World of Warcraft 2.0.3

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-  "Swipe" has had its threat bonus multiplier removed.
-  "Maul" has had its threat bonus multiplier changed to a flat value
   similar in threat per time to "Heroic Strike".

Swipe: ooh, ouch. That really, really, really hit druid multi-mob tanking hard. 42% less threat (1 per damage instead of 1.75 per damage untalented). I mean, I knew it was too much, but ... wow.

Interestingly I don't see Mangle listed here ... is that still getting 1.75? If so, will have to do some math to see when Maul is better (lower gear levels) and when Mangle is better (higher gear levels).

I followed some of the warriors-need-multi-mob-tanking-buffs threads (read: whines) on the beta forums and the supremacy of swipe for developing multi-mob threat was a common point of complaint. So chalk up a win for the Whine-iors of the beta forums, perhaps;).

Although I'm not in the beta, I imagine the developers' intent with heavy duty multi-mob pulls was to increase the opportunities for non-warrior tanks--not to mandate the use of Druid tanks, so this is probably a reasonable change for PvE balance.