Hrm, a while ago I remember seeing the blue posts in regards to talented DK's playing Frost and not Unholy - and them wanting Unholy back in the game so there's a mix of the two. For the most part, the Unholy Might rebuff was very nice for putting Unholy back on the playing field. If you play in a 10-man guild like I do, you may find you are still unable to play Unholy over Frost for raid balance issues.
The largest nail in the coffin for me is that fact that there is no 10% haste buff in the raid except for my frost spec - and the odd time we swap a shaman in with Windfury totem. Of course, you cannot expect everything to be homogenized to the point buffs are coming out of your behind, but in regards to the Frost VS Unholy debate - Unholy gets handed the short stick.
As said many times, Frost brings large utility that on a spec vs spec basis, Unholy cannot compete with; Chillblains, Endless Winter, Hungering Cold, Improved Icy Talons, Brittle Bones. In you directly compare damage buffs, Frost has 2 physical buffs to bring to a raid, and Unholy has diddily squat, zero. Ebon Plaguebringer will help casters, but how does that make any sense for a Death Knight? I am a physical damage dealer, and to you all I give you a spell debuff that will benefit us nothing.
For the most part, I don't really care about the utility, you can live without it - I can easily do Frost for the odd fight - they are just thumb points for reference in the overstacking Frost has over Unholy. The only thing I would like to see changed is a bit of fair trade. Frost has 2 melee buffs, Unholy has 0 - this should be leveled. Something along the lines of 'Improved Unholy Frenzy' giving the exact same 10% haste buff would benefit a lot of 10-mans and especially my raid. This way both specs provide 2:2 buffs - counting Ebon Plague even though it is not physical.
A lot of buffs/debuffs are provided by 4 classes - so sticking the extra haste ability here shouldn't really be a problem. Typically most classes run on the fair share idea as well, 2:2 each, they each share a certain buff and then have a unique one each. It would be similiar to how BoM is provided by all Paladin specs regardless of specialization. It would simply be that a Death Knight DPS brings 10% Haste, frost or unholy.
Clearly I prefer playing Unholy for personal enjoyment, but am forced to play Frost (which bores me to tears) for the benefit of the raid, buffs and utility. No haste buff is straight up 1000 DPS off my own slate, and it then drops our hunters DPS, the rogue we may have in and lowers our tanks tps/dps even slightly. That's easily 1.00 million damage over a 5 minute fight for 2 DPS and NOBODY likes 1% wipes at 500k. ;D
Thoughts? n.n
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