I really am not enjoying playing warrior right now in SOD the runes and abilities we got in phase 2 were extremely boring and lacked anything that really stood out. I watched as many other classes got buffed and received some great abilities. Now after the rouge tank buff I can’t even compete with threat at all I can’t even hold single target threat while they are aoe tanking everything… Our Runes aren’t even working correctly either Devastate rune says it does 100% weapon damage and +10% per stack of sunder armor, I am watching max stack targets get it with the same damage as my white hits… And all I hear is how the “devs are to scared to give warriors adequate runes or buffs because they are too scared of what they could be”… Yet they arent scared of giving hunters insane buffs that they then correct… So I can’t possibly understand why warriors can’t get good runes or buff then nerfed if its too strong… I am not having any fun right now as a warrior it is actually sucking all the fun in this game completely and I really feel like I would have more fun playing retail and I don’t enjoy that at all. SOD was supposed to be fun for everyone and all the classes. I don’t need to be the number 1 dps I don’t care if another class is the number 1 dps. I just think that every class should be given the same amount of effort to make it fun for all the classes… instead of feeling completely left out when all the other classes are getting nothing but love and attention… I will probably stop playing altogether I don’t care to reroll now I dropped over 250 gold on my warrior for mount and the epic crafting (good chunk was leveling my prof) I spent so much time and gold on this toon to just reroll into another one… Again they aren’t scared to mess up with other classes then fix them later… I honestly hate the devs right now working on SOD and I can’t image continuing to play this if this is how the class I chose is going to be. They have sucked all the fun of classic wow for me and most of my friends are playing this but I can’t keep participating or paying for a subscription when all the fun has been sucked out for myself knowing that the game devs are completely biased for the class changes and pretend like they can’t improve one class because they are scared it might be too strong while buffing other classes who are then too strong and get nerfed after…
you popped that shield wall early…
In general you are right but one minor note, devastate is 100% dps, not 100% weapon-damage. As such, while the damage does suck, it’s not a bug
Its pretty disappointing when so many classes got new identities and new ways to play like Shadow Priests getting mana fixed, Mages healing, Rogues and Warlocks tanking, Hunters melee and they kept Warriors the same.
I wish Blizzard would just admit no GM mains a Warrior and they dont care for the class.
Warriors could really use some massive utility runes to make them more viable in PVP rather than needing a pocket healer do be respectable.
Taking bets on how long it’ll take for someone to respond to “Warrior didn’t get anything fun” with “oh boohoo you’re not top dps for once call the wahhhmbulance”
I rooted a warrior for a full minute today in WSG, and I think he died a little on the inside because he didn’t move even after the roots disappeared.
I literally said I don’t care about being top dps, sorry you can’t read
why not play something else lol
All other class bar Warriors and Paladins get crit immune, have better mitigation unless we spec prot but gimp our self on damage and threat unless we go fury or arms. Warrior threat isn’t that good compared to other tanks as well. Blizzard really dropped the ball with SoD tanks.
Then PvP is a crap show, no ones wants to take us for Blood Moon and in BGs warriors are complete and utter trash with casters 2 shotting us. Blizzard has dropped the ball.
You should try reading what I said again…your response isn’t exactly helping either of our points
I do think its odd that pallys and warriors have to gear for tanking and the new tanks dont.
That said, Warrior tanks have been Fury/Prot since Era. Full prot just isnt needed.
I don’t know much about warrior, but I do get the feeling that they are struggling. I have seen some warrior do well when they have a priest friend healing them, so maybe you can try befriending a priest for the time being? Might make things more tolerable.
I think warrior is fun in SoD. If you enjoy charge, big 2-hand damage with Mortal Strike, Warrior is still tons of fun, imo.
Warrior tank was ok until they nerf’d the devastate fury build. The high armor in Gnomer really killed fury tanking.
I think warriors are overtaking hunters and priests for the most complaining threads. You get more than Era and are middle of the pack DPS. Ranged hunter just sits and auto shots, with an occasional multi shot and serpent sting, and is bottom tier now. I can’t use most of my runes because they suck.
I think Warriors are fine as DPS. But tanking on a Warrior in Gnomeregan is rough.
This.
Devastate was 60% weapon damage + 6% per Sunder Stack which was incredibly strong. This was nerfed towards the end of P1.
It’s now 100% weapon DPS + 10% per stack.
This makes Devastate deal the same damage regardless of what weapon you’re using as long as the DPS is the same so it gets rid of the need for a high weapon damage (slow) weapon. But this also makes it just significantly worse than it was.
On another note. I agree Warrior raid tanking has felt pretty bad so far in P2 (and I’m sure dps does too but I tank so idk).
But everything else has been great. I’ve been loving PvP and just doing other things.
Even though they’re not as flashy as the other classes, the runes are great. Blood Surge and Precise Timing are great because Slam is very strong.
Warrior already had one of the most complete toolkits in Classic so they don’t really even need to add that much.
it’s partly because they were pretty complete characters anyway as a warrior. Especially sword and board. As far as Runes go I’d have loved to see a rune that gave a 10-second or 20-second swing in a circle and that 360-degree hit would have hit 4-5 mobs and hamstrung each one for extra threat. Maybe a Shield rune that would give your shield block a permanent
dmg for hitting it that Regenerated energy x4 for the permanent dmg caused converted to energy. or something you put on a tank where each heal generates energy.
lots of interesting things they could have done… Gave Parry to arms and made them high dmg tanks. Parring with swords instead of blocking. would love to see that… but as it seems from the content written they have no plans to keep building and adding new lands next to the main continent that could be filled with interesting dungeons and pure fun. an aternate wow where the community basically gives the list of “I want this” and blizzard says will do this. An interactive experience for Blizzard and for fans. It would without a doubt keep more fans around
well, maybe you shouldn’t have rolled a meme class
Warriors are gear dependent. With Gear they really can shine. I still believe this is true in SoD.