Originally Posted by
Whitepaw
Only buffing one AoE talented ability would quickly force us into using that, with the meta being what it is right now. And I agree that tuning is extremely important, as always.
But my point is that the devs are handling this issue with a different perspective now. I interpret this as a paradigm shift: They have now - at fucking long last - come to the conclusion that having “Single target dps specs” with abysmal AoE performance is a dead end. I’ve been saying that, writing that, even telling them directly, for years now. It’s the reason why some people, even in this thread, are having an argument over what is an AoE rotation.
All this crap over a totally wrong design philosophy. I mean, I don’t even like the dominance of the AoE gameplay we have right now. I think it’s literally dumbing down the game. I would much prefer having to use CC and focusing single mobs for faster kills, because that rewards tight cooperation in a group. In short, the gameplay we had in TBC. I loved that! But it was unforgiving, it demanded people knew their classes inside out. It meant a lot of wiping, people didn’t like that. However, it also meant that you could excel as a player with doing other stuff than just maximising your AoE dps.