Originally Posted by
Alocin
I do stand corrected when it comes to what you say about mana, however to say the spec is dumbed down is very...blunt. The flavor comes from your talents and how you use them to your advantage.
For example, lets say you spec into Power Infusion, well every two minutes you will refresh dots the same way you did with Empowered Shadows. You'd also be wise to time that Power Infusion with your Devouring Plague.
or...
Say you spec FDCL and have the Mind Spike glyph. Do you hit Mind Spike whenever it lights up? Doubtful, idk the numbers exactly but I would figure it would be in your best interest to save that Mind Spike for when Mind Blast is on just less than a 4 sec CD that way you hold that Mind Melt buff (which only lasts 4 seconds). By holding that Mind Spike til 4 secs not only do you hold that Mind Melt buff but you have plenty of time to hit Mind Spike again if it procs a second time to then make Mind Blast insta cast.
Now if you got 2 procs of SoD off the bat and Mind Blast was just cast you'd be a fool to just hit Mind Spike x 2 and let that Mind Melt buff fall...You hit Mind Spike, Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mind Flay then you hit Mind Blast.
The only time you could freely just hit Mind Spike is if you didn't have the Mind Spike Glyph, which I think works best when you spec into Divine Insight.
So those are two examples of how not so dumb the rotation is once you actually put in effort to see how things work with each other.