The end result of these changes makes wow more like an action game, where you select premade characters with 4 abilities each, that change depending on your spec/talents. I mean, leveling and XP already seems like an archaic holdout from a game that no longer exists. This makes talents a needless complexity that will be even more copy and paste. This is a core gameplay change. You won’t really be playing classes anymore. No more mastering a class. I actually think this will make the toxicity unbearable. No amount of skill will make up for a lower item level. Your gear will be EVERYTHING.