August News/Discussion

[Mordekhuul]

You can already do that, it just has a 100g tax (which isn't all that much). The main issue is gearing. You can't just switch gear. It's generally unrealistic to gear two roles simultaneously while raiding. You gear for one role, and take leftovers in another. If you then swap roles, you end up trading 2 well geared players for 2 clearly sub-par players. Why would you do that?

Being able to swap specs mid-raid when out of combat would be amazing, and game changing. A fight that demands 8-9 healers to learn, like Bloodboil, could be accomplished without swapping in alts, waiting on 100g (considering they have to spec back) respecs to take place in Orgrimmar, etc. I'd absolutely love it. I am much more loath to respec, though I do it weekly, now, because 100g is nothing to sneeze at when I don't care to spend a lot of time farming gold.

Also, for the most regular raiders, secondary gear sets are often nearly up to par with those primary in that role. I agree, we wouldn't be swapping folks out just for grins, but being able to have your prot paladin fill a tanking role on one fight and a retribution dps role on another would be great.

As a raid leader and someone that enjoys PVP and multiple PVE specs, it'd be great in my view. It would be lovely while leveling in wrath as well. Going back and forth between tanking 5 mans and leveling would be cool with two specs to swap between, though if they did this I doubt it would be until 80;)