Is this even real? Let’s say the Protection Warrior is doing huge damage, yet it still isn’t considered meta for Season 2. What does this mean to you, Blizzard? You quickly nerf its damage—okay, that’s a logical move, I guess.
But what about the defensive side? They’re not that strong, are they? If they were, wouldn’t Protection Warriors be the meta for Season 2?
With your logic, if you’re nerfing the DPS of Protection Warriors, as a Protection Warrior player, I would expect a buff to our defensive capabilities as well. If you’re taking something away, you need to give something in return. What exactly is your purpose here? Are you just encouraging players to roll other, less desired tank specs and playstyles? Why?
I’m happy with my Protection Warrior, but nerfing it in the third week of the season feels a bit unfair. I would suggest you reconsider these nerfs and maybe look at some buffs for the defensive side.
I’ve been playing this game since 2004, with some breaks in between, but sometimes the class balance changes make no sense at all. Don’t let players hate the game—let them love it.
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No, they are absolutly tanky, they are not Meta because they bring barely any Ultility to the Team.
Even a Class that is not Meta, can be super unhealthy in a certain scenario, which Warrior Tank was in DPS, pretty much all Tanks hover around 1.5-1.8 Million overall, while Warrior is hovering at around 2.3-2.7 Million overall, which is just absurd for a Tank.
So, how about giving Protection Warriors some utilities instead? You’re missing the point here—this is absolutely unfair. You’re nerfing a class that’s already not meta, and you’re offering nothing in return. It’s just not right.
In Addition to that, Warrior might not be “Meta”, he is still the 4th most popular Tank at 13.5% which is slightly behind Blood DK who is sitting at 15.7%.
Warrior is also Timing 16’s, just like all the other Tanks, so what exactly is the problem here?
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People have already started gearing their classes. So, do better testing and avoid nerfs that result in nearly a 10% damage reduction. If you’re going to make changes, balance them properly—perhaps nerf the healing of other tanks as well! Or, at the very least, give something in return.
I’ll repeat it: Protection Warrior is the 4th most played tank out of 6 tank classes. It’s not meta, and it’s not even close to being meta. If you think the damage was too much compared to other tanks, then it also has fewer utilities. So, what should we do? Nerf the damage and dont give utilities? Or just give utilities without nerfing damage? Both ways feel unfair. If you take something away, you should give something back.
Even with the Nerf Warrior will still be the best Tank for the pure amount of Damage they bring.
Nothing changed in his Survivability either.
And what kind of Utility do you would give a warrior? I mean i personally know what i would like to see from a Warrior and that would be Bloodlust, which would make him the first official Tank with Bloodlust and also the one where it would be the most fitting, call it “Inspiring Shout” or something like that.
It doesn’t matter what they give—whether it’s utility or something else—Protection Warriors still have fewer options compared to other tanks, which is why their DPS is higher. I want this to be done right. If you’re taking something away from a class because you think it’s too strong compared to others, then give it something in return—something that class lacks compared to the others.
Blizzard needs a more serious mechanism in place before applying nerfs and changes. These adjustments should be thoroughly checked multiple times. If they are already doing extensive checks, then they need to do a lot more, because what’s being done right now is definitely not enough.
Man maining this spec for ages is so tiring some times because of blizzard. If you take our damage give us utility or magic damage reduction baseline.
The problem is not getting invited to +13 pug keys as a prot. warrior (at all) because compared to DH or prot. paladin warrior is just bad.
its not only this the problem. but also how it feels to play a spec. when you are sweating non stop and you see no results its becoming unenjoyable, so what is the point of keep playing the spec. and lets be real with the Meta stuff, casual content requires meta specs because this is how casual players are.
Casual content i mean mythic KSM , heroic raid
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Just an observation.
If any class is left like this, it will stay like this unit the next content patch or the next expansion. It will rarely change and as such if you do not like it, you should roll another class or come back to the game at a later point. Do not wait in agony, thinking they will change your class for the better. It will just waste your time.
Blizzard do not care if no one plays a class or not. They run a business, and they care about your money. You need to reroll, they can offer boost and token for gold. Do not think that they lose your subscription, because they make way more money on their cash shop than the subscriptions. Again, they do not care.
They do not read your forum post. The last one from Blizzard who interacted with the community probably was Ghost Crawler, a very long time ago. Back in the time when they did interact with their player base, it was mostly in the US forums and not here in the European forums.
If you really like how your class plays and do not mind being in a sub pair class, then you are ok and should just enjoy your good time 
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So warrior bring no dmg and no utility after the nerf
Great balance change!
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There is no need to even discuss it, if it is not a meta tank or close to it in mythic plus, other tanks are excluded, it was in a bad condition before the nerfs , It will get worse now ,
It’s pointless to criticize without comparing with other tanks.
more tanky than which tank
Yep, it feels SO NICE to ONLY be vaible for mele comps now!
Guess it’s unsub time (again), I dont have the time to rerol.
I was hoping to pug some high keys this tier.
We need, damage, utility or self heal.
Why would you ever pick a tank, that cant heal, does the same damage and has less utility? Give ous a leg up, please!
Ideas : Bloodlust shout, or make indomitable heal propperly or mabye just let us be the tank that deals damage.
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according to raiderio
prot warrior population in m+
10-11 - 13.6% 4 of 6
12 and up 9.7%
14 and up 6.8%
I am glad blizzard have stopped this madness, otherwise population of DH could drop below 70%
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anyone believes that blizzard cares?