Originally Posted by
brinohm
For what it's worth, I'm with Mikoslav. To add on to this, what many of you are saying when you say boomkins aren't balanced, is you're saying, you're not top dps in your raid or in the top three. This person or that person has similar ilevel gear and they do way better than me, where "way better" actually means 2K or 4K out of 80K or 100K when everyone's about the same, so you end up fourth or fifth on the list. Boomkins bring a ton to the table, with our CD's now, we've got some great controllable, schedulable, burst damage; with two good spot healing spells and one aoe heal, we can help out in a pinch in a way that some others can't; with brez and form shifts to get access to other abilities like stampeding roar for a group, or dash for yourself, you can move out of bad stuff in a pinch (i.e. bad positioning on Empress with the fear zone).
If you want to play a class that doesn't take work and is more faceroll high dps, go pick another class. Personally I love that when we get things right, we top the charts, when we don't, well, we don't. You go back to the drawing board, you ask for some ideas, and you work on your character a little bit more. If you aren't doing the dps you feel you should, well, that's an issue with your gear, your gems, your reforging, your play style really, it's not a fundamental issue with the spec. Ask for some help, get some feedback, experiment a little with different stuff, find what works best for you to maximize your output.
Anyway, that's my two cents. I love being a boomy, wouldn't have it any other way.