05-10-2005, 08:36 PM
lemekim,May 3 2005, 09:32 AM Wrote:If you are planning to participate in PvP actively, you probably should switch to Arms/Fury. The amount of mitigation that you lose is small, and the places where the extra mitigation would really help (Molten Core, Raid bosses), most of the defensive abilities do not really help much (or at all) anyway.
Um, being a healer in a group who frequently raids Molten Core and Onyxia, I can tell you that the difference between having a main tank is protection specced versus arms/fury spec'd is enormous. Not only is it the damage mitigation, but also the ability for protection spec warriors to lock down or regain aggro is impressive (improved shield bash makes a huge difference in aggro generation), even after aggro gets lost due to fears, knockbacks, teleports, and other devices.