So, according to a blizzcon info we are going back to using soul shards as secondary resource for all our 3 specs and not affliction only? Is this a step back? For me it surely is, it pretty much contradicts with whole blizzard's philosophy of wanting to make specs different and unique, but I kinda understand why they've done it, they had to make room for DHs giving them a lot of demonology's spells including demonic fury as a resource bar which demo locks have now (still WoD). It looks as if they flushed down the toilet everything they've worked on from cataclysm to WoD, because that is where (from cata and onward) dehomogenization of warlock's specs began...
Now, I'm trying to look at what effects this will have on destro locks, since ember taps won't be used and secondary resource any longer as well. Now, taking this with a grain of salt I must say that this might solve some of destro warlocks problems they are facing now regarding talents that made destro boring and garbage spec to play, like Charred Remains, that talent will have to be replaced, Ember tap is going away as well and some other talents and skills reliant on ember taps will as well. I mean going back to the soul shard system for all 3 specs is a step back and will have more implications then just on demonology (with which they've admitted they have no idea what they are doing and will require a lot of feedback from players, just for the sake of making room for DHs to prevent spells/gameplay overlapping...). What are your thoughts on this?