Wtf are you talking about too flashy? At least the spells/ abilities aren't just the same rendition and animation with just a different color (look at shadowbolt, firebolt, frostbolt, FFB, pyroblast and chaosbolt for example). All that "flashy" is to make you feel like you're actually doing something different. It's meant to be like whenever you press a button for a spell people will be like "Oh shit! That's cool!" not the boring bolt, cone, and circle-on-the-ground stuff WoW's got.