Originally Posted by
marathal
I don't have the years under my belt like many of you have. I only know Shadow from patch 3.3 during Wrath. I have heard the tales of being mana batteries, etc.
When Cata came out we quickly dismissed Mind Spike strictly PvP type spell. What was the point of casting somehting that took down all of our DoTs. But as we see now, either by original design unknown to us at the begining or due to feedback through the expansion, we have figured out a way to make it work with the 4pc T13 burst.
Losing DP feels wrong. It has been a go to spell for as long as I have played. Personally if you want to do away with something to make room, lose Mind Vision. Why do we even have that spell. Besides being able to guide someone back to the group that was lost in Razorfen was there ever a good use for it?
All of the new stuff feels less like a DoT class and more of a Control. I had hoped they learned the lesson of mind control from the begining of Cata. We don't particularly like jumping into a creature with no idea what abilities we are going to have, and on top of that making it pissed off at us when we lose the MC. I fought for months to get tanks to let me do MC on fights. By the time we all had the hang of it, and what humanoids could not be controled we out geared the need for it.
I have read the whole post and there are a lot of valid points and observations. A few things are asking a bit much but in general it is spot on. Personally I would like to see MF, MB, and MS get changed to a non facing spell. We can cast all of our other DoT's, even Mind Sear without having to turn around. In the begining raids facing Nef, being able to set focus on the off tank grabbing worms, having them call out they were down, hitting a couple of MS channels, and going right back to Nef without having to move or turn was a blessing. Trying to get of a MB in PvP with other classes running circles around us was a headache.
As for our orbs and Shadow Apparitions I could easily lose the apparitions, I have lost count how many times I had healers in vent yelling for me to move because they saw what looked like me walking through crap. I would like to see the orbs work similar to Cunning of the Cruel, get 1,2, or 3 orbs and fire off a shadow orb volley.
My biggest hope is that we are not a dumping ground for a lot of crazy ideas they may have, and see us end up going Live with a lot of unfinished spells and abilities.