Quote Originally Posted by Hierro View Post
Oh yeah? Answer me this, and answer me honestly: who cares?

It's not the casual WAR player who's playing it in dungeons. No, he loves it.
It's not the casual BRD/DRG players either. They don't even notice.
It's not the average savage/ultimate player. They're clearing just fine and think it's okay so long as WAR's dps is in line with the other tanks.
It's not even the average parser who cares, because a WAR being present won't make or break the difference between purple and orange as much as individual skill.

No, the only ones who care are those who think that an optimal comp will bring them closer to achieving a pink log, or maybe even gold. You wanna know something? Few people will care to even humor such an audience, let alone the devs when they examine if whether or not WAR's in a good place.
Yeah pretty much.

As much as I love high-end parsing, going for pinks or golds is a minority within a minority, and consistent orange level players are already so good that they can carry a party's damage. While devs occasionally pay attention to niche optimization-level play, they don't do it nearly often enough to think this is a change they'll even consider. I'd consider the issues it causes with gearing and scaling much more pressing, but they'll probably solve those by giving WAR's potency buffs over the course of the expac like they did in ShB.