I logged KV onto the PTR to check changes. Same talent build as live (though Savage Fury is now pointless).
The green items with masses of free armour are all unchanged for now.
Unbuffed HP went from 11805 to 10872; armour from 20095 to 18317. No big deal. I wonder why they nerfed the class instead of the relevant overbudget items.
Swipe against critters went from 318 to 219. Ouch. Threat wise that's just 14% better than Swipe was in patch 1.8 at level 60 and I know I need a lot more than 14% more healing than I did then.
I need to do some math on physical mitigation compared to warriors and multiple-target threat generation compared to the new thunderclap but it's almost midnight here. If there is still a niche where Druid tanks are preferred it's a lot smaller.
The green items with masses of free armour are all unchanged for now.
Unbuffed HP went from 11805 to 10872; armour from 20095 to 18317. No big deal. I wonder why they nerfed the class instead of the relevant overbudget items.
Swipe against critters went from 318 to 219. Ouch. Threat wise that's just 14% better than Swipe was in patch 1.8 at level 60 and I know I need a lot more than 14% more healing than I did then.
I need to do some math on physical mitigation compared to warriors and multiple-target threat generation compared to the new thunderclap but it's almost midnight here. If there is still a niche where Druid tanks are preferred it's a lot smaller.