Dual Spec When?

[Frosto-faerlina]

@Riger-arugal

I feel like there needs to be some attempt to stay faithful to the TBC design in a classic version of it. I feel like GCs approach was a clear break with TBC and fits well into the WoTLK release - in many ways WoTLK was an answer to many of the problematic aspects of TBC and earlier MMO’s.

In this case I have a preference for Blizzard sticking to the timeline for Dual spec (maybe bring it in with the WoTLK pre-patch which would still be early).

That’s not to say no interim fixes should be attempted, but they should be interim “pain relief” rather than a full patching in of a WoTLK feature.

I’m using the word “feel” here because it is a personal preference and subjective

Yeah, it’s a tough call, imo.

@Frosto-faerlina

It seems to come down to subjective preference for either staying truer to the original game and design decisions or retrofitting future design decisions onto older content.

@Bawx-heartseeker

To me that says they can’t find a balance so the easy way to manage it is to bottle neck the cost for being optimal

That’s possible. Times were different then from what they are now. There was no possibility to respec in D2, for example, then. I would push for that, if I were a time traveler going back to 2004, and able to speak to WoW designers. I’d also advocate for shareable loot, such that nothing binded on equip or pickup.

Personally, I think that (and making things ephemeral [or have a shelf life]) would keep things interesting for the long term.