I’ve played pretty much every spec this expansion and the one before it, and I’ve been playing since Vanilla back in April 2005.
For me, it’s pretty obvious that the skill expression and class nuance we used to have in earlier versions of the game has largely disappeared. It feels like more and more of the game comes down to simply playing whatever the current flavour-of-the-month meta spec is.
A lot of the lines between classes have become blurred. There used to be much clearer distinctions between them, especially between things like melee and ranged, and each class had its own strengths, weaknesses and ways of playing around those differences.
That made PvP much more interesting because there were actually quite a few things you could optimise around beyond just doing the most damage. Now it feels like those differences matter less, and the specs that happen to have the strongest damage or best toolkit in a given season naturally end up being the most successful.
It’s a shame, because I think a lot of the depth that used to come from playing your class well, understanding its strengths and weaknesses, and finding ways to outplay people has been lost in favour of simply picking whatever is strongest that season.
Is it just me or do other people feel the same way?