Originally Posted by
Eapoe
All 3 specs played as a standard rotation with priority ability usage.
WotLK:
BM=SSting>AS>MS>SS
MM=SSting>CS>AiS>AS>SS
SV=SSting>BA>AiS>ES>SS
This priority, standard rotation based system, remained for multiple xpacs and near identical for all 3 specs. Even after SS became a builder instead of a spender, and CS was introduced as the SV counterpart of SS. That is, until SV was changed to a melee spec, with BM becoming fully mobile and pet based instant cast abilities and MM becoming a more stationary playstyle with hard casts and active focus regen.
There were some changes/differences here and there, with some CD usage being baked in, or a proc on ES allowing the ability to be pressed extra times, but barring those, all 3 specs played almost identical. And when I say barring those, I mean abilities such as BW, TS, or LnL procs, that didn’t really change anything except make you able to cast faster or hit harder.
However, to say they played differently is blatantly false. You could swap from BM to MM to SV and know how to play the other since they were almost interchangeable.