My thoughts exactly!!

its nice really but i will miss the stun effect. is it me the only one who think its not so good. Ive read colums about that the fire nova totem stun is useless but i like to use it anywas. every crappy stun is a stun after all.

So, I have tried this on the PTR and it is instant cast. Definitely a buff for Enhancement in PvE and some needed AoE buff to Elemental in PvE. The Skill has lost its stun effect so a nerf to PvP Shaman to be certain. I will do some testing with it and see if/when it is viable to add to the rotation.

The stun was anything but useless, and got me out of a jam many a time. I don't care even if it is instant cast it is a nerf to PvP and it really pisses me off. Why do they constantly need to change mechanics when people are just trying to learn them. I am finally getting good at using all my totems in PvP and putting some good use to the Nova totem, and now it's worthless to me. Congrats to elementals, hope it really is worth what every other shaman in PvP has lost. I didn't feel like I needed a DPS buff as enhancement, so it's nothing worthwhile to me.