Tomec the Wise wrote:
As for the OP and someone saying they have to respec each time they want to either raid or go PvP... not true, maybe in THEIR mind it is, but the truth is spec doesn't matter that much in raids. What matters is that you use common sense and play your role, not your spec. For example i've raided with shadow priests who still heal people decently, feral druids (in fact I think my guild has ONE resto druid... thats all), Arms or Fury warriors who are the main tanks, beast mastery hunters, fire/arcane mages... If his guild is forcing him to spec something for a raid then maybe he should join a guild that DOESN'T do that, and don't say that all the hardcore raid guilds do it, because I know for a FACT they don't.
o rly? i think i know a rogue in your guild who dropped her pvp spec for a more raid-friendly combat dagger spec. it may not be that important in the first few raid instances, but good luck in aq40 and naxx if your people don't spec for it...
we don't force people to spec in a certain way. but because we mainly pve, people automatically spec for it. we balance our builds accross classes and people can work with their preferences. (raid spec is not necessarily healer for the hybrids. for example, we have one pala with fully speced devo aura etc. for fankriss, at least one shadow priest and one feral druid, 2 sl locks for twin emps...).
personally, i have left out pvp talents and gone all out pve talents (don't need pom, but need mana regen; pvp would be the exact opposite).
i agree that dd classes have some pvp viability even with a raid spec. the rest has a harder time. healers are useful in group pvp, but they are at a disadvantage in 1-on-1. hybrids are much more effective with a dps build than with a raid-friendly support/heal build. and full prot warriors are just gimped in pvp.
i still don't think you should be able to respec for nearly no cost all the time. what's the point of having a spec then? you just pull out the strongest spec for the situation you're in. learn to live with what you have.
Edited, Nov 29th 2006 1:56pm by Turicus