Rogue + Shadow Priest 2v2

[Pantalaimon]

Fear Ward rarely came into play in PvP, and Pallies could tank Nightbane before Fear Ward and the AI changes just fine.

I don't see anybody really arguing about the Tauren health bonus in PvP... arguably, gnomes, night elves, blood elves and even possibly undead have strong PvP-oriented racials. And dwarf priests:P

Yes, horde could do all the fear-based encounters before the changes. However, it wouldn't stop them bringing it up at every possible opportunity, with the implication that horde raiders are inherantly superior to alliance raiders, because alliance has it easy.

My point is attempting to turn it around and say yes, alliance can do all the encounters despite not having tauren tanks. Does it mean horde have it easier? Perhaps. But it was OK to constantly bring up fear as an alliance crutch, but point out a horde raiding advantage these days and people, well, quip one-liners saying you rolled the wrong faction.

Yes, alliance can do it without tauren; no, it's probably not balanced. But if things aren't exactly the same, people will always scream about imbalances. And I'm not entirely certain making things perfectly balanced (i.e., exactly the same) is any better than the slight varieties we have now.

Edit: wow, all this in a topic about Shadow Priest + Rogue 2v2; and we're talking about Tauren in PvE. Not sure we could get farther from the OP:P