I can really produce insane amounts of ideas on subspec for each class except Paladins. Just because I hate Paladins.
Think them with Blizzard-ish cooler names, too lazy to find any.
Mutilate Assasination Rogue - Envenom Assasination Rogue
One priorities physicly mutilating the target with more disables and the ability Mutilate itself.
Envenom is your true poison guy.
This never means Mutilate Assasination Rogues don't benefit poisons as Assasination Rogues today, they do. But they master on cutting limbs of their victim, that's their style, crippling assassins.
Berserker Fury Warrior
Some strikes cost health instead of rage. Seems like a small change, but it can alter and enhance gameplay in a very interesting way.
See, Frost DKs already have this. 2h and DW Frost are already subspecs.
I admit that's no easy work, maybe even completely rubbish and would get rejected by a real developer since it will add complexity to the game. However if you are releasing an expension and not a major patch, that's the kind of work I would expect from Blizzard.
Instant hex is a lost cause, I assure you. Even in MoP others hated instant hexes. With CC chop-down and how things are going with other classes, it's not possible. We'll have to cast it, deal with it. Make your SWG macros ready when the day comes.
If you have checked the new Alpha notes all I'm seeing is "...removed" when I check Shaman stuff. Frostbrand is gone, and god help us if Blizzard changes our PvP set bonus.
I get they don't want perma or instant CCs, snares and stuff and they want to limit it all they can. I'm a huge supporter for the most of general changes to the game, but when it comes to shaman, Blizzard's point of view always worries me.
They are getting their second expension from Shaman lore, first one being Cataclysm. Although in gameplay it wasn't even close, Cataclysm was a pure Shaman themed expension with Thrall and all Elemental bosses starring. We have seen Al'Akir for godssake, that's the dream of every Enhancement Shaman. And now, I have no doubts Orc Tribes = Pure hardcore shamanism. It's sad to see the only thing the class got is Ascendance from all this story and we learned that from Twilight Ascendant Council in Bastion of Twilight.
So with Frostbrand and Rockbiter gone, are we going to get a buff to Unleashed Fury? I'm not so sure. It's certainly less appealing than other two now.
With the blow to our access to many heals, are we going to get more survival tools? I really hope Blizzard is aware of it.
I agree with the ability bloat and it need to be simplified. But Blizzard promised that nobody's going to lose any power for it.
Although I admit I hated the way UF Rockbiter worked, we lost %40 damage reduction for 5 seconds every 15 seconds. That's huge.
Tanking is never fun guys, we are shamans, we are born for destruction.