I think the point there is Deep Wouds filled a serious damage gap with the primary abilities, and the tuning of mastery is going to shift a heavy gap into ability tuning - Slam feeling lethargic won’t be corrected with blanket versa. The only way Slam felt good, personally, was Crushing Assault. Otherwise it is just a button to avoid capping rage.
Slam still feels really good with Crushing Assault though the proc rate feels lower - that was also true on other classes’ procs too though so maybe everyone is going to suck equally (not likely). Some days, the Alex Jones in me wonders if Ion’s job is complete only once the majority of players are wizards.
We’re one day away from prepatch. I think many people have their hopes up they’re not walking into a BFA 2. Everything I’ve seen so far though hasn’t filled me with reassurances. Once more people struggle to kill Zandalar rares, I feel more will come here to post that there is a real problem. And that’s the tip of the iceberg.