Those 10-mans were only low-competition because the other (non-hybrid) classes were also running both 10 and 25, so within a few weeks they had all the gear they could want out of 10-man and/or better 25-man equivalents.

Is it going to take longer for hybrids to gear off-sets? Yes, but I don't think we'll notice it... It'll take us longer to gear our main-sets too, and it'll be taking everyone else longer as well.

Personally I think this is a good thing. I don't believe this current "lull" is really pre-expansion burnout, but a "geared-out" burnout. Our rate of getting geared up in ICC has outpaced our progression, so it's gotten incredibly easy to become impatient when, say, our healers can't figure out where to stand on the air phase in Blood Queen.

I think if it takes a bit longer in Cataclysm to gear up within the current tier of content, we'll have a bit more incentive to actually spend time on that content.

Regarding Mastery, while I somewhat agree with Shade that it won't prevent individuals from rolling on incorrect armor classes, I do believe it will create added pressure at the group level. I expect some groups will forbid rolling outside of your armor class, whereas they might have allowed it in Wrath.

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