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Register to unlock hidden link "gets read," so we'll help. A player asks why Blizzard is worrying about armor penetration with the Register to unlock hidden link ability -- isn't, they ask, Register to unlock hidden link in Cataclysm like Register to unlock hidden link? The answer is basically no: Armor Penetration rating is getting removed from gear (along with Block value, Defense, Attack Power, and a number of other gear stats), but Armor Penetration as a stat is not getting removed from the game. Talents and other abilties will still depend on removing and penetrating armor, even if your gear selection won't revolve around it. They'll still be balancing it, but as players choosing gear, it won't be a part of our calculations there.

Make sense? Just because you don't see, say, Attack Power on gear doesn't mean you won't have Register to unlock hidden link governing how much damage you do. It just means that the AP you have will come from stats like Agility and Strength (depending on your class and a number of other factors) rather than gear adding directly to AP. Of course, as Ghostcrawler says, these changes aren't even coming until Register to unlock hidden link and the Register to unlock hidden link expansion, so there's still lots of gear choices and balancing to do before then.

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Author: SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm)
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Publish Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST
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