Not entirely sure what you meant to achieve with this statement. In context, your use of “perfect”, as a term, has no substance. And also, when did we claim that it was, objectively, the perfect spec? All we’ve ever said is that, contrary to the opinion of some players, it DID in fact have coherency, an identity of its own, and it most certainly fit well into the common class fantasy of a hunter, as realised in WoW.
I say “we” because I assume that you’re including me when you said “the side advocating for RSV being brought back somehow”.
My negative view of current SV, is the fact that they’ve developed it to a state where it is more-or-less played like melee-BM + Bombs. To the point where they’ve borrowed or taken several abilities and effects from BM, in order to create an identity for the new SV. You even saw what they said in that interview yourself. They think of current SV as the “beast companion guy”. This was the singular main point of identity for BM, up until Legion.
Add to that the fact that they, since the rework, claimed that it was justified because “RSV was basically MM, but with more traps, or different arrows”. They made this statement, knowing well enough that the two specs did not share a single signature ability/effect during WoD. All they(each core spec) shared at the time was the common class fantasy of having a primary focus on the use of ranged weaponry. And, again, if that’s enough to justify a rework, then why didn’t they do the same to all other pure dmg specs/classes in the game?
MM and RSV couldn’t both focus on the use of ranged weapons(despite doing so in different ways)?
Okay, how come it’s okay for all three mage specs to focus on casting spells(despite doing so in different ways)?
How can all three warlock specs still focus on casting spells(despite doing so in different ways)?
How can all three rogue specs still focus on beating enemies with 2x 1h-weapons, while popping in and out of stealth(despite doing so in different ways)?
Again, I assume that you included me when you said the “RSV side”.
When have I ever said any of this? Heck, I haven’t seen anyone here on the “RSV side” claim that they want MoP SV back exactly as it was, and nothing else.
You did post a comment in my topic on returning a modern version of RSV to retail, so I like to think that you’ve at least read the OP before posting in there. If you did, you’d know that I definitely am not asking for RSV to be brought back exactly as it was in MoP, and nothing else.
Again, this isn’t what’s being done. If you think that it is, then I can only assume that you aren’t reading what the “RSV side” is actually saying.
And while it is true that the opinions of how it should be brought back tend to vary, depending on who you ask, I for one have never asked for them to remove current SV, in order for us to get RSV back.