I'm aware that this applies to the original forum thread instead of the WowInsider thread, however, "(Let's please not turn the rest of this thread into a lecture about how if we had only listened to *your* idea for tweaking (class) damage, everything would have turned out fine.)" http://bit.ly/fRlq3d

Why is he grouping fire and frost?
sure they're both elemental but frost has been the chosen PvP spec and fire has been up there with arcane for raiding but now fire seems to have been nerfed to frost levels
http://bit.ly/fumWwh

I know Fire was nerfed more than Arcane and Frost, but that was because Fire was, and still is, ridiculous. Fire and Arcane are both in good spots, with either being higher depending on the player, and while Frost is competitive in the general sense, our stats right now favor Fire and Arcane. (Frost neither likes Haste since it has a ton of instant spells, and crit past 33.3% is weaker than Mastery, which happens to not be on our gear.)
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I'm pleased to hear GC's comments on this. My hunter (an alt admittedly) never felt right to me as anything but BM. I just like the idea. I control these sweet beasts that do damage for me. Lots of people like the theme behind frost, or sub. Having to play a spec you dislike detracts a lot from the RP element of the game, which is huge for some players
http://bit.ly/eD3Hk9 .

I leveled my mage Frost and prefer to play that way but had to spec him Arcane to get invited to any sort of raid (and also for VoA where that one boss nobody ever did and his adds all seem to be immune to Frost =) ). I knew DPS was sub-par but I didn't care because it was more fun to me to play that way and it wasn't detrimental to the raid or group. True I was never top of the meters but not bottom either so I accepted it when I was allowed to stay in group as Frost, and switched to Arcane when I had to.

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I like Frost even more and often am near or at the top. My gear isn't top of the line or anything, but mostly 264 (with some 245) crafted/badge gear and 232 weapons. I can peak over 10k some fights with a nice string of procs. And even if I "waste" Deep Freeze on a stunnable target, I can pound him with 3-4 Ice Lances critting over 10k (often over 12k) each. I still think it's the lowest DPS of the three specs, but it is significantly better and much closer to the other two than it used to be.
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I have to say, though, I really appreciate how GC not only takes the time to respond to peoples' thoughts, but he also explains Blizzard's perspective and line of thought on the issues, and does it in more than just a few sentences. ^_^
http://bit.ly/gLfwNW

The mastery system I think will work wonderfully throughout Cataclysm's life cycle. The hunter bonuses themselves have seen changes across the board, so the fine tuning of them will be so much easier than looking at abilities.

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