Originally Posted by
Vorpalspork
EQ has always been a problematic spell. I can see the possible reasons in why it exists - probably to avoid having elemental AoE just be CL spam (which I actually liked in MoP - overloaded lightning everywhere was awesome, even if a bit simple rotation-wise). No one would use it, so they created this buffed by CL and become instant cast mechanic, which wasn't awful, I suppose.
Now, however, they've put it into this builder/spender model that they seem to love; boomkins and destro locks are similar in that you have to build resource before you can really AoE. I absolutely detest this model as it makes us far less viable for 5-man content, mythic in particular. I can play just about any melee class and clean up on AoE pulls, while also having good ST damage. My ele shaman, however, simply cannot compete, on AoE, or ST, really. And since AoE and ST are tied together at the hip due to ES and EQ both requiring maelstrom, not to mention flame shock, that all our abilities are competing against each other. It just doesn't work well.