Future of Shadow Priests

[Silvaren]

I feel like the current version of Spriests is a bit of a missed opportunity in terms of class design. They tried to create slightly different take on the whole builder-spender design that many other specs use, but things like STM have gotten out of control (from design point of view). How's this for a crazy idea:

• Entropy: New resource replacing Insanity. An ever building resource that needs to be used or else you risk triggering...
• Surrender to the Void: (Passive) Activated if you spend too long at high Entropy. You become a Void Lord. Like current STM but when SttV ends you don't die instead you become...
• Naaru: Unable to do damage but able to aid allies. Modest healing and perhaps damage increase aura. Or may be a channel spell that targets one ally incresing their damage by x% for the duration of the channel. Ends if killed or upon exiting combat.

I think removing STM from talents will make it easier to balance, both STM itself and 100 level talents in general.

[Deleted]

Current iteration:
As you know, Shadow Priests are currently one of the best, if not the best single-target DPS class

pardon me? I'm playing disc only, so not very much familiar with other specs, but is that true?

[Djriff]

pardon me? I'm playing disc only, so not very much familiar with other specs, but is that true?

Well I wouldn't say the best, but once we hit execute we shoot right up near the top, it's pretty ridiculous. For multi target fights we're usually in the top 3 as well.

[Ygorl]

Hence the ~10% nerf that just came down the pipeline!

[Woop Woop]

Hence the ~10% nerf that just came down the pipeline!

Well, we did get a flat 10% buff through shadow and voidform in 7.1 so I guess nothing changes, then.
Still the wrong way to start "balancing" us though.

[l33t]

Well, we did get a flat 10% buff through shadow and voidform in 7.1 so I guess nothing changes, then.
Still the wrong way to start "balancing" us though.

Which is VERY strange because the idea for buffing shadowform damage was to increase our non-VF damage which was shit, and now remains shit. I basically fail to understand what's the reason to do the changes which literally change nothing at all.