The BoA shields from Garrosh in Siege of Orgrimarr are not equal

[Banedemon-bleeding-hollow]

After thinking for years that I had every BoA item in the game I have discovered that there were actually 2 BoA shields that dropped from Garrosh.
The Hellscream’s Barrier which was deemed the healing shield
The Hellscream’s Shield Wall which was deemed the tanking shield and HAS TWO SOCKETS.

Why on earth does one shield have sockets while the other does not? They both have the same allocation of secondary and primary stats, but the second has 2 sockets which is quite impactful.

Can we possibly get these evened out so both shields have sockets in them?

[Denona-khazgoroth (Denona)]

@Banedemon-bleeding-hollow

The Hellscream’s Barrier which was deemed the healing shield
The Hellscream’s Shield Wall which was deemed the tanking shield and HAS TWO SOCKETS.

Why on earth does one shield have sockets while the other does not? They both have the same allocation of secondary and primary stats, but the second has 2 sockets which is quite impactful.

Originally they didn’t. Sockets took away default stat values since you had freedom on what to put in. With numerous stat and ilvl squishes since they basically have the same stats now.