10-09-2006, 09:15 PM
Quote:But that's not why this is the coolest new skill for hunters. It's the coolest because it's really a buff to non-warrior tanks. Give misdirection to a protection paladin or bear druid and pull with 3 high aggro abilities; now the tank has a solid lead on threat, even without high DPS abilities.
It's most useful for Paladins (ranged threat!) but useful for tanks in general - Misdirection and Volley will provide the tank with initial AOE threat on a large pull. I'm sure plenty of other uses will be found - sending one loose mob back to the tank without the tank having to chase it down, a raid misdirection rotation to accelerate a tank's threat growth, etc. It looks like threat will be a lot easier to manage in the expansion. That'll allow more fights with unusual threat rules.