that Archaeology will become "mandatory" if the bonuses received from Path of the Titans are substantial. We wouldn't require cooking or fishing to min/max, so I wonder how they're going to implement this.
Hoggersbud Aug 22nd 2009 5:20PM
>Bandage improvement
Damn, now I will need to heal on my rogue.
Gimia Aug 22nd 2009 6:06PM
Now saying that you're bandage spec isn't just a joke!
RogueJedi86 Aug 22nd 2009 5:30PM
Thyvene on the WoW-Europe forums posted what each specialization of "Path of the Titans" is.
??? Path of Aman’Thul, the High Father
??? Path of Eonar, the Lifebinder
??? Path of Norgannon, the Dreamweaver
??? Path of Khaz’Goroth, the Shaper
??? Path of Aggramar, the Avenger
??? Path of Golganneth, the Thunderer
Source: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/10543158181-blizzcon-09-systems-panel.html
So each Path is named after one of the Titans that made Azeroth. I imagine Norgannon will have a lot of followers, his Discs were big hits on the Azeroth Billboard Chart. :)
courtney Aug 22nd 2009 6:44PM
what, no Path of Sargeras?
/sigh
Alchemistmerlin Aug 22nd 2009 5:28PM
"Not Class or Role Specific"
Hah! Right, for now. As soon as they're out tanks will have a "mandatory" path/set of ancient majiggers, healers will have another mandatory set.
These things are all well and good but if they effect gameplay in anyway, it's pointless to assume they can be independent of the class/role system.
Rewilo Aug 22nd 2009 5:42PM
I hope that there will be a Path of Sargeras too :p
zak Aug 22nd 2009 6:01PM
what I am curious about is how many of these artifacts are you gonna need to lvl this new profession and if it will have the same max lvl as the other secondary skills and also how available are these artifacts going to be?
alot of question so early on i know.
tulipblossom Aug 22nd 2009 6:04PM
I feel like this whole concept came completely out of left field, and I'm loving it! I wasn't expecting anything at all like this to come about. It's swept me off my feet with its awesomeness, though, and I can't wait to experience everything it has to offer.
I love that this feels like a unique way of individualizing our toons and really making them our own, even more. Plus, how fun is the way they're going about this? Archaeology? Too cool.