I think the current implementation of having a zillion buttons be only slightly better IF you can play the piano while you raid works out great. When the talent tree presents a choice between a button to press and a passive I always pick the passive if its at all applicable.

I used to play an enhance shammy back in WotLK and have sworn to never again need to be a concert pianist just to play a class. This is the way of the future folks, Making gameplay simple so the player can pay attention to the boss/encounter instead of barely noticing anything beyond their UI/HUDs/Addons is the way of modern game design. I’m just happy to see WoW has finally started to streamline a lot of former buttons into talents and hope it continues.

Don;t forget,you are more or less in the hunter Ivory Towers as you complain. I used to be like that but after taking a WoW break and coming back I find this new direction to be JUST what WoW is needing!

PS: Thrill of the Hunt beats Dire Beast for fun any day.