Well I guess it really is personal preference and perception. I like Brutal Impact in PvE, Hyjal caster trash comes to mind immediately, actually a lot of areas come to mind where I find it handy. Also, in my opinion, reducing mana costs for shape shifting isn't just for power shifting. I find myself shifting a lot to get out of snares, picking up trash, charging back to a boss, going travel form (obviously outdoors), etc.
I would also ask that unless you are MT'ng with no Warriors (you have at least 1) that have Imp. Demo Shout what good would an improved Demo Roar be? If you are OT I guess it could come in handy in limited situations where your mob might be up long enough for it to be of use. But if you are in cat form for DPS then you'd have to swap back and forth to apply the Roar and that would be very inefficient and plain silly.
Not arguing, just trying to understand your logic.
Originally Posted by Tasonir
I suppose my talent spec must be somewhat uncommon then:
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I've got 3/5 points in feral aggression, mainly for the improvement to demo roar. It doesn't hurt for bleed immune bosses or trash either, but I can verify that it does in fact keep non-talented warrior shouts off. Only one tank in my guild (of 3 warriors) has improved demo shout, actually. Quite surprised to hear that it's 297.6AP, as I had just assumed it was slightly over 300 on account of it beating a warrior's shout.
Anyways, as a high end raider with no interest in pvp, Brutal Impact is right out. Just about everything's stun immune anyways. 3 talent points isn't worth 10 rage from Intensity, and my mana doesn't run out in feral forms anyways. I don't powershift as much as I should, so natural shapeshifter wouldn't help me much either. I realize gaining even 10 energy is probably around 400-500ish damage (just off the top of my head estimate) but doing it about 10 more times with the talent is around 4k-5k damage, which is around 1.5% more damage. Rough figures and all that, but it just doesn't appeal to me.
With that said, you might as well take the whole feral tree and dump the last 3 into feral aggression.
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