(Post updated 1/7 and 1/11 with additional tweets.)
Staying consistent with his earlier tweet on this subject, Ghostcrawler affirmed today that, in Patch 5.2, the level-60 talent option that will replace Preparation (which will become a baseline ability all rogues learn at level 68) is indeed going to be Cloak and Dagger, not the Hit and Run ability that is currently on the PTR.
@EpyonTV It's Cloak and Dagger. The targeting reticule and time teleport for Hit and Run weren't popular internally.
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Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) January 04, 2013@Yasko89 It sounds like the patch notes (Cloak and Dagger) are more up to date that the PTR (Hit and Run). That happens.
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Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) January 06, 2013
It’s really been something to see the explosion of discussion around H&R since it hit the PTR — and the huge variety of opinions regarding its value. I haven’t played the PTR at all, but the videos I’ve seen of H&R in action make it look pretty fun, and I can think of a few raid situations (such as the Feng fight) in which it could be handier than Step or BoS. In fact, Ghostcrawler commented about how many unexpectedly pro-H&R vibes there were toward the ability during the brief time it was available for testing:
@SvelteKumquat Honestly, yes. The targeting reticule was a deal-breaker for many of our internal folks.
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Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) January 11, 2013@Seerows_Law Heroic Leap played into the decision. We like the ability (and so do many warriors) but for some the reticule is a hard sell.
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Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) January 11, 2013
Ah well. Now all our conjecture about the ability is even more pointless than it was before. Long live Cloak and Dagger’s stealth openers from range! Starting at some point in the next PTR build or three, at least.
