idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
Though bears did get huge armor, once upon a time. :P
Looks like Blizzard is going back to making Bears armor tanks again. Quote:
Guardian
[Malfurion's Tenacity]
Increases your Armor by 200% of your Agility.
If you pick the talent (and if it goes live), of course.
Bear tanking right now is MIND-NUMBINGLY boring. I have a level 90 Bear and a level 90 Prot Warrior. Tanking on my Warrior is easily ten times more fun than tanking on my Bear. You have way more mobility, way more utility, and the Warrior rotation, while similar to the Bear rotation, is much more dynamic. Druid rotation can be castsequence macro'd, for crying out loud. Maul is still underwhelming as a rage dump, and your big cost active mitigation is RNG based (wooh!). You do get a heal, but it's only efficient once you've stacked enough Vengeance on you, and only if you're low on health and one of the six healers in your LFR raid isn't going to overheal you in X seconds.
And while fur and claws count as a plus, being stuck in the same anatomically incorrect bear model (looks like a giant, tailless rat), regardless of your gear, sucks. Part of what made Druids interesting back in the day was their ability to WEAVE IN shapeshifting to do a multitude of roles. Now you're stuck in the same form 24/7 depending on your spec. That's not fun at all.
I'll take "How PvP ruined the game" for $200, Alex.