1. This seems an inelegant and difficult-to-roll-back way to deal with drift issues. I don't hate the idea, but it looks like it could benefit from more time to stew. (Consider, for instance, if procs were removed, what bankable and rarely used spell might be added as an instant-cast to deal with those same issues.)
  2. I'd rather standardize both the ST and AoE combos' total B|W Mana consumption at 60 and slightly increase B|W Mana gains. 20 per step is far more intuitive than 16 each for AoE and 20|15|15 for ST.
  3. I actually prefer having reason to mix and match ST and AoE skills. This fixation on wholly separate AoE and ST sets just makes button bloat of either half for most of any given situation.
  4. I'd make it optional --as some are apparently soul-scarred already by the Gnashing Fang combo consolidation-- but sure.
  5. Flesh this out further and I'd probably be for it. I don't mind the existence of procs so long as they lead to (macro-)rotational means of optimization, but I will agree that the current proc-based lockouts are a poor design.