Aug is a real problem right now IMO. I cannot imagine the nightmare that is tuning disucssions happening at blizzard.
Like the God Comp? How do they know to nerf Mage and Spriest damage by so much? What if PI + Aug was the issue? What if mage and spriest are now balanced in the god comp but hurt in groups without Aug and PI. How much do you attribute tuning decisions to Aug buffs, or other buffs like lust or PI, or just core spec damage?
It’s insane.
My personal opinion is Aug is a huge problem, that compounds existing balance issues and makes them much worse. Before Aug released, there was not really the problem of auto declining non-meta classes to keys. Sure some specs may be better in some dungeons but overall any spec could do about the same key up to +/- +1 key. Now we have the auto decline non-meta issue. Devastation Evoker is just dead in keys. You won’t get invited period, trust me I tried. I love Devastation. Meta groups are able to do +7 higher than groups without aug/metas.
Blizzard needs to add more support specs soon, or remove Aug IMO, sad to say really. The game feels worse off for a lot of people now, compared to before Aug dropped.