Warrior pvp playstyle in cata feels.... weird compare to Wotlk or previous expansions

Been playing warrior for a long time and the most fun itteration of warrior pvp in my opinion was in Wotlk but i do love tbc and even classic aswell. Now after playing with cata warrior a while, it really feels weird or different. Its not bad per se. If you get uptime you can push out some insane damage but the mobility and defensives are a bit lacklusting. Lets talk about some of the changes warrior got compare to wotlk for example.

You dont use berserking stance anymore, which is weird since a warrior should be a seasoned fighter using all of his utilities. Reck got moved over to battlestance and you dont use intercept so no reason to go berserking. You dont use Revenge anymore since it doesnt do as much dmg as in wotlk. Shield block is totally useless. That leaves our defensive cds with Wall ( which is also bad without glyph) and rally + frenzy which you can just silence and competely shut down the warrior defensives. Instead of using charge / intercept you now use only charge and heroic leap. Heroic leap is a 1 min cd but the annoying part about this ability is that u cant even jump on ramps so its pretty limited how you can use it.

You have thunderclap and mortal strike that refreshes your cd of rend which is a simplyfy mechanic to not need to re apply the dot. You also have blanket silence you can use with pummel or heroic throw like you’re some kind of mage or something. Using demo shout doesnt even reveal invis anymore, heroic strke and cleave are instant so alot of button spamming. bladestorm is just a " decent" dmg ability now and the list goes on… So alot of changes to the class. And to me it really feels like “retailified” or mainstreamed and perhaps not as enjoying as the classic trio expansions. I wanna hear what you think. Are you having fun with cata pvp warrior?

i’m having way more fun than in wotlk. Having big dmg windows with colossus smash at least gives some thought into when you are using which ability and when to dump rage.
Stance dancing was just an illusion imo as everything is macroed into abilities anyways.
Throwdown is a great addition as well, giving you the ability to set up a kill on your own

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