Already one of the worst classes to bring to M+ in the DPS role, already struggling to keep up with any other DPS (Except BM) in sustained DPS, only good in big pulls with CDs, bring 0 utility, have one of the lowest ST damage profiles in the game, and now we’re getting nerfed. Already hard enough to get into groups as a DPS Warrior because why would you ever bring one over a DK? We don’t have Brez, no Lust, no utility like Grip, even our stuns are mediocre. The dev team hates Warrior DPS and it’s very obvious.
If we’re going to get these undeserved nerfs then at least give us some utility. Give us an ability called Meat Hook or something, which would essentially just be Death Grip. That would at least give us SOMETHING. In dungeons like Necrotic Wake, a DK is invaluable, mainly because of Slappy Hands but even just Death Grip alone is extremely good, Warrior NEEDS something that makes people think “A Warrior would be nice” which isn’t the case right now, we bring Battle Shout, and Rally. Rally was nerfed and is now more or less useless in all honesty, you just press it to lessen the load on the healer, but since it doesn’t actually heal it’s pretty pointless. Out of using it hundreds of times this expack I have seen it actually save someone 3 times, it’s always been mediocre but now it’s just downright bad. Battle Shout is really only wanted if you have another melee and a Hunter for your ranged, outside of that niche it’s not really cared about. Unlike something like Arcane Intellect which also helps the healer even if no one else gets benefit, which is more important than a tiny bit more tank damage. Warrior must get some sort of Utility, an ability to make people want to bring a Warrior DPS. Before it was because our Burst AoE was very strong especially in large groups, now that our target caps are going down to 5, that niche is gone.
We HAVE to be given something, anything, to compensate for this. Preferably a new spell that brings some Utility to Warrior. A Banner that increases the party’s crit damage and healing by 10% for 15 seconds on a 1 min 30 second CD, a pseudo Death Grip, an AoE movespeed shout, a shout that gives Heroism, damn it just give us a Battle Rez where we yell an allies soul back into their body, literally anything to give us something to help our group, PLEASE. I’m begging at this point.
Blizzard actually tricked me into playing retail for the first time in a long, long while - good for them I guess
Well, I’m over it. It was fun for a couple weeks but this is the final nail in the coffin for me - not having fun, won’t play, simple as
I could def struggle bus against the meta, nothing is physically preventing me from higher keys, but spending hours to form or join groups when my friends aren’t online isn’t fun
and asking my friends to carry my tuchus all the time isn’t fun either
I could spec swap or main swap but nah, unfun
keep up the good fight, I’m going to have fun…somewhere else
it because of blizzard they always listen to the complainers when they complain and tell them warriors aren’t tanks and dps and that other classes should be and blizzard always gives in to them because they are afraid they leave the game if they don’t give into the complainers
This may not be the best barometer but each world boss I’ve done and all the time walking, if there was a warrior in the group (tank/fury) they were at the top of the dps charts.
My 622 warrior can beat all the 574 ilvl world boss enjoyers too, Not a great reflection on higher end content though. It is a much different story in heroic raid with an entire group at my item level.