Kind of wary about duel speccingFollow

Yes it will be nice to be able to do dailies in a timely fashion. But I'm predicting a free for all where everyone is rolling on all gear. I'm going to be seriuosly pissed with dps rolling on healing gear. They'll say oh healing (holy/resto etc) is my off spec. It just seems like it will increase the number of runs it will take to get something.

This. And if someone rolls on for an offspec during a raid (or any run for that matter), and we know what their main spec is, they're going to be immediately kicked from the raid. Simple as that.

And that's different from now how? Right now, even without dual specs, a dps can still roll on say, tanking or healing gear, because they may one day suddenly decide to be a tank or healer (whether they do or not is a different matter). There are those that may be building an off-spec gear set (ie - I have a set of gear on my druid for feral even though I'm resto, and I've got a gear set for tanking on my paladin even though he's ret), and for me I only greed those items, giving the person who's actually taking that role the priority in needing.

I really don't see it making things any worse. It's been that way for a while with some people, and it would've continued with or without dual spec.

The vast majority of DPS are DPS because they have zero inclination to be healers - that doesn't mean that you wont have some punks grabbing at healer gear that they simply intent to merchant or DE later, but rest assured that it'll be a very rare DPS who wants a healer set.

The more common result will actually be healers rolling on tank/dps gear since the off spec is something that they'll actually use.

Even then, most of those types already have off set outfits.

Nah, I see nothing but good for the most part comming from the duel spec option - more people will roll tank and healing classes as mains since it will now be cheap and simple to swap specs for soloing and some people will set up tank/heal alt specs with their DPS toons so that they can take those jobs in a pinch.

In other words, the number of tanks and healers should increase and that's a good thing.

My paladin currently has 2 full sets of gear, when I run with my group I am holy and I get top choice on any healing gear so my holy set is pretty good. The ONLY time I ever get a ret piece is when it is not an upgrade for someones main spec, and then it is automatic upgrades always come before shards. When the dual specs come out this will not change for us but we have a really tight group for 5 mans.

As a lot of people have mentioned previously, I don't think that an awful lot will change. People will still be greedy. " Oh, but I can use that for my off-spec, that I may choose to use, at some undetermined point in the future so I'm rolling need on it" OK, in that case I may or may not choose to tank for you in the future- take a guess which I'm leaning towards.

As a Tank specced Palladin I will roll need on any plate armour, provided it's an upgrade. I don't touch Ret gear ( still have a deeply ingrained mindset of 'lolret'). If upgraded healing plate drops, I will ask the group if I may roll greed on it, for my occasionally used healing gear. If no-one needs it, I will generally trade a quarter of the value of the shard that would have resluted from a DE. This way, I get an upgrade for my offspec, and the people I am pugged with don't think me a greedy loot ***** ( I hope).

One of my guildmates, a Death Knight, rolled need on a pair of Tanking legs- Violet Hold ones, I think. A very, very slight upgrade- a whole +1 def point sort of deal. I didn't go bananas over this, curse him out over vent, or party chat. Oh, no. So much more satisfying when the said guildie is also ones housemate, and I could lean a little to the left and belt him upside the head with a rolled up newspaper- " Bad Guildie, no biscuit".

But no, I don't anticipate any changes with dual- speccing. Unless of course Blizzard can change the way that people act with the advantage of net-anonymity. * Holds breath.....*

Regards,

Jon

Edited, Jan 20th 2009 2:45am by SnorriMc

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I don't think the Duel spec will be that big of a issue. Honestly, your invited to a group based on w/e role your currently filling. If a DK rolls need on a tanking item without asking for off-spec, then they find themselves hearthing or running for the exit because they were tossed. Same goes for DPS ganking healing gear and vice versa.

The same rules apply as they always have. Explain the looting before entering (which I will admit that I forget to do that alot lol), and find out if there is an enchanter of sufficient level to D/E any loot that isn't wanted. I have personally never been ninja'd on any item on or off spec, but it could happen one day.

Actually, Slightlysober, I believe we had a short rash of topics on the subject of rolling for 'offspec' and what is considered your main spec not too long ago.
We decided that, as long as the issue is discussed before hand, things are gravy one way or the other.

You can agree to roll for offspecs but don't be surprised if your tank or healer or whoever bails. I don't want to do a run and have to compete with everyones maybe wanna be specs for gear.

If you are healing for a group I think it would be fine to roll on other gear if they know going in that healing is not your main spec. I think you should just make it clear before entering the instance.

The distraction makes posts difficult to read when a poster doesn't know the difference between "dual" and "duel"...