Most powerful WOW character/class for solo-play?

[Rinnhart]

This brings up a question for me.  Having never dealt with subscription gaming, how does such a community deal with nerfage?  It is a slight difference but, in D2, you are not paying for the software but not the server time.  It can be said that your investment is in the software, which is being "fixed", so you are getting a "benefit".  In WoW, you are now paying for server time.  You are therefore making an monetary investment in each character.  If Bliz nerfs your character to the point it is no longer playable (which would be judged by each person as to their own skills), have they now taken something you have "paid" for?  I can see myself much more irate in the subscription case.
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Most of the outcry when a skill is nerfed/retuned/changed comes from the people playing that class as a flavor of the week. Suddenly their WW barb/CE necro isn't almighty. It's still certainly playable - and powerful - if you actually take the time to learn the class.

This isn't to say there haven't been instances where classes have been truly broken by nerfs/changes, but usually drastic changes come only in response to exploitation. Generally, this is the minority ruining the party for the majority, and no one leaves happy. People do cancel accounts over changes. But, in general, classes become stronger, not weaker, over time.

The worst part is when you have communities like those for EverQuest that have existed for half a decade with very, very dedicated players. These are games where only the few have the motivation to play multiple characters to the max level, so people hang around in their class' circles and ferment the idea that they're getting shafted and everyone around them is "Über".

In the long run, you can't view your efforts on a game like this as an investment. The game itself isn't going to be around forever. Look at it as an alternative form of entertainment. Instead of spending $100 on drinks at a bar one Friday night, you're spending $15 to bash a dragon or two a couple days a week. It's a couple of movies cost for many more hours of amusement.

Have fun today, for tomorrow you're getting rolled back fifty levels.