Right now, both Destro CD reducers are effectively use on demand, whereas a Swordmaster must:One of the concerns we noted for Black Orc is that the right tree is simply too good with the addition of the Mor' Choppin' Dem tactic that gives WAAAAGH! a cooldown decreaser. This was swapped with No Choppin' Me which is now a Core tactic that causes the Follow 'me Lead's Weaponskill buff to apply to nearby groupmates. It was a reasonable change at the time to add something much better high into the tree, although it does impose significantly on the Chop Fasta' skill which has a worse cooldown. This is overdue for adjustment, but it's not a factor we are going to address when it comes to balancing the Morales themselves. So, with that being acknowledged, we can continue under the pretense that we're comparing the spec M4's against the Core M4 players use by default.
1. Get into position. This can take you away from several group member who need the buff on inc.
2. Find a target where a Silence would be appropriate (i.e. no free immunities or badly timed CC)
3. Land a hit. It's easy to "call out" a Chop Fasta at the start of engagement. Not really possible with WW. This means you lose the opening 3-10 seconds (or more) where your group might not have a CD increaser.
4. vs. Chop Fasta, consume one or two more GCDs
A long time ago Whispering Winds was a rare advantage Order had, but with the release of the Choppa class this was turned on its head. Even with the more balanced 20/60s uptime on Chop Fasta, Destro had a decided advantage here for the reasons listed above, not to mention that Swordmasters are much less stackable, popular and well-performing as the two Orcs.
Suggestion:
1. Replace Mor' Choppin' Dem as seems to be planned
2. Make Whispering Winds more usable. I'll revive an old suggestion on a BiowareMythic thread - make Whispering Winds a single target, 20 foot range, 25% heal debuff/steal that also triggers the CD reduction. This will help SMs open with their CD reducer much more reliably.
3. Chop Fasta. IMO, this should be set back to a 20/60 reuse, or be made into an attack that triggers the effect like WW, 10/20s uptime.