patch 2.0.10 notes on the PTR

[Brista]

Things go wrong.
When they do, a druid has a lot more tricks to help the raid recover from a mistake. Theoretically, if things go perfect, maybe a DPS warrior is better. In actuality an equally geared for DPS feral druid offers about as much as a DPS warrior plus some tricks in case something goes wrong (and something often does).

This is why this patch is so frustrating

Any Prot Warrior who wants to be a raid tank and puts in the effort and plays with a modicum of skill has an assured place in raids. They've buffed this aspect unnecessarily

DPS Warriors do less damage than Rogues without the aggro management and utility. They do comparable damage to some hybrids (Moonkin and Cats). They do less damage than other hybrids (shadow priests and shamans) while providing less utility and needing more healing

Now that Warriors are the only viable raid tanks AND that they can apply Thunder Clap while tanking raid bosses DPS Warriors' utility has shrunk to zero. The main tank can keep up Demo Shout, Battle Shout, Thunderclap and probably should in most encounters since those moves generate AOE aggro. The main tank is the guy to put the Sunders on

So essentially this patch has destroyed feral tank druids in raids while failing to address Warriors' genuine issues regarding dps role and pvp

The only Warriors who benefit are half-assed Prot Warriors who didn't want to put the effort in to compete with Druids for the raid tank spots.

In guilds like mine we'll be back to sitting outside the instances hoping one of our Warriors decides to log on like we were before Druids were given raid tank viability