BM utility brainstorming

Yeah, the tone of the initial post was definitely antagonistic, but I felt like there was a lot of other good info/brainstorming going on. Note: I'm not "posting about a locked thread" so much as I want to pull the good out of that thread and bring it to another thread.

Maybe we could pull the brainstorming into this thread. Just thoughts about what would "fit" in a BM tree that would compensate for BW nerfs. However, lets look at the weaknesses of the tree as compared to the other trees and try to analyze what might work well in BM.

BM strengths vs. mm/surv: really good pet damage, immunity to CC for 10 sec every 1:20 min
BM weaknesses vs. mm/surv: lower overall damage, no utility, too reliant on keeping the pet alive

So, perhaps the first "big" thing that needs to be changed with the spec is the fact that only 1 pet family can insta-res. Imo, heart of the phoenix should be a BM talent that all pet families can learn.

Second, lets talk about utility: BM brings a VERY unreliable stun. And thats it. You can't even count MS, because ALL specs bring that. Additionally, since anyone with half a brain can avoid traps, you can't really count those either since BM doesn't have a scatter shot to ensure trap effectiveness. Perhaps bring a disarm or some really great survivability ability. Something where your pet can cleanse dots off you? Or a talent to reduce the activation time on traps so they're able to be activated even without scatter shot.

Finally, damage. This should be easy to change. You can tweak numbers here and there. However, it'd be really awesome if BM had a "shot" or if there was some way that so much of its damage wasn't tied to its fragile pet. I know, I know... its the PET tree. But consider metamorphosis. Its in the pet tree, but gives the lock the ability to do some really good damage. I don't know what to suggest for BM (outside of a shot) but I'd like to hear some suggestions.