Does anyone else find it odd that...

[Zarathustra]

The biggest problem is that Blizzard has demonstrated (and stated) a reluctance to make any significant changes to talent trees at this point.  That's a shame, what with some talents being pointless before a certain level, and others just being relatively crappy, period.  If Blizzard would jazz up the rarely-used talents, I think we'd have a lot fewer cookie cutter talent builds, as people would be better encouraged to put points in talents that improve the skills they like, as opposed to just putting points in the only talents that don't seem like a waste.
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Agreed. Blizzard also seems confused on its own goals when it comes to character classes as well. They have stated that a Druid is meant to shift into feral forms for melee combat, yet there's a worthless skill devoted to primary-form combat: Weapon Balance.

There is little to no incentive to invest five talent points in order to derive 10% melee weapon damage increase, especially considering the weapon damage does not factor into shifted damage.

Here's hoping those issues are ironed out over time.