's World of Warcraft, you can't help but mention protection warriors. However, some gamers have become worried that this class' days are numbered with the Death Knight's introduction in Wrath of the Lich King.

Europe community manager Vaneras commented on this saying that it is "silly to think that the Death Knight will make other classes obsolete." He also tried to reassure the community that there will always be a place for the old classes:

I don't think Warriors will have anything to worry about in WotLK, because they will not be replaced by the Death Knight. Warriors will still be needed in groups and guilds, as they have always been, and they will still be great tanks. This also holds true for Druids and Paladins by the way.

Vaneras further stressed this by saying that they've noticed "quite a few posts recently saying that there are too few tanks to go around" something they hope to remedy with the addition of the Death Knight.

There you have it guys, don't worry about your characters becoming made obsolete because of the new class. Keep checking back here for more updates on World of Warcraft.

Source: wow.qj.net

World of Warcraft devs working on problematic PvP spec builds
There has always been concern about the viability of certain specs in Blizzard's World of Warcraft, particularly in the competitive PvP arenas. Some players have brought up this topic on the official forums where Community Manager Vaneras addressed their concerns.

According to Vaneras, there's more to the issue than just making each spec viable. The developers have to consider game balance and make sure that each class is properly and equally represented. A move, he added, which has lead to some specs being better suited to PvP while other to PvE.

He pointed out that getting all the classes balanced out is still a work in progress and that the developers are continually working on both balance and viability for different classes and specs. Perhaps we'll be seeing an improvement when Wrath of the Lich King comes out, then again, the developers will probably be busy getting the latest expansion patched up to focus on this issue.

Source: wow.qj.net