patch 2.0.10 notes on the PTR

[Brista]

;)

Sigh, so true, Nobbie

I've put my level 70 Bear Druid on hold for now and will play around with other characters. Too disheartened to gear up any further

It's not that bears will suddenly become unable to tank. It's that it will be pointless to have the Druid do tanking when you have a Warrior available and there's always spare Warriors around

Tank spots are competed for and this patch hits Druids in so many ways

- less armour
- less life
- less threat
- less damage (we'll probably output comparable dps to Prot Warriors which is fine)
- even the Idol of Brutality gets nerfed for further threat reduction on our Swipes

Warriors with whom we compete for the raid tank spots
- more rage
- +1% crit which is more dps and rage
- thuunder clap which makes a great aoe tanking skill available without stance dancing and the consequent loss of mitigation and threat

It's not just the Druid nerfs which hurt us, it's the Warrior buffs which also hurt us since we are competing for the same spots

So we've gone from viable raid tanks (over-powered in other areas relative to Prot Warriors) to non-viable raid tanks (over-powered in other areas relative to Prot Warriors). For people, like me, who don't really care about those other areas and who do care about raid tanking it's time to dust off the Warrior alt