the once and future Spangles

[Artega]

This is exactly what they should be doing. Do you play other classes much? Do you know how powerful the warrior class was or still is? Do you prefer to start off with a weak class and then given buffs every patch?

Do not judge a class by how many boosts or nerfs it has recieved every patch. Judge a class by comparing it with other classes. What is the effectiveness in relation to other classess.

You can argue some talents can be tweaked. May be protection spec can be given power in other areas of the game other than tanking. But you can't honestly tell me warrior is underpowered right now.
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I've played Shamans, Priests, Mages, and Rogues, and I'm currently leveling a Shaman. Yes, I have played other classes.

Have you played Warriors that aren't wearing Tier I or better gear?

Did you play a Warrior back at release? That is exactly what Warriors have been - they started strong (in early Beta), then went to incredibly weak (release), then back to normal (1.6.x), and now they've crested (Blackwing Lair/AQ40), and are currently being nerfed back down to the weak point again.

This is what needs to be STOPPED. Blizzard isn't balancing the game by judging all classes at all levels of gear - they're balancing it based on the top 2% of each class, and even then using only the best outcomes of those classes. When they inevitably nerf Windfury Weapon, they're going to look at the triple-crit Windfury procs with a TUF or Sulfuras, not at the Shaman struggling to get by with a Twig of the World Tree and 15% crit.

Blizzard needs to stop being so concerned with churning out patch after patch, and instead spend a good deal of time playtesting each patch at all gear levels before implementing it on the public realms - if they did this, maybe we wouldn't see constant well-written well-thought-out posts on the various class boards about how many flaws are in the class of interest. I'd much rather Blizzard produce one patch every three months that have been QA tested to death and given ample public testing than churn out a patch per month that's only been given a few days of QA testing and a week of public testing. Diablo II was free; WoW is not.