More Debuff Slots For WoTLK

I remember the good old days of pre-TBC when the debuff slots were maxed at 40 and raid leaders were getting mad at certain classes for using an ability that would knock out important debuffs and like sunder armor of the list. We don’t have that problem anymore since TBC came with a significant increase in debuff slots (and since the maximum raid size is now 25 instead of 40). But with the introduction of the Death Knight hero class and even more spells and abilities for all classes, Blizzard feels that they need to increase it even more. Blizzard poster Koraa explains below.

We would like to increase the number of debuff slots, yes, and we most likely will. Unfortunately, this is very complicated to do tech wise. It greatly increases the amount of bandwidth for the server, for example, and also for the client (you).

When designing new talents, we try very hard to not add more debuff slots, though with the addition of a brand new class it’s sort of unavoidable. In a nutshell, yes we realize the debuff slot stuff is an issue now and will be in the future and we’re working on it.
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This is good news for everyone, most especially the raiders out there who this issue really affects. Good luck to the tech guys in addressing and solving this problem!