I have always favored warrior tanking with a sword and shield; it reminds me of vanilla. It was a huge disappointment in 2019 Classic when it was pretty much unviable due fury/prot.
When I saw the devastate rune, I got excited to play SOD to tank with a shield. To my surprise, it was easier to tank in Classic and Vanilla.
The new abilities give players way more threat, but you can only really hold aggro if the DPS is low unless its one mob. The main problem is being constantly rage-starved. You just don’t generate enough rage and aoe threat from shouts and thunderclap is garbage.
Why make Endless Rage in the same slot as Devastate? It’s going to be the exact same as Classic. Arms is better at tanking dungeons with a two-handed weapon, and Fury is going to be better at tanking raids with an offhand weapon
Protection just feels useless. Isn’t the point of Season of Discovery is fixing inherant problems. If you can’t get a Protection Warrior to be the best warrior tanking spec, what chance do you have?