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

[nakomaru]

Shield Oath = Defiance in terms of damage mitigation for the Tank.

Defiance has a 5% health advantage over Shield Oath in 2.1. (25% health, 20% healing vs 20% mitigation)

The +Healing in Defiance is not additional.

Compared to 2.0 it is additional. (20% is more than 15%)

The enmity change has long been requested, and is intended to directly counter the extra hate generated by healers when they have to heal a WAR over a PLD.

Although I've only ever seen a decent healer pull from a decent tank when AOE healing (contribution from Defiance minimal), if WARs need more threat to combat healers they should get it. And PLD threat should be equally buffed so they are not at a disadvantage vs DPS.

Inner Beast
- Damage taken will be reduced by 20% for 6 seconds.

To put it simply, we want to ensure the role of warriors as durable tanks.

LOL

Well you sure did.