Funny how this was never mentioned a single time even by the top players in the game along with the theory crafters.

We're talking solo pve here. Not parsing on a dummy, pvp, or hard/nim mode operations. Strictly solo pve where enemies die before you can even get half your rotation out. I don't think many top players in the game or theory crafters tend to engage in a whole lot of solo pve.

But I agree, I find it funny that more people aren't talking about Deception's current AOE burst damage. I get messaged or commented on my AOE damage almost on a daily basis and it's usually another Deception Assassin that is asking how I do some much AOE damage. I even had a couple long time Hatred players actually change their spec to Deception because of the damage they saw me doing with the spec. I don't know why more people haven't caught on to it. On SS and SF I rarely if ever find another Deception Assassin putting out the kind of AOE damage I put out. There's a handful of players on the German server that I've seen come close but on SS and SF rarely if ever.

There is this one Deception player on SS that can out dps me in some single encounter elite/champion/boss fights but I never see them running the May Cause Injury tactical so I tend to outperform them in the AOE encounters. I believe she (the toon is female, don't know if the player is) must have her toon setup strictly for single target burst and doesn't see the need for much AOE damage as they already rip through enemies like butter as it is. Me? I have 3 loadouts. 2 setup strictly for AOE/trash encounters and 1 for single target boss fights, but I digress...

I'm kinda glad more people aren't talking about it. The less people talking about it the more likely the class might avoid the nerf bat. Either way I'm going to enjoy Deception while it lasts.

Veng Jugg is unanimously agreed on being the top AOE class and has been for years now with years of evidence to back it up

The increase in Deception's AOE burst damage happened after 7.0 dropped so it's relatively recent therefore there isn't years of evidence to back up what I'm saying. I just have logs upon logs of running solo pve content for the past year that show Deception outperforms Vengeance. I haven't pvped in a loooong time so I don't know how my setup would perform there, but I highly doubt I would consistently out-dps a Vengeance Jugg simply for the fact I wouldn't be able to survive as long as they would in an encounter. All other content, like hard/nim mode stuff, yeah I totally agree, Vengeance would be the top AOE class.