Innervate for all Druids!

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on the other hand there is an unexplainable tolerance for offensive warriors

That's a weak analogy. How many dedicated tanks do you need for say, MC? You need three, at absolute most. When you have enough healers that the raid can function, I totally support Shadow Priests and Feral Druids. When the raid is crippled by Shadow Priests trying to be main healers, you have a problem. When your MT is 39/12 Fury/Arms, you'll have a problem.

My worry is that they'll start caving to other skills in the same way. What happens if the rogue player base decides Cold Blood is a "must have"? Tactical Mastery has been called for by Warriors for months and Blizzard has yet to give any word on their plans for that talent, if any. Are all shamans going to get the mana totem now?

I consider TM for Warriors on par with IAE for Mages. Being level 60 without it gimps you completely in both PvE and PvP. Being without Cold Blood isn't an issue - my Rogue is cuurently specced combat and doesn't miss CB. Try playing a Warrior without TM or a Mage without IAE ... that's a world of hurt.

It's those kind of questions that have me wondering why they're doing this with Evocation/Innervate. I won't look a gift horse in the mouth, as it makes the Druid class more of the switch-hitting hybrid it was meant to be

I agree. I dislike the idea of Druids being pigeon-holed into any particular slot (coughRestocough) but Innervate is so damned nice and a lot of guilds came to rely on it to beat encounters. Having a Druid that can both DPS and be a mana-battery ... I'm looking forward to it. My guild's DPS is somewhat lacking ever since our very well geared Feral Druid decided to spec Resto for raiding. I thought he was going to explode when he saw this :)

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