If this little tidbit from the Wowhead database is to be believed, we may be receiving tri-spec in patch 5.3. Now, before you begin speaking in tongues or leaping out a window, some caveats:

• This is the PTR, and stuff can be datamined that never actually makes it to live
• Even if it does get tested on the PTR, it doesn't necessarily follow that it will be implemented
• Sometimes stuff gets put in the files just to mess with us

So let us calmly and without panic contemplate what this could mean. How much could triple specialization change the game? Would you use it? Should it be as costly as dual specialization was when it debuted? Does it favor certain classes too greatly or does the hurdle of gear provide enough barrier to keep jack of all trades from dominating the game? What are your thoughts on this potential feature?

Update -- In reply to our request for comment/verification, Blizzard notes the following (best summed up by a tweet from Ghostcrawler on the matter):

@adamholisky We haven't announced triple spec. With that in mind, take anything data-mine-able with a grain o' salt.

- Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) March 25, 2013

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