Break up your post into separate issues. It makes it easier to read.
Yes, every spec technically had the option. Having the option doesnt make it right or good. You can technically eat a steak with a spoon, but that does not mean that you should.
Reforging did not keep DW viable. Reforging helped each and every spec the same. It was so that you could use items that might otherwise be sold or sharded because it had 1 good stat for you and you could reforge the other stat into something more useful. What you said regarding that is just utterly false and its just grasping at anything you can think of to show your hate for DW, you know the way you keep calling them toothpicks yet those toothpicks have a history of doing better dps and scaling better.
Yes, it was a hero class, its not anymore.
It did have more options back then, sure, but things were also balanced with certain things in mind and everything else was secondary.
You could DW Blood and Unholy, but that doesnt mean you “should”. You can eat a steak with a spoon, but that doesnt mean its a good idea. I never ran into blood players that DW, or even Unholy for that matter unless there was something in that spec that DW could abuse that wasnt intended.
And yes, viability. Tired of hearing it then do what you guys have been doing and dont read my post, in fact I havent even been talking about viability. Just that someone in support of 2h says something that is just false and I call that information out. Most people that like 2h, is from the MoP era when it became FoTM for 2 shotting people.
Blood almost always focused on mastery because that is its active mitigation and it plays well with the kit. You also seem to forget that tank dps is taken into account when balancing comes into play. Who cares about random heroics that you overgear and can DW in… wow.
And those players will not be in the running for groups trying to progress through content unless that group doesnt know better. I dont play BoS because I dont like it, but I was also not trying to get into groups or anything like that. I was doing content where it just didnt matter. If people want to stay in that content range, fine, but if you want to actually progress groups usually want you to apply yourself and not care about “wah i dont get muh 2h”. They really dont care about that. Either step off or gtfo.
Casuals have limited time to play, and they usually make the most out of that time and they dont want to make their gameplay harder. If they want to clear content in the limited time they have to play, then they should be doing it to the best of their abilities, or at least showing an attempt, of they can gtfo.
Bye, I really dont care about someones feelings when me and other players are trying to our best (if I want to progress and clear content) and here comes Joe not stepping up to the plate like everyone else. Bye Joe.
ADHD serves no purpose but to insult players that are actually trying to progress and expect the same from others. Making your entire argument which is just insults and “we COULD do this, we COULD do that” useless.
Well, that person can have fun not in my group. You are not entitled to anything when you are playing with others. There is a standard that should be met by anyone. Play how you want outside of progression, otherwise again, gtfo.
Newcomers wouldnt know that the classes have been simplified, its not appealing to veterans that know they have been simplified and that the specs are shadows of what they once were.
MotFW was put in place because of the dps difference between 2h and DW, and it was a failure of a band aid.
