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Personally, I'm a sucker for hybrids. My favorite is my Boomkin (with PvP Resto offspec) and I'm leveling a Shaman right now (Resto, with Elemental offspec). I don't have a ton of time to play, so I feel like a hybrid gives me the most flexibility. And a little bit of insurance. I've been playing since vanilla and there have been several times that Blizzard has done something I disliked to one of my characters. Rather than shelving the toon and starting over, I'm usually able to respec into a tree that I still enjoy and keep rolling.

Case in point: my Paladin. I leveled as Protection, mostly questing with a buddy who played a Mage. He was DPS, I was both Tank and Healer, and we were virtually unkillable. We had a great time enjoying some old-world and Outland content I hadn't seen before. Paladin was a fantastic choice for that duo.

When we hit Northrend and started worrying about gear, we focused on dungeons. I picked up a Ret spec and played either DPS or Tank depending on my mood. Nice to have that flexibility, and lots of gear worked for either spec.

Then Cataclysm hit, and Ret (in my opinion) changed quite dramatically. I'm not one to go crying about the nerfbat, but just speaking for myself, I don't enjoy playing Ret as much as I used to. Just isn't my style. But hooray - he's a hybrid! So when the mood strikes me to start Tanking again, I have a perfectly viable Prot spec that I can run with. And if I feel like finally trying out Paladin healing, I always have that option available.

I'm not (yet) a raider. I've gone on a few guild raids, mostly older content for which we were way overgeared. It was a fun social activity, but certainly not bleeding edge. Maybe someday I'll get bitten by the raiding bug, and the necessary focus on one role, best-in-slot gear, etc. will dominate my game play. My offspecs may fall to the side.

Or maybe not. This is a game, after all, and my intention is to do whatever give me the most enjoyment for my fifteen bucks a month. So for now, I'll just keep fiddling with whatever spec of whichever hybrid I find most interesting at the moment, knowing that should I ever decide to commit to one at the exclusion of the others, I always can.