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Wrath of the Lich King have fundamentally changed the number of buffs and debuffs now working in the game. These changes are designed to take advantage of the new rules and methods of gameplay that were not necessarily there before. While the content has seen minor modifications, the major change affects the manner in which players will actually use their buffs and debuffs f Aion now on.
Historically, there have been buffs that have only affected one party. With the updated version, these are now going to affect the entire raiding party; for example, the affect of Blood Lust,Maple Story Mesos Paladin Blessings, Totems, and Power Word Shield is now going to impact all 10-25 members of a raiding party. What this, in turn, means is that it will no longer be necessary for a player to separate and spread their specialized buffers throughout multiple parties.
This fundamental change will, inevitably, change the manner in which many raiding parties are assembled, as class selection will be much less of a headache than it has been in the past. Probably a welcome change for smaller guilds, this may well result in larger, more specialized guilds losing party members as a result of the increased competition for available buff slots.
