Why is everyone anxious about a PLD Rework?

[Shurrikhan]

I think "solo buffs" is pretty much exactly how it should go. I can't speak for modern WoW, but in older editions of WoW that's pretty much how it worked - you maybe had Bloodlust as a once per fight raidwide buff but otherwise everyone was on their own. When you triggered your class's big damage buttons was in large part reliant on when it was safe and effective for *you* to do so.

...Original WoW had, just off the top of my head... Battle Shout, Commanding Shout, Power Word: Fortitude, Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Might, Blessing of Sanctuary, Devotion Aura, Crusader Aura, Trueshot Aura, Earthskin Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, Flametongue Totem, Windfury Totem, Arcane Intellect, Mark of the Wild, Divine Spirit, Fel Intelligence, so there wasn't a lack of raid buffs per se. (And I was actually happier when that buff bloat was less prominent, or consolidated into auras instead of filler flavor buttons, prior to Shadowlands' returning them to full mass.)

But yeah, you didn't really try to align anything to raid buffs' damage windows. That said, you still basically don't. It's pretty much still just Power Surge (single target Haste buff) and Bloodlust/Heroism.