Nothing needs to be said. Its trash and we all hate it.
So. How can we fix this? I have an idea.
Lets change it to bladestorm, have it do less damage, ofc, BUT… removing CC, taunting EVERYTHING within 10-15 yards. and you’re allowed to use defensives during the duration.
Furthermore, to make it competative with Anger Management, lets say, 2 minute cooldown and whenever its used it lowers existing major cooldowns by 30 seconds or 45 seconds.
Something like that. idk the full math but its an idea.
I long for some AOE taunts like the paladin divine shield talent. And I love bladestorm and miss being able to use it as prot like we did in MOP.
So, Blizz. Ravager is trash. Get rid of it and give us back Bladestorm with some tank utility put into it.
Thing is, an aoe taunt seems redundant in the current toolkit for the prot warrior, even one you can use from the distance since Crackling Thunder kinda does that already. That said I doubt we will ever see anything better than AM as long as AM isn’t baseline.
Which should be, because at this point defines how the spec is played aswell as being one of the PWarriors trademarks. I think and I would like 9.0 for us building on this quintessence of a fast APM tank able to cycle CDs quickly while giving us meaningfull choices for such CDs and a high risk/reward philosophy. But the first step is making AM either our mastery (not sure about this one) or straight forward baseline skill.
I personally dont mind more crowd control knowing how dependent we are on avatar to hold agro in burst situations in terms of aoe. Namely due to how revenge costing 30 rage, synergising badly with 40 rage IP.
Its a nice extra buffer imo in case teammates are insanely higher geared and forcing you to work overtime when they go full nuke. But to be fair thats largely due to the fault of Blizz nerfing tank threat a while back.
I’d love a bladestorm on prot for its uses, specifically on skittish or when issues arise with sudden major pulls, ninja pulls or just mechanics not being done right on certain ad spawning bosses. Love having that teamsaver button if something crazy happens, avatar is on cooldown and I’m taking so much damage and revenge ain’t proccing, thus cannot afford to spend 30 rage.
I hate… those situations.
I agree with you on AM Baseline.
I just want some other fun talents and a setup alike MOP where stuff was picked not just because of OP nature but because of fun utility.
Just like the paladin situation with divine bubble talent.