Game-Changing New Powers

[bonemage]

Oh one thing that should be pointed out here is that we are talking about horde vs alliance in some of this.

Windfury totem is a game changing ability for a warrior that gets it. The proc from the totem still produces white damage that generates more rage. Considering that WF totem was the horde answer to blessing of salvation and that from what I have seen and read that it increased that warriors aggro by ~20% (the extra damage and the extra rage if there were rage limitations allowed that much more aggro). So we are talking Terenas warriors here in many cases. Now they don't always have a shaman with them on a 5 man, but we have enough shaman that I would guess they usually have a shaman with them so the average experience they report is going to be affected by memories where windfury totem was down for them. It is significant enough that it should be kept in mind I think.

For the "first runs" of Ramparts, Blood Furnace, Slave Pens, and Underbog, only Slave Pens had a shaman along for me, so for the anecdotal evidence from my experience, Windfury (which ROCKS for warriors) isn't much of a factor.