09-03-2007, 01:34 AM
Quote:It's not that I am deadset against Cruelty, it's that I don't see the point.
Some credible estimates recently have shown that 60% of prot warrior threat generation scales with damage done (I have no source so take that for what it is worth). Assuming that is true, 5/5 Cruelty is really roughly 3% greater threat generation. 5/5 1H spec is somewhat less than 6% greater threat generation due to the use of shield slam for a nice chunk of that 60%. That is unless 1H spec also applies to shield slam damage... that's an interesting question that I am not certain of.
If you consider the big value these talents are for when you aren't tanking, I think you'll see why most tanks choose to take cruelty and 1H spec.
That of course doesn't imply that you have to.