The Feel of Prot Warriors

[Durotar Thug]

Great news week after week for prot warriors, they look super fun to play now, and im glad they changed them up a bit. I can't wait to play at 85 as prot, going to be sooo EPIC. Im going to feel like this. Although I wish intervene had a little more flavor to it.

youtube.com/watch?v=E-Sk9wQfOMw

[smokeydown]

That would be sweet if we could use a spear with a shield.

[Durotar Thug]

Dude it would be the coolest thing ever, oh how i could wish

[Griefel]

Prot Warriors are fun ever since Warbringer and Shockwave...
By comparison to WOTLK one could say Cata brings no visible changes.

[Zalgo]

Prot Warriors are fun ever since Warbringer and Shockwave...
By comparison to WOTLK one could say Cata brings no visible changes.

Yes, no visible changes at all. I mean except for a complete freakin overhaul of warrior AoE tanking and huge buffs to defensive stance. But outside of that, NOTHING!

[Eldar45]

Yes, no visible changes at all. I mean except for a complete freakin overhaul of warrior AoE tanking and huge buffs to defensive stance. But outside of that, NOTHING!

What complete overhaul to warrior aoe tanking? We sometimes use Rend before we TC now... not a huge change. Besides that, I'm still using TC>SW>TC>TC>TC>SW for Aoe tanking.

The biggest change for me is the ability to escape death using Heroic Leap... and people say the ability is useless...

[sicness]

What complete overhaul to warrior aoe tanking? We sometimes use Rend before we TC now... not a huge change. Besides that, I'm still using TC>SW>TC>TC>TC>SW for Aoe tanking.

The biggest change for me is the ability to escape death using Heroic Leap... and people say the ability is useless...

You're forgetting the fact that cleave won't be spammable. Taking cleave and heroic strike out of the 'on next attack' category removes two of the highest damage done abilities for warriors. That along with the ability to actually somewhat manage rage instead of just having an infinite amount are considerable changes to tanking.

[BigGann]

That vid was amazing! lol

[Saverem]

Prot Warriors had the least change of any spec in the game. As someone who's been playing that same Prot spec for a year now, I'm a little disappointed.

[BM-Hunter]

blood and thunder looks delicious, combined with blood craze now within speccing reach....i'm quite giddy to pick my warr tank alt and level him seriously when cata comes out.

[Saverem]

blood and thunder looks delicious, combined with blood craze now within speccing reach....i'm quite giddy to pick my warr tank alt and level him seriously when cata comes out.

They'd have to buff rand damage by at least 200% for it to even be worth it. Right now, rend is hitting for an abysmal amount, not worth the points.

[Torture]

Is it only me that thinks B&T is actually only there as an attractive option for Arms?

Sure it might be nice for watching some numbers float in the air, but rend on multiple mobs is surely about as effective as when you get a deep wounds proc from SW or TC now.....i.e pointless for threat generation.

We have TC, SW, cleave, and revenge (sort of) for multiple mobs now, along with god old fashioned 'tab dev'. AoE rend just seems like a waste of talent points.

I think I'll aim for something like http://wowtal.com/#k=GOVEIH-TB.a2y.warrior

If Bloodcraze turns out to be lacklustre those points can flip over to deep wounds. May need to tweak the balance between incite and shield spec if rage is an issue.