Quote Originally Posted by Steelbreeze View Post
Have they been "dumbed down"? I mean... sorta. They removed choices that bad tanks would make. All the tanks play very similarly to how they did before, even with the stuff removed. People might point out DRK but honestly its still a matter of mana management like it's always been. All the tanks are more complex to play in AOE situations (possible exception being DRK since I and most people really enjoyed their aoe kit before).

If I had a complaint it would be the relative strength of our short CD abilities (sheltron/TBN/etc). I feel like DRK got the best deal on that one by a mile. Overall though, I think the tank changes were a definite step up.
I really don’t consider it MP management anymore though.We only have three skills that draw from our MP and none of them are particularly hard to juggle or keep track of as long as you are not just haphazardly pressing buttons. Maybe this view stems for the fact that I’ve been playing DRK since HW which, IMO, required far more MP management.

Gimping Abyssal drain was one of the worst decisions they ever made along with nixing Blood Price in its entirety. Unleash + Stalwart just feels awkward to use (and doesn’t replenish a satisfying amount of MP either).

TBN is incredibly strong but it can sadly (a lot of the time) lead to a DPS loss when something doesn’t break the barrier.