Originally Posted by ieatpaperbag

I commented this on Aldriana’s cooldown blog but to restate some of it here, one thing I can certainly appreciate about the last tier of cooldowns is that all three require some attention rather than fire and forget (the way KS and Vendetta are currently). I am particularly interested in if Blizzard plans to apply this philosophy to other cooldowns such as AR and Cold Blood or at the very least “improve” them and maybe make them interactive as well. The removal of the DPS-aspect of Shadowstep is also a plus in my mind simply because the ability can be used for the sole purpose of utility.

Picking out abilities I think could afford a better design because I can not imagine very many people ever choosing them for PvE or PvP. First looking at Leeching Poison’s tier, Cheat Death does not sacrifice DPS to use and ideally happens when you need it. Improved Recuperate does sacrifice DPS (unless you have Energetic Recovery) but only when you need it. Dropping an entire poison for Leeching Poison to heal all the time regardless of need seems like a poor tradeoff for most of the current encounters (this of course could change). Paralytic Poison is in my mind “interesting”, at the moment it seems like once the 5th application has happened, the poison either continues to stun as the poison is refreshed or does the stack need to fall off? We already have to manage stun DR I am wary about another stun not to mention it sacrifices a poison as well; I think most will find a snare or a more durable gouge more useful (the other two talents of that tier).