I have played this spec since vanilla and really enjoyed how it was working in 11.0. This has been my main for TWW and I have put all of my time into it, trying to reach my goals for the season. I have gotten close to AOTC and timing some 10’s, but with the rework, I feel hopeless. I spent so much gold reforging my gear and time acquiring new pieces, all to accommodate a change I don’t know anyone was asking for, but I was (before the change was made) fine with accepting. On launch of the patch, of course I notice I have been severely nerfed in terms of what I bring to a group other than damage (fewer kicks, fewer stops, fewer dispels, fewer burst windows, less survivability all as a result of removing CDR talent). I think, “that’s okay, it looks like I can do decent single target now at least and my aoe is still good.”
Of course I was aware of bugs that made things like opener do way too much damage. I understand fixing that and other bugs. But what is the rationale of fixing bugs that cause us to overperform AND delivering multiple significant nerfs at the same time (some of which specifically target the stat changes I just made)? We have less than a week of data and a video from the top parsing player, and that’s all it takes to ruin this spec completely? The idea of spending hundreds of thousands more to fix my stats and be left with a spec that won’t be invited to any runs makes me want to quit. I don’t see the point and would much rather have had no rework at all.
Worse is I am not sure posting this will do anything. I really love this game and have for most of my life. This last week has just been so bizarre.