Lmao, no. I’m really glad you’re not a WoW dev because this is probably the dumbest thing ever. Having two viable hero tree options enables more ways to play a spec which is better for players. If you go to other class forums you will notice that specs that only have one viable hero tree options complain about it.
Some hero trees excel in different scenarios. Pack Leader is significantly better than Dark Ranger in raid settings. Dark Ranger is normally better in m+ settings.
Dark Ranger adds absolutely zero bloat, it literally replaces Kill Shot.
Seems like you’re simply not good enough to play the spec and you also seem unable to grasp the mechanics/workings of the spec. I know its tragic for you that you were expecting to play a very simple spec only to get hit with some minor additional mechanics that renders you completely unable to play one of the simplest specs in the game, but if you can’t handle this then you should maybe try something like Ret Paladin or Frost DK. No need to scratch your head like a monkey buddy.
You refuse to adapt and get gud. You refuse to link your logs but honestly, we all know you do tank DPS, you literally said it here yourself. I can’t take you seriously and neither will the dev nor anyone else. Goodbye buddy, I hope you find an easy single-player game to excel at in the lowest difficulty setting.
If the Jackal of Stormwind got flamed, and Cashmeowside too, of course anyone else is going to get it. If it happened to the best, it can happen to the rest; how is the rest better than the best not to get it? TSL still predominates the social scene.
I don’t really have a dog in this fight but DKR was busted up from the get-go after the gambit to get it broken OP fell flat, so it’s probably no wonder PL looked better for the take. I do agree with the OP that it all needs to be looked at again for 11.1 lest it’s not worth it.