Good, that means less "NERF so and so" crap =D.

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Uh #1, have you paid attention to the last two patches at all? Both have had nerfs in them. Chances are this will mean more nerfs more often.

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I prefer the lack of sweeping changes. Tweaks are much more comforting, whether it's a buff or a nerf. Ripping everything out and starting over makes a bit of a mess and leads to more imbalance.

It will hopefully increase the interval at which problems with talents are addressed since they can focus on one particular trait. Frost Bolt 12, for instance.

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#2, i don't think that's what #1 meant

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Hmmm, does that mean we may actually have the chance for a NEW class at some point? That would be a huge undertaking. Much more so than simply adding jewelcrafting was to the profession lineup.

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Obviously anyone who has played a warrior knows this is bad news for that class, as it is horribly, horribly broken. My new Draenei Shaman, on the other hand, he doesn't care much one way or another.

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If this is true, then there is no hope......The Warlocks have won :(

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Considering the T4 and T5 sets are rather specific to your spec, I'm all for this. I'd hate to log in and need to either try to respec my warrior back the way they were or experiment with some new spec. The amount of time required to gain these two sets would preclude such sweeping changes.

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Then I guess Shamans will remain a weak class with the same problems it's had since release: no totem UI, short immobile buffs, unused talents such as shield specialization and toughness, and no CC or way out of it.

Paladins are the way of the Horde now!

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@#6 - Warriors are not "horribly, horribly broken" With only medium level gear I can take down 3 same level mobs at the same time easily. This is not broken.

Respec, change your playing style, get some new weapons. These are all easy ways to feel out your class and get the most enjoyment from the game.

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additionally i will say that PVP can be a bit rough as a warrior but I chalk alot of that up to being the huge Tauren always charging in first :)

since BC though i haven't touched the battlegrounds (other than trying out Eye of the Storm a few times) so i'm not sure how my new gear would perform...

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Eric, I have the best gear in the game for my level. Just replaced my Sulfuras with a Honed Voidaxe, plenty of BWL, AQ and even Naxx gear plus whatever quest or instance drops were upgrades. Taking on 3 even level mobs is not 'fine', even if it were so, which it often is not.

Warriors are skullfucked, to be frank, and as one of my friends put it, if you think differently than you drank the Kool-Aid.

As for your respec argument, I have four level 60+ warriors, so I've tried several specs, and I stand by my horribly, horribly broken comment.

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Also, to be honest, where warriors are REALLY broken is in their tanking role, where a feral druid or protection/retribution paladin can easily out-tank us in a five man unless we take off our mitigation gear in order to make up for the hideous rage nerf. With a mix of Wrath and Dreadnaught, I simply cannot hold aggro: when I put on my DPS gear, I can, at the cost of massive healer mana. This is, in fact, broken.

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I agree with Matthew, and I basically think Eric is either exaggerating or outright lying. If you take on three same level mobs at a time, and you win, you must have taken a potion, and burned your intimidating shout. Either that, or you won the fight on a few lucky crits and still barely survived with like 300 health left.

Warriors are an awful soloing class. I've died so much trying to solo in Outlands on my warrior that she (who does nothing but herbalism and skinning to make money) is profiting LESS goldwise than my gold-sucking warlock who is a tailor. Repair bills for the lose!

My warlock, on the other hand, can pull a whole camp and still survive through chain fearing, voidwalker tanking and sacrificing. Not to mention healthstones and draining life.

It's sad, sad, sad, because my warrior has always been my main, and this warlock was always an afterthought. Now my lock is two levels ahead of my warrior, because I simply don't have the patience to die so much doing quests. I recently got moved from a day job to a night position, so the hours that I spend online are usually in the wee hours of the morning, and my guildies have already gone to bed. So the majority of my Outlands time is soloing at the moment, until I make some more late-night friends who want to group with me.

Why can't Blizzard make my warrior easier to solo with? You can nerf my warlock a little bit. I don't care. Just fix my warrior. Please.

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#13, Blizz addressed the shortage of tanking by allowing other classes spec for tanking roles.

Have you ever spam LFG waited for a tank for Scholo or Strat? Warriors no longer "necessary" for tanking 5-man instances.

Allowing hybrid classes ability to tank, DPS, or heal gives the game more flexsibility than singular roles.

What this does mean is that fewer warriors are needed at 25 man raid slots.

I don't think warriors are broken but they weren't blessed with newer abilities compared to other classes that are able to solo PVE better than warriors.

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Meh. I'm having fun. Sorry to hear about your "horrible, horrible" experience.

As far as the three even level mobs, Hellreaver (70 dps polearm from HFR) + Sweeping Strikes + Whirlwind + Cleave will bring all three down to 60% before I drop to 95%. All cooldowns considered, I can do this combo twice during battle and easily finish them off with Victory Rush and MS. With Last Stand I've taken on 4 and with Retaliation and a trinket I can take 5. For reference, my spec is 33,5,16 at level 63.

I will agree that multi-mob tanking in dungeons is difficult and an adjustment to our rage and threat generation is probably in order.

I'm sure Blizz will tweak warriors in the near future but for the time being this is still an amazing game to play and explore in.

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My main concern with this news is that class changes will occur in small increments without any notice from Blizzard. If any class changes are made, it should be done in a transparent process so everyone is aware of the changes. Worse, it's easy to misconstrue that this means that Blizzard wants to implement class 'balancing' changes with as little community input and debate as possible. It would be a shame if this were a "We know what's best for you" strategy on Blizz's part.

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nerf devs!

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I play both a Feral Druid and fully protection specked warrior, both currently lvl 62.

There is really no comparison, the druid is easier to solo AND easier to tank multiple mobs. If they toned down the armor bonus on Druids bear form it would go a long way to making things more balanced. Another option would be to give warriors a swipe equivalent that could be used in defensive stance.

I'm sure blizz will come to their senses, I am hoping for sooner rather than later.

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Yeah, just like they were trying to get rid of weekly downtime. Give it a few weeks.

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