02-24-2007, 08:52 PM
Quote:I wouldn't get worried about the (druid) threat nerf. Lots of warriors were crying that they wouldn't be able to hold aggro with their changes, and it turned out to be much ado about nothing. Druids will end up the same. Skilled players will do well, unskilled will have to learn to do better. What this may have changed is that joe pug druid may not have it any easier than joe pug warrior tank. Both will have to work at it now.
Nice buffs to the warrior. With even more rage, my *prot* warrior will do real damage now. Interesting. And, even more rage for tanking, even though I personally had all I needed. Now if joe pug tank could actually tank...oh, wait, what was I smoking?
And, TD, you may have lost your niche again. #1 damage AND tanking at the same time. That was a little much, anyway.
Edit: Did anyone catch the TF proc nerf? Wondered if they were going to let it stay the #1 threat weap.
A 30% drop in threat is no small adjustment. That's like removing the bonus from defensive stance. I felt the Druid HP and armour edge was a little high so the 10% of each there doesn't phase me, I just wish they'd done it by fixing the overbudget items.
By niche I mean "when is a Druid tank preferable to a Warrior or Paladin tank". If the answer is "never" then the spec is pointless. I believe a 5-man should do just as well with any of the tanking classes in that role and that a raid should want one of each so they can use each in the fights best suited to the class.