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    dragonseth07's Avatar
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    Ratithgar Jovasch
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    Paladin Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by SundayTrash View Post
    ur talking as if all the fight were tank and spank, how about a fight that has high raid wide aoe, that would need u to be spec to defensive, or a fight with waves and waves of adds that would require TP/MP reduction, or fight that has high movement that would benefit shortcast, there is no correct or best spec if the fights were design with mix and match mechanics.
    True, but then there is a best spec per fight, and you're expected to switch to that before the fight.

    WoW's system in Warlords was exactly this. There were talents for different situations, and it was expected that you change spec on a per-fight basis. At that point, your character no longer had a build. Your build was every talent based on what you fought.
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    Blue Waffles
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    Gilgamesh
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    Bard Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by dragonseth07 View Post
    True, but then there is a best spec per fight, and you're expected to switch to that before the fight.

    WoW's system in Warlords was exactly this. There were talents for different situations, and it was expected that you change spec on a per-fight basis. At that point, your character no longer had a build. Your build was every talent based on what you fought.
    on the other hand, would be interesting for the community to try figuring out to balance their spec for specific fight, and the speed runner to try out different spec for faster kill.
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    Tani Shirai
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    Monk Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by dragonseth07 View Post
    True, but then there is a best spec per fight, and you're expected to switch to that before the fight.

    WoW's system in Warlords was exactly this. There were talents for different situations, and it was expected that you change spec on a per-fight basis. At that point, your character no longer had a build. Your build was every talent based on what you fought.
    That was largely because the system was almost entirely unrestricted, hence their (false) promise to make talent choices worth more than just a near-free consumable in Legion.

    Note that Wrath and Cata didn't run into those issues, primarily because niche was set primarily by spec rather than talent choices (which mostly determined only gameplay and utilities back then), and secondly because you needed to visit a class trainer to swap talents.
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