Quite the statement, know what every spec to arcane mage! 1-3 buttons you press reguraly rest are just long CDs! Best class design ever! Like I said I mentioned some of the biggest problem specs or they pretend it’s fine because they count a 2 minute CD into the primary rotation thus it’s not a 3-4 button spec! Yup we aren’t devs so we don’t know anything. All specs are fine everybody complaining they lack something, how prunning hurt them alot, feel less engaging and/or are just plain boring are just noobs who don’t know anything!
The expansion where class design is at it lowest it’s ever been and people pretend it’s the best ever. Not all specs but a large number and/or many of them are in this state, interesting to read many also cite boring classes as a reason to quit. How do you get a boring class? Prunning, just removing more and more options, buttons and choice (seals, stances and presences for example).
But oke I get it, having no option to switch seals on my paladin or being able to open with a frostbolt as fire mage improves my gameplay! Never had so much fun! I also didn’t say all specs I said DH is in a good place considering on your definition they 5-7 much used skills (I say 7 including 30 sec CD Eyebeam). That spec feels active, like you always have mutple options but many specs I’m just spamming 1 generator. Upkeep of a debuff? Nope pruned away, changing seals midfight to push a little more dps? Nah! Pruned! Nope I’m complety wrong, class design has never been more fun! It’s weird how I enjoyed my lock during MoP so much but this expansion I loath it, but nah those are just nostalgia glasses. Frost DK felt way more rewarding and active in MoP/Cata but I must be wrong.
Just because some people find these simplefied and pruned specs an improvement (or they never knew better due to starting post-MoP) doesn’t mean everybody has too. For me it’s mainly the content in BfA that’s feels dead since it’s too easy and feels more like bribing me to do it than to actually make it engaging, but also noticing how less engaging every spec feels nowadays is a good 2nd. I zone out more and more playing those specs.
Hey if people don’t wanna use Plaque Strike on a frost DK if they unprune skills or wanna switch presences to adapt to situations then you simply don’t. People like me can and will find the specs more fun and engaging again.
1 question, where are the 110 and 120 talent rows? Why did they outright delete almost all artifact skills? Why not instead of deleting them or making them a talent added them to the leveling process? 100-120 you get 0 skills. Spread the actives out over this and semi-passives (passives that alters a baseline skill or adds something to it like fire mage shimmer/blink heal on the artifact). Pruning aka class design is one the biggest complaints right now. Just adding 1-3 things back per spec will make a big difference. Just geting seals back on my paladin will give me a fun boost along with making consecration baseline again. Then change the talent: “Consecration now also heals you and your teammates while slowing enemies who stand on it” like the old glyphs did before they were pruned away just to be made cosmetic only.
I browse class forums just don’t post alot there. Not because of lack knowledge but because somebody else already said it (so I just like those posts). I heavily agreed with this for example: Destruction used to be so good in wotlk