I don't personally agree with this:
Why?Quote:
and every class having an aoe sucking
1) Shamans got a new AoE too (and it PUNTS PEOPLE)
2) We always had to deal with AoE from mages, hunters, warlocks, warriors (WW/cleaves), boomkins (granted, CD ability), ferals (swipe), shamans (magma/fire novas/earthbinds). So, really, you're just adding Priest and DKs to the list, but honestly -- we already had to keep an eye out for aoe in the first place so there's really no difference. There's just more variety, but see item #1 for why this isn't a bad thing.
3) Chain Heal and spellpower = bigger heals from elemental specs
Phasing?
An irritant, but no more irritating than a rogue spamming distract, which I already had to look out for. Spamming follow keys is a habit for me now.
Vehicles?
This is the one place I can agree. I don't like them either. So I either a) don't do them, nobody's forcing me to; or b) do them on my main if and only if I can complete the quest via proximity on my alts.
I've always been respectful with my disagreements.
I will tell you one thing: Ele shammies sucked when BC first came out too. They kept fussing with clearcasting making us re-gear each time to get the "ideal" crit, our gear at similar levels gave us less DPS than other casters, we brought no decent buffs to the table that a resto shaman couldn't.... I mean, Hydross was immune to nature wtf was an ele shaman to do? What changed? Arena burst damage became king and we SCALED incredibly well with gear.
I know you're not directly complaining about "shamans suck now", but alot of people are so I felt I needed to address that. Prior to BC, there were NO shaman teams. All mages and locks because "AoE damage is king" for battlegrounds. BC introduced arenas and burst/survivability being important, and shaman rose to the top. Now wrath is here, and we need to figure out what we need to do to succeed. I'm sorry you feel cheated because there are new talents, new abilities, new priorities -- but you either need to learn to adapt or, like you're doing, take the experiences you have and call it quits. Those who joined us after the "shaman FOTM" which, honestly, I am loathe to even admit because there are people like Ellay and Xbox who were around prior to it being "cool" haven't really taken the time to notice the pattern -- proven combinations come and go. It's the endless balance and rebalance and inevitable lack of balance.
You can either put all your eggs in one basket and hope for the best, bounce between classes until you find what works, or just say "screw it" and do WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO. If you don't love multiboxing anymore for the sake of multiboxing, then don't do it. Nobody's going to shove it down your throat.
I'm an altaholic because I love theorycrafting and forming various group compositions and writing clever macros. No rebalancing will "break" multiboxing for me because I multibox for the sake of multiboxing. I enjoy challenges, I enjoy rerolling, I enjoy macro writing -- and I can honestly still do that even if multiboxing becomes the weakest of weaksauces. I will still have fun. Because fun, to me, is the experience -- it's not winning or losing or being better than solo boxers or even being the SAME as solo boxers. I'm not the same as a solo boxer, and I embrace that difference. There is no advantage. I know that, and I enjoy it anyway.
If you don't, then I say good for you for not wasting your time on something you don't enjoy. Expecting a community that DOES enjoy that hobby to agree is somewhat of a stretch -- like going into a baseball game and screaming "I HATE BASEBALL IT SUCKS NOW". So, while I can say that I, personally, am respectful at the same time I can't say I'm surprised by the reactions of several others... are you honestly surprised?