So I dropped my enhancement shaman main for the most part during cata because the gameplay felt much slower and there was a lot of downtime. I played occasionally, keeping up with justice and valor gear but no raiding
To be clear, I liked enhancement most during Wrath when we were gcd locked. I understood the problems with ramp-up time and being gcd locked, I thought the direction cata went would've been a good thing. In the end though, I realized it was the level of activity that made me love playing the shaman.
I tried playing again yesterday, but it was even slower than before. I haven't reforged my gear to get more haste, but as far as I know this won't lower the cooldowns anyway. Also, there are a few more cool downs but it doesn't really fill the active combat downtime any.
This is not a complaint thread. This is just personal preference. I was just hoping someone who's properly geared knows if the level of downtime is the same as in cata. Maybe also if it's the case at 90, for anyone in the beta. I'm thinking haste and ascendance might play some role.
As far as I know though, there aren't many demands to go back to the wrath style of combat. Lightning shield even became an hour long and has unlimited charges (though that was practically the case already due to the lightning shield glyph in cata). So many they're going in the opposite direction.
Enhance aoe was also one of the reasons I stopped but they fixed that amazingly.