Quote:This makes no sense IMHO given the flexibility that a druid and paladin bring to a raid over a dps warrior. And yet Blizzard continually propogates the raiding instances with dps plate so its obvious that Blizzard sees raid groups bringing dps warriors to a raid. I'd say given the way that they've brought rage up, added more AOE threat for warriors and reduced Bear threat via swipe that Blizzard is trying to bring warriors/druids and paladins in line below protection warriors for tanking.
See my note, Tal:D
There will always be times that the druid or pally needs to be healing/dispelling/decursing instead of tanking, so the DPS warrior gets to tank anyway. Flexibility is the biggest thing about a hybrid like a druid, or even a DPS warrior.
--Mav