Comments on: The Dual-Spec Decision

By: Rilgon Arcsingh

Rilgon Arcsingh — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:22:40 +0000

I highly doubt I'm going to bother. I was going to use it when I believed it was free, but 1000 gold for what basically is either a solo farming spec or a AoE trash-blasting spec is completely worthless to me. I have more important things to use my gold on (like a god damned Nobles deck). Rilgon Arcsingh’s last blog post..Congratulations to our winnars!

By: Korixys

Korixys — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:55:12 +0000

I would suggest not doing PUG’s for a few months after the patch comes out. It’s going to be ugly lol.

“I was afraid of, for example, a paladin leveling 1-80 Retribution and then claiming to also be a healer the day he hits 80, just because he can switch his talent points.”

That is exactly was is going to happen. And you think that pally is going to tell you before you start the run that he is just now trying holy? heck no, he’ll tell you after you have wiped a few times on trash.

By: Brajana

Brajana — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:33:38 +0000

Glad to hear you’ve been practicing, Korixys! I certainly hope you’re not the only one.

That was my very first concern when I heard about the idea of dual-specs, especially when they mentioned it would only be available at maximum level (which has since changed). I was afraid of, for example, a paladin leveling 1-80 Retribution and then claiming to also be a healer the day he hits 80, just because he can switch his talent points.

I think it will be quite clear easy to pick up on people who don’t know their spec – we see them right now, people who want to try a new spec for the first time and don’t know what they’re doing. They just might be a bit more prevalent now!

By: Chawa

Chawa — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:19:52 +0000

Excellent point Korixys! I would hate to think that the convenience of dual specs would only create a pool of noob healers.

Having a hunter main, I am tempted to make a PVP spec but really, I would think that the “Gear Manager” will serve me just as well.

By: Korixys

Korixys — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:46:33 +0000

I plan on picking up DS with both my main toons. I plan on a raid spec and a PvP spec with my hunter. And, like Psynister, my lvl 78 resto druids other spec will be feral tank. That way he can fill 2 vital rolls.

I hope that most people who take this same step as us are taking the time to practice. I have a feeling that there are quite a few out there that will do this and think they can just immediately be able to tank or heal. I leveled and grinded instances mostly as resto, but I have been collecting every piece of feral gear I can, and over the past month I have been respecing to feral to practice tanking with my guild. Please practice your alternate spec people:)

By: Psynister

Psynister — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:19:26 +0000

I'm in pretty much the same boat with my characters. I'm not going to bother getting a DS for my Mage because while I do enjoy PvP, I do not enjoy it as much at 80 as I do at lower levels, and regardless of what spec he is Ranged DPS is Ranged DPS no matter which way you slice it. If he was still lower level and I planned to keep him that way, then I would have a Frost spec for PvP and AoE grinding and Fire for everything else. For my Paladin though, he's going to switch between being a tank and being a healer. My guild is 98% DPS right now, so we need to bring in some more tanks and healers if we want to keep heroics within the guild. Since I need to be able to bounce back and forth, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. Similarly with my Shaman, I plan on having him be Resto for raids, but Enhancement for everything else. A healing character is great for raiding, but it's horrible when you're going solo with anything. That's the main reason I haven't bothered with a healer up to this point is because I don't want to have to constantly respec to do my own thing or be forced to just leave the character idle except on raid day. Psynister’s last blog post..Paladin AoE Grinding - Part 1 (Pre-Lv 30)