The Shadow Hunter

I have just received some top secret inside information from my mole that works at Blizzard. This is all hush hush, can't tell you unless I kill you information, and you heard it here first!

The expansion scheduled after Cataclysm is already in development, and the next hero class is going to be the Shadow Hunter! Like the DK is to the Pally, the Shadow Hunter is to the Priest and Hunter classes.

The new class will have a tanking tree, a healing tree, and an omgpewpewtreeofawesomeness tree. Yes, you read that right, there will be no QQ tree! Yes!!

The tanking tree will focus on pet survivability and tanking abilities. Major talents in this tree include Spittle Laced Growl, Putrid Dog Breath, and, my personal favorite, Annoying Howl. The SH humanoid half will concentrate on keeping all of the pulls' attention on their pet with Misdirects, Stickers, and Peanut Butter. The humanoid will also incorporate traps, snares, and camouflage into the tanking role.

The healing tree will highlight the pet's special abilities to comfort, inspire, and soothe. Lick Wounds receives a major buff in this Xpac and will rival the Holy Priest's Greater Heal in power. Once again, the hunter will augment the pet's healing with bandages, special herb mixtures, and cheerleading chants. (We've got spirit, yes we do...)

The omgpewpewtreeofawesomeness tree will take all of the existing talents from the current trees, make them 1/3rd of the cost in points, and basically be a 168 talent tree for the bargain basement price of 56 talent points. Yeah, it's that awesome!

In short, the Shadow Hunter will become what every Hunter dreams of and every other class QQ's about them. That's all the info I have for now. Stay tuned for further developments!