patch 2.0.10 notes on the PTR

[Klaus]

My random thought is that they have made it no longer work with shadow spells, but would the healing aggro still be reduced by the talent? If so, then the aggro generated by VE will be no different now from before whereas the aggro generated on a single target by your shadow spells will, indeed, be greater than before. If this is true, then it is really just a single target aggro nerf which is less bad than the AoE aggro nerf that it could have been. :)

Well, let's see - if VE is considered shadow (even though it's a heal) then this is an AoE nerf because only one talent appliest to it. But if it's not shadow, then there's really no change to the AoE aggro because Shadow Affinity wouldn't apply to it today. This would be a nice question to have answered, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it.

Either way, this is a still a nerf to me, because I used to be able to get -threat to both heals and damage for 8 talent points. Or, I could get less -threat with only 5. Now, if I want -threat to both, I have to spend all 8 points. The holy priest still gets their -threat to both for the same 5 they were spending before (not that holy priests need nerfing at all). So, if SR doesn't apply to VE, then I have a nasty choice to make - spend 5 points for -threat when I'm healing (which I do, but not horribly often) or find someplace else to move those points? Anyway, I'm rambling.

I find it annoying that they choose to nerf my ability to play in a group, while still leaving the warlocks and hunters massively overpowered for solo.