Re: Why dual spec was necessary

In article <4qee15hqrj7u6fqp5phvjfrst244fvak7r@xxxxxxx>,
Palindrome <Palindrome@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:19:27 +0100, Steve Kaye
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Palindrome wrote:
On Fri, 22 May 2009 15:01:29 -0600, chocolatemalt <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In article
<671c4e15-c2a3-4e53-bacd-cfcc6e1c5f5b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Mark (newsgroups)" <marknewsgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Glyphs.

I never saw it before, silly me.

I'm loving it on my druid though, PvP as resto, completing questing
and dailies as feral. I swap specs several times a session.
I'm finding it pretty awesome too and feel bad for the poor people who
can't afford to learn the skill. Surprising number of people in that
boat.

I have the money, but Dual Spec just doesn't seem that important to
me.

I found it useful whilst levelling my Paladin. I levelled as Ret and
was able to heal instances too. I don't think that I've switched to my
Ret spec more than once since I hit 80 though.

I refuse to be the healer on my Paladin, or, come to that, I don't act
as healer on my Priest or Druid, either. I solo most of the time, but
it would indeed be useful for those who like to act as main healer in
a group.

That makes sense. You're happy with the single spec and have no need
for anything different. My comment was aimed at some puggers I've run
into who've had to do the standard trek to an old world capital for a
respec into another role (along with the expense) since they couldn't
put together 1k to solve that problem permanently.

For me, it turns out dual-spec still isn't enough. My warrior is
talented for raid dps and tanking, and my priest for healing and shadow
dps. No room for anything pvp-specific, which would have talents like
Second Wind and Improved Hamstring on the warrior and a full-Disc
defensive build on the priest. I'll still pvp with them but badly, and
be unable to get into any decent arena teams. Not a big deal but if
they allowed a triple-spec option for another 5k I'd jump at it. :)
.

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