The epiphany

Sorry for the lack of posts. School finals and spring break means blogging is not high on my priorities.

For the past few weeks, I've been trying off and on try write something about the Arms changes that are showing up on the PTR. If you're unfamiliar with them, go check them out, I'll wait.

Back? Good, now let's get into the nitty gritty. I could break down each change and buff, but the real thing that hit me was this: Arms and Fury are now very, VERY, similar. Let's think about it; both have 2 main attacks and a proc. Sure, Arms has to keep up Rend and has Bladestorm, while Fury has Death Wish to deal with. But on the whole, the two trees are uncomfortably similar in play style.

I'm not sure how I feel about that. While I understand why the proc nature of Arms was removed (too inconsistent DPS). But that very proc system was the reason I played it in the first place. Now, my decision may come down to simply strength of spec. And right now, Fury is the winner, even with its nerfs.

Of course, nothing is set in stone, the PTR is still up and I've had no first-hand experience with either spec. But I'm worried that some of the skill, and satisfaction, of Arms may be gone. We'll just have to wait a few weeks to find out for sure.