Cataclysm Press Beta Invites Going Out

Blizzard has sent out pre-invites for the Cataclysm beta to members of the media. The emails were confirmed to be legit and not a phishing scam. Blizzard will be accepting sign ups until April.15, although the date that the beta goes live has not been released.

Also, today information was released about the upcoming changes to shamans, priests and warlocks in cataclysm.

Blizzard Quote

Beginning Wednesday, April 7 we will begin releasing class previews containing an overview of some of the changes currently being planned for each of the 10 World of Warcraft classes. The type of information you can expect from these posts are a list of the new spells from 80-85, the new passive mastery bonuses for all talent trees, a brief outline of some of the talent changes we're currently planning, and in some cases new low level spells for select classes.

Below is the schedule for each class:

Shaman - April 7 
Priest - April 7
Warlock - April 7 

Warrior - April 8
Death Knight - April 8**
Rogue - April 8

Hunter - April 9
Druid - April 9
Mage - April 9

Paladin - April 16*

You can see the full post here.

So far we know that shamans will be getting five new spells: Primal Strike (available at level 3), Healing Wave (level 4), Unleash Weapon (level 81), Healing Rain (level 83) and Spiritwalker's Grace (level 85).

Warlocks will be getting Fel Flame (level 81), Dark Intent (level 83), Demon Soul (level 85) and a major overhaul of soul shards.

Priests will be getting Heal (available at level 16), Mind Spike (level 81), Inner Will (level 83) and Leap of Faith (level 85).

It's still early and all of these spells may change as we get closer to the launch of cataclysm. Keep in mind that the invites to the cataclysm beta are only going out to the press. Some people will no doubt try to take advantage of players with phishing emails asking for account information to join the beta.