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Has anyone actually confirmed that the shift out-in sequence is affected at ALL by a cooldown? I am not seeing it.
I never understood what people were talking about with cooldowns in this context. The reason is that when I powershift, I go from cat to caster to cat fast enough that I do not even see my caster model on the screen. I have a very fast computer (fast dual core, GTX8800, 2 MB DDR 1000) and typically 200 ms lag or less. The sequence is for all practical purposes instant for me (or as fast as I can push a button twice).
If you have extra mana - and don't likley need that mana for anything else - selective powershifting is very logical - particularly when forced to use FB. You have a nearly 100% chance of going from 0 to 60 energy instead of 0 to 20 energy, seem to nearly always get a white weapon hit (which should be higher than your catform hits), and perhaps loose one catform autoattack. I don't do the spam powershifting thing unless using the BWL rune, but a natural powershifting cycle is an integral part of druid DPS - especially if wearing hybrid gear such as is common right now.
Based on some fights over the last few nights, I estimate that when just doing my normal thing DPS wise I powershift every 20 seconds or so on average for short fights. To be honest, I havent used powershifting much on bossfights because I am saving my mana for burst healing (fights like aran, at elemental spawn) or am tanking. You would have to use pots to sustain a 20-second long powershifting cycle for more than a few minutes unless wearing heavy spirit.
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