There is no win to this scenario in this argument. Why? Because people just don’t get that TBC Classic isn’t the original TBC back in 2007, and some people are still stuck in the past and forgetting that populations and play styles from back then and now are quite different. Half the people who said “no to dual spec” are folks who are in a very populated server with the established guild and have friends to always group up with or people who have luxurious time to play enough to wait for a group.
For those folks who rant about wanting #nochanges don’t understand the grasp of the situation, that WoW is really being pushed down with population, but also TBC Classic/Classic isn’t enough to save the downfall of Shadowlands. What we need is progressive, and a bit of change for the people to enjoy what’s left of the content and will to play the game.
And that is why dual-spec comes into play. Because it will really save the community and encourage people to do more dungeons/raids without feeling pressured to change every time by spending money and keep visiting Orgrimmar/Stormwind City from Shattrath just to change a spec and ask people for summon.
Some low to medium populated servers can barely get any people into the group to level or do dungeons because people have to stick with one spec to solo and quest, and not everyone has the luxury to respec every time just because one party needs heals or tanks, or even DPS.
Comparing to Burning Crusade/Vanilla, the population for TBC Classic is extremely low than when Burning Crusade launched. TBC Classic also had paid boost that made people skip levels and refuse to do Classic Vanilla contents, which gave some issues to those who wanted to do it from scratch. Not to mention, now we have a bunch of 60-70 LVL mages who boosts characters from 1 to 70 by earning gold.
The demand for specs and populations is very low. “Go to populated server then”, or “Go quit the game”, or “Go back to retail”, or not the very least “then level with XYZ spec till 70” is not exactly healthy suggestions, nor it encourages players to stay for this game. If more people quit and if more people stop playing, then there are more lack of dungeon runs and raids and BGs. It creates more imbalance in this community.
Dual Spec is a choice and privilege. If other people want it, then let them use it. But if you are one of those who whine about people wanting it and getting dual spec, and start to rant about quitting the game, maybe it is you that needs to be out. This is a win-win scenario because you get to have more players to do more content, and you get to have people seek specific specs in case if they need heals, they can go from DPS to heal. If they need a tank, they can go from heals to tanks.
Another option is, like the previous posters mentioned, just cut the entire price of talent reset so that people will consider to respec every time without worrying about spending 50g every time they need to change.
Truthfully? I don’t care if people who support #nochanges and anti-dual spec respond to me that I am ruining their old classic immersions through this forum post. Because I played since 2005 to 2021, and I’ve supported WoW and enjoyed Vanilla/TBC/Wrath a lot. But I at least am aware of the reality that TBC Classic will never ever be the same as TBC original. And that’s because people’s play styles, and times are different. Not to mention, population - once again.
“Times change.” - Garrosh Hellscream