Glyphs for baddies or good players or really busy fightsFollow

Sounds more like "We don't want to fix inherent problems in classes, and are instead going to pass them off as intentional systems meant to differentiate between the elite and everyone else. So we are going to give you even less choice when it comes to character customization by creating a glyph that's essentially required for nearly every player."

If that was really the intention, I would agree. The fact that this is REALLY just them covering up problems with their class design is what I have an issue with.

Inquisition is actually a really good example. Every class (in theory) is meant to perform to about the same point. When you create a class mechanic that just takes an absurd amount of skill to perform (in the context of a relatively common in-game scenario), it's just stupid.

A lot of classes do have rotations that switch up based on how capable a person is.

The other problem is that this now a stigmatized badge that every Pally is going to be forced to wear on their toon. And it's true that this isn't fair, since according to Blizz only the very best Pallies aren't meant to use it, but that doesn't change the fact that you can look at a pally and tell that they aren't confident in their ability to play their class. Or it's going to get the connotation of being for the lazy, who want to simplify their rotation and sacrifice dps to do so. Etc.

My real worry is that they are talking about adding a set of glyphs which you KNOW are quickly going to take on the perception of being "baddie glyphs."

My fear is that players who might really benefit from the glyph won't use it for fear of being thought "bad." And players who do the right thing and take the glyph might get berated for it.

Just not worth it, imo. Simply fixing the problem with the system is infinitely superior, imo.

I'm not sure I understand what point you are trying to make?

If a class is complicated because it was designed to be, it's one thing. I just have an issue with a half-assed "fix" that basically masks the core problems of a class. The best players learned how to keep Inq. up because they had to, because the mechanic had horrible synergy with many pieces of content. This just says they are fine letting those players have to work that hard, but are giving everyone else a pass.

And that's stupid to me. The class being that annoying on those encounters wasn't design, it was oversight. They are trying to structure this change like they are "giving" those players something. In reality, they are just ******** them out of ever seeing an actual fix.

I've seen people fail at playing arcane mage, so this approach probably wouldn't help much.

I guess it depends on how wide spread it is, if the majority of players feel the need to use this (or gain more dps from doing so) then it won't be a negative thing. It just means that if you see someone without the glyph you'll know that they will either be super awesome or super bad. That seems to be what Blizz are aiming for, the top players can manage without but in general (and most people in the average pug will fit this category) you'll want the glyph.

I don't struggle with my Paladin (granted I haven't raided with her other than BH) but I would love a glyph that meant I didn't have to worry about SR on my druid as I can't get my head around feral dps. There are plenty of ways to pick out bad players (some more legitimate than others) even if glyphs like this do become a badge of shame it's one that I'll happily wear if I know it improves my personal dps, with the LFR finder I don't imagine I'll be trying to get into that many pugs individually and even if I was I'd rather go with a group that understands the logic behind such glyphs rather than people who see it and automatically think you must suck if you use it.