Originally Posted by Wotnot

What are other tester's thoughts on Maelstrom Weapon as a talent used for questing and levelling? After around 3 hours of play so far I found that the stacking buff is dropping off before I can actually make use of it.

I will usually have a mob dead or near dead by the time I'm near a full stack for an instant cast, and if I want to use it I have to keep chain pulling mobs, otherwise it will drop off.

While 15 seconds sounds like a long time on paper it doesn't play out that way for me. Vengeance (a similar stacking talent for Retribution paladins) lasts for 30 seconds before dropping off, which I think is a more appropriate duration for Maelstrom Weapon.

In a raid or instance environment, holding onto a stack longer isn't going to increase our DPS, but with it dropping of in solo play that extra new attack we are given is difficult to bring into play.