Originally Posted by
Nobleshield
The problem in general is that in almost all cases there is a "guaranteed" way to pick the talents. If everyone (barring newbs who don't know better yet) pick the same talents, then why bother having talents at all? That's the reason we have the new system in the first place; the old system was nothing but cookie-cutter. I think the only time I ever changed talents in the old system was if I wanted to use Consecration for adds on my Paladin, and for 5-mans on my Warrior to take Thunderstruck for more AOE. Other than that, all most people did was go to EJ or similar site and put talents where the theorycrafters said they needed to put talents for more DPS/mitigation/whatever.
Compare that to the system now where I change a couple of talents every few bosses because some bosses have adds or higher group damage with everyone stacked up so I'll take Light's Hammer instead of Holy Prism, or I don't need a burst of speed but frequent movement so I'll take Long Arm of the Law over Speed of Light, etc. There tends to be at least 2 talents that get switched around frequently, and the remaining ones are much less frequent with at least one (Eternal Flame and before that Sacred Shield for Protection) never changing just because.