Originally Posted by
Rethul Ur No
Anyone who has ever cast a single Ember Tap over the past couple of expansions has done exactly what Soulburn does. An instant Brez or an emergency heal to save your life aren't necessarily "overwhelming", but the DPS sacrifice can be sufficiently rewarding if it prevents a wipe.
Soulburn on Live gives us access to instant pet summons, an additional sprint to our gap opener, and instant application of all our DoTs. Should we really expect all these things to be baseline? Never mind the old bonuses to Drain Life and Healthstone, instant Soul Fire, etc.
You're either getting that stuff with an opportunity cost or you're not getting it at all.
Never burned a Soul Shard to insta-summon a pet while running back from a wipe, or used the old waterwalking effect for fishing? The OoC stuff was actually somewhat useful if lacking mindblowing in-combat utility.