Originally Posted by
Temperance Brennan
anaxie, maybe my examples weren't the best there are. but I remain convinced that requiring an AoE move in a single target rotation is bad design. If a fight isn't AoE friendly, either through adds which shouldn't be hit or through a reduction in AoE damage taken by the targets, having an AoE spell in our single target rotation reduces our DPS and can even cause a wipe. already some frost DKs are complaining about the splash damage from howling blast.
also, dark animus mini golems take reduced AoE damage. if we still used DS single target, you would also complain about that. We don't yet know enough about SoO bosses to know if any boss there also has a reduced AoE component.