Warrior "buff" in 2.1: not what we are expecting?

[Taitoru]

I just laugh when I see people who whining and qqing because WAR getting on par with PLD in the next coming patch lol.

[Emmesty]

I just laugh when I see people who whining and qqing because WAR getting on par with PLD in the next coming patch lol.

It is essentially on par, unless there's a way to "twist" the mechanic to provide a longer mitigation uptime. The change to storm's eye will be an added mitigation tool for whatever percentage the damage reduction is, but until percentage and duration are release we won't be able to factor that. Also there will be a ramp up time for warrior where I think single target threat generation and debuff mitigation will push slightly above paladin, but the change to holmgang, although a shorter recast time still requires a healer to focus on the warrior, since a warrior at 1 hp when it ends is a dead warrior, where as now my pld can pop it and my healer can go help someone else for a few seconds. I'm glad to see the changes, but they are not so extreme that I will be focusing my attention away from my paladin.