Originally Posted by drole

Saying that skill isn't an issue for PvP is a vast overstatement. Obviously gear matters, but so far i think that side of the game is balanced quite well.

As for your suggestion, i quite like it, but would like to take it way further. Why not remove it alltogether? Sure this would overpower classes with spamable instantcasts (Moonfire SPAM?), but there are multiple ways to counter this like resourcescosts, adding casttimes or small cooldowns.

That being said i dont ever think changes like this will go through. For a game to be reasonably succesfull (ei. profitable) you need to make it attractive for the majority. This includes, but is not limited to average players with average reactions and/or learning curves. Making the gap between those players and the good ones too big would make the game "boring" for the not-so-skilled players since they would loose everytime. Adding stuff like luckfactors, "i-win-buttons", gear depency and "easy-to-maneuver"-classses helps this slightly as they generally defeat the purpose of skill.

My point is that you have to preserve some kind of balance when it comes to the impact of skill and i generally think wow is quite good off in this category,