Which is why they’re a bad idea IMO. Keep things separate
No, they’re the pinnacle, which is why everyone wants to be like them.
So between playing a Prot Pally, Prot Warrior, BDK, and Bear, the one things i’ve noticed the most…Bears are resource (not CD) starved. BDK and Prot Warriors are overflowing in RP and Rage. Prot Paladins are by no means hard to manage, but they’re not constantly capped at 5 Holy Power with WoG and SoR being spammed either.
But Bears seem to struggle with having enough Rage themselves to be able to deal damage and keep defensives rolling. Normally it’s not an issue, and choosing between defensives and damage is an alright design for a tank…but dealing damage is meant to be a way to mitigate incoming damage as well, but with Rage costs, we’re not able to do so with every global like other tanks.
Bristling Fur is great to start encounters off, but then midway through, you find yourself back in the same position.
Either increase Rage generation, or lower Rage costs for abilities. Or hell, even make Bristling Fur a passive and lower current amount of rage generated by 50% or even 75% and make it constant.