Originally Posted by
FemaleGoblinMage
Yeah I find that reconfiguration annoying. It's ironic since it's supposed to be easy being feral cat and bear but in the end you feel like a raggedy idiot moving around on cat gear. So you should have tier items for bear and even the rest items can't have mastery, it's abysmal for bear. Sure I can also do Flex, and maybe normal, but it would be like "that spec that isn't that good but it must be used for now".
In contrast, having an intellect offspec would mean it must be more optimal for the gear itself since nothing can be resused, but of course, it might be only an illusion since e.g. a 560 item from a cat on a bear would probably be much better than a healer getting a 528 item instead of a "misconfigured" 560 (the main stats usually win anyway).
I'd love to see something in WoD that freely makes you respec on same gear, optimally. It's not lazy, it becomes boring, pointless and a grind after a point, and it requires no skill whatsoever, so there is no argument of "working to skill up for it", just working for it for no reason.