You guys are starting to go off topic again.

Slark summarizes my points quite nicely.

I find it really frustrating that OP brings up a very strong point on the future of Shroud, yet quite a few people in here completely ignore it, take his/her words out of context, and argue about something trivial and semi-unrelated.

Shroud needs PIE scaling for a few reasons.
1) Shroud is a flat-rate amount that will lose its mana-regen purposes, and turn into threat dump with "a little extra mana" tacked onto the side.
2) WHMs currently have extremely little control over how to manage mana, or gear for it. For example, opening Shroud up for PIE scaling may offer more incentives to invest in PIE attributes, effectively increasing our options for itemization/stat choices.
3) Gearing PIE currently is pretty lackluster right now, and all of it's benefits are passive, meaning it doesn't really change gameplay much.
Don't care for buffs or nerfs, just care for PIE scaling.