Quote:I'll be curious to find out how true that is anymore when we reach any fights that are more threat sensitive regarding off-tanks (remembering how it used to be with Moroes, when we first learned him).
The only fight in Wrath requiring off-tank threat right now is Patchwerk, and he boosts the threat of off-tanks every time they take a hateful, so I'd imagine any tank can do the off-tanking. I only tried once though, and passed the warrior MT before I knew I was close and ended up main tanking the rest, so I don't have any real experience trying to balance my threat as an OT on patchwerk even.
Skill is definitely part of it, though, Morde. On Uldum, I have yet to raid with a tank of any class that can catch me, and I've had to back off of a few on my warrior to keep from overtaking them. Closest any Patch OT has been was 90%, and that was a better-geared (than me) paladin. Most have been at 70% or so. (The paladin said he was trying to catch me, too.)
Equal gear/skill, it looks like paladins will win, because of the holy modifiers to threat, and the fact that holy ignores armor.
TL;DR: Skill is a factor. Bonemage could catch me on his pally, Frag probably could with his gear, but average Joe tank hasn't got a chance vs a skilled tank. I was hitting 6K TPS in a *normal* I ran last night for a guildie. Heroics I've hit 7K in places. Frankly, on Patchy, I haven't looked. I just know no one but that one paladin has even been close, and he couldn't catch me. He started out right on top of me at 95%, and was losing ground.
--Mav