AstarintheDruid wrote:
You don't directly switch between forms, you go to caster form then into your new form. All blizzard did was add a UI option to automatically /cancelform when you cast a spell (including shapeshifting). I can't log in right now, but I think you can test this by trying to shift from bear to cat while under the GCD.
I can confirm that this is the case, and I love it because I have Outfitter set up to equip my Staff of Natural Fury when I pop to caster even if I'm shifting from bear to bear so that I benefit from the reduced mana cost of the shift. : )
The point is that we now switch so fast with a single click that you don't end up swinging your weapon when you shift to-n-thru caster form.