Originally Posted by
Kyranna
I'm no shaman guru, but the pruning that the spec suffered is massive, the difference is that it was mostly situational spells (totems) and cooldowns (elementals, shammie rage, etc.). You can barely fill a bar, where before two weren't enough.
Druids have been shit at multirole performing since... Cata if I remember correctly, before that it was possible to play Bearcat or use a few heals as Balance spec, after WotLK, offspec spells and forms were largely cosmetic in terms of performance.
All classes have been reduced to console level number of binds and while I like the new enhancement playing style a lot, I still miss totems, elementals, chain lightning and all the other stuff that has gone with the wind (pun intended). In terms of gameplay the spec has gained a lot in my opinion, I tend to like builder-spender classes, also none of the pruned skills were rotational (except fire nova in AoE which has just changed element, shape and name) and the loss of utilities is probably acceptable for many, after all I didn't cast grounding, tremor, healing totems *that* often, but deep inside I still know they are missing and I don't like it.
I play all classes, the massive 2016 pruning is mind numbing coupled with the previous WoD one, some classes are honestly shadows of their former selfs, I'm glad that Enhancement is still fun and I'm looking forward to play it in Legion.
EDIT: only thing I don't like is self buffs maintenance, never been a fan of it.