Please tell me about these "tools" that are given to carnage in 1.2...
Yeah, even carnage mara will be able to keep up Predation thanks to short fuse being a tier 1 talent, still it will be used by every other spec. So it is not just a carnage specialty.
Roots didnt change, now on live they are the same. Do you see many carnage maras around?
Do you think being able to keep up Predation will grant the spec more people? Well, probably yes. I can see carnage being quite good at HUTTBALL ranked.
Still Annihilation looks better to me if we take count of every PvP aspect.