Originally Posted by
Mugajak
I think Energetic SnD was a TERRIBLE change, but I don't follow your logic in this statement at all. Are you calling Recuperate the unwanted finisher? For the most part (in PvE) it can be avoided, and without needing recup, the buff watch list is 1 shorter (I know, we have to manually reapply rupture now; but the # of buttons needed is actually down). What it COST is a giant source of passive healing in PvE that made the spec stand out (+mobility, +spec swapping, +burst compared to other specs, all of which are either gone or, in the last case, just less present).
That said I think this was mostly a PvP discussion. As PvE DPS goes, moving the energy to SnD was a buff, but the overlaying consequences are detrimental (in my opinion).
For PvP... I imagine that the shift to evis is conceptually positive except that backstab/ambush offer nothing until high ilevel on weapons and then only under FW, lowering PvP sustain damage, and relying on rupture probably felt like death. No more reduced damage taken from AoEs or anything else in the tree has started to add up.