Diablo 3 is fundamentally broken

[MongoJerry]

A lot of Wizards do not seem to run Signature Spells in my experience. Then again, my experience is softcore Still, Viral is hardly isolated in his distaste for them, as it is not an uncommon approach. Personally, I still use them, but I also choose to play with Elective turned off; turning it on just seems like easy mode.

I know. It was smegged's use of the "waste of development time" hyperbole that needed to be checked. If you're level 60 and have a good set of critical hit and +AP on crit, you can probably afford to stop using signature spells. I know I was planning to stop using one myself with my Disintegrate wizard build -- until Concillian got me hooked on the Crit/Meteor build, which uses Spectral Blades very well. However, there are lots of uses for the signature spells, as I've found excellent use for all but Shock Pulse in many builds. In addition, Magic Missle - Seeker plus Venom Hydra will probably be my Diablo killer combination for a very long time.