Devastate on PTR 2.3

[Concillian]

Satrina did new testing for the new PTR build and Devastate has changed again:

Summary
1) The innate threat for Devastate has been increased per Sunder that is on the mob: 119/134/148/162/176 (These numbers should be pretty close - the mage was using unarmed hits for 1-4 at the end to draw aggro. Still could bear some independent testing for verification)

2) While Devastate is applying Sunders (i.e. the first 5 Devastates that land), you gain the 301 threat for the Sunder in addition to the Devastate innate threat. Note that the Sunder is a separate effect; its threat is not part of the Devastate innate threat.

3) Once 5 Sunders are stacked, Devastate will refresh the Sunder stack but does not apply a new Sunder, and as such does not gain the threat for a Sunder. Devastate threat at 5 Sunders is 176 + (1/2 damage + 175) [the damage portion is subject to mitigation].

4) You get the Sunder threat as normal in Battle and Berserk stance if you apply one of the first five Sunders. Once 5 Sunders are on, you will only get 176 + (1/2 damage + 175) [the damage portion is subject to mitigation], multiplied by stance modifier/Salvation/etc.

5) We also see that there is no difference in innate threat between 4 Sunders + Devastate and 5 Sunders + Devastate. That tells us that the innate threat applied counts the Sunder for the Devastate being performed. That is, we get:
- 119 innate for Devastate with no sunders
- 134 innate for Devastate with one Sunder in place
- 148 innate for Devastate with two Sunders in place
- 162 innate for Devastate with three Sunders in place
- 176 innate for Devastate with four Sunders in place
- 176 innate thereafter

I like this. We get a nice extra kick of threat in the first 8-10 global cooldowns of a fight. Once the Sunders are stacked, Revenge and Shield Slam are still integral parts of the tanking rotation, but we still gain an extra 75 threat per Devastate over what we have now. No penalty for using Devastate to DPS after the 5 Sunders are up. Good changes, in my opinion.

Edit: Plus the fact that Devastate is 9 rage with Improved Sunder + Focused Rage now. Whee.