I never really cared about Explosive Shot all that much. I preferred the increased burst and added utility of Chimera Shot along with other MM utility and burst, but I totally get the sentiment: ranged SV was a satisfying spec. My protest to your suggestion is only about the math of the spec, not aesthetics.
The spec ceases to function mathematically (I’m not talking about damage) if you just throw a shot in there. Other things need to be adjusted a fair amount because there simply aren’t enough focus or globals. If you did not adjust other things it would feel very confusing as to what you were supposed to press, why the spec always feels focus starved, and why you can’t seem to cast things on CD, etc. The spec would break.
The simplest fix to add a new shot is to remove Precise Shots. I have laid out arguments many times for why Precise Shots needs to be excised from the spec, this is just one of them.
That is irrelevant for this discussion. Our whole talent tree is hosed. Replacing one talent made baseline (that no one takes anyways) is trivial in comparison to the work that needs to be done.
You and me both. And it wasn’t just MoP and WoD. It was, at least for me, from TBC up to the start of Legion when they set off a nuclear bomb in the Hunter class and frankly, completely ruined it imo.