Well that's a damn shame. I remember having shadowstep trainable in BC beta. Was so much fun even with the lag that more often than not got you killed. lol

Shadowstep is such a ridiculously powerful ability that it will always be a talent. Shadowstep is the primary reason Subtlety's damage is not higher. Rogues already have lots of escape mechanisms, to let a Mutilate rogue Shadowstep to you and destroy you would be impossible to balance. Now, if you guys want to give up 30% of your burst to get Shadowstep, we can talk.

Cataclysm's promise of subtlety damage on par with the other trees says hi.

Feral Charge (Cat)

Just take the damage increase off of Shadowstep, add it to a talent in the sub tree, let all rogues train it, and off we go.

All rogue with ShS is no more OP than all warriors with charge, all mages with blink, all DKs with death grip, all warlocks with teleport etc etc.

yes, bliz has said they want sub's damage to be higher. however, consider their tentative mastery. finisher damage. preparation and ambush can easily set up a 5cp Evis, if i had to hazard a guess, rupture will be an essential part of sub's damage, if bliz has their way. i guess i just mean that we won't know that sub's damage increase will help it's BURST damage, so much as its intended to help its sustained damage.

Heilig, a Mutilate rogue won't destroy you any faster with Shadowstep. Mutilate is actually a fairly slow rotation to get started. Sub rogues work completely different. Their damage is all up front. Also Shadowstep isn't an escape mechanism.