Why are warrior runes so boring?!

Because there’s a chance that Warrior could be really good at 60, so therefore they need to make Warrior mediocre/average for the phases before that point.

It is literally impossible for the devs to adjust/balance Warrior pre-Phase 4, if the class ends up being a little too strong before level 60.

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I mean i respectively disagree. I don’t think anyone is arguing that warriors won’t be good at 60. I think I detect the sarcasm as I type this lmao. I’m willing to bet money that putting in memestorm would quell an overwhelming portion of the warrior population. I empathize for warrior mains who just want to be able to have viability open world farming on pvp servers. It’s not like quick strike or raging blow are overpowered. A lot of people argue the prot warrior meme from phase 1, but I don’t think any warriors were actively championing the 1 button build. Warriors already have a fairly decently high skill cap imho, nothing wrong with letting them meme when they go farm on their own. Especially when you have hunters/mages clearing dungeons to boost, or rogues that were selling loot from RFK in phase 1 lol.

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My comment was semi-sarcastic. If my comment sounds stupid, it’s because it is. But the rationale behind it is 100% true.

People say that because Warrior could be good at 60, they need to be bad now. And they actually believe it.

Instead of giving Warrior fun things now and going crazy with them, and de-tuning any abilities which might overperform, they just say “Nope, they need to be weak because they could be strong later.” And move on with their day.

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Fair lol, it can be hard to tell on the forums sometimes lol. I hear you. I wouldn’t mind if we didn’t have to wait 8 months to be 60 lol. I still hope to get titans grip or memestorm (or both) and keep running gnomer until I get the sunglasses. Titan grip glasses human/orc warrior would be peak aesthetic.

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They could add all of that right now, and simply tune it as needed. But they won’t.

What do I get (as Arms) for Phase 3? My Rend ticks can now proc Overpowers. That’s it.

But again, I could be good at some point in the next 6 months, so gotta keep it weak and kinda boring for now. That’s the rationale from the devs, and the players.

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because they have ptsd from warriors being good in classic and are afraid to give them anything powerful. same deal with rogues. most of our runes are garbage.

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“You could be good in 6 months from now, maybe 12 months. So until then, we have to keep you weak, just in case you do get strong.” -SoD Devs

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sod devs are lucky i’m so stubborn and only like rogue or i would have unsubbed by now. phase 2 pve was an absolute joke.

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The dumbest part too is that I see the players on here parroting this stupid argument all day long.

“Well, you could be OP in Phase 10, so we can’t have you being too strong or fun in the phases before that.”

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yeah it’s just nonsensical how they choose to balance. afraid to buff warriors/rogues even tho they have trash dps and no utility. yet they turn a blind eye to shamans for a month straight because they’re too busy with plunderstorm and cata. at least phase 3 is looking a bit better tho.

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I think rogue bros need some luv too. I don’t see very many of them tanking anymore and would like to see that change. I’m also tainted by getting mogged by undead rogues traveling in packs of 3 on pvp server. They always bait you with it just being one, and then 2 more show up. Warriors and rogues (unless undead) are the only players I won’t engage in open world unless they are asking for it. Also yeah it seems silly they are not stronger in PVE considering them being a virtually pure dps class.

that’s what people don’t get. seen so many idiots make the argument that rogues and warriors should be happy being middle/low dps in sod because “we had our time”. but they don’t consider utility. a shadow priest should do less damage when they heal their group at the same time. a shaman should do less when they bring totems.

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Rogues it feels like it hits different in PVE because they don’t scale the same way warriors do. Warriors get 2stronk4u last few weeks of the phase, but both are objectively weak in regards to tanking. Atleast tanking secures a spot in the raid (pretty based when you roll on both tank and dps gear), in that regard I would be fine with rogues getting big tanking buffs. Kind of seems like warriors will be fine from here on out tanking. I always seethe seeing warriors who are refusing to tank and will only dps lol. Healing should be way more incentivized too, but it seems like the dev team dgaf. The forums are filled with rats these days anyways who can only ad hom instead of actually engaging in conversation without bias.

new warrior rune: +1 offhand dmg :expressionless:

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TLDR

Meathook rune.

That is all.

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this may unironically be one of my favorite ideas I have heard. Meathook always has been a cool spell in warcraft franchise.

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Thank you for saying it. Imagine playing a fantasy game and choosing a human warrior.

Check The Comback Kid on YouTube. Might be a video w something data mined.

When aggrend said humans should use their new weapon skills for bows so they can shoot higher level mobs. At that moment I knew he never played the game as a gamer.

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bro you are getting a new stance for the first time in 10 years that lets you use any ability, and we are stuck with chest legs and boots slots perma to be meta.

If you think paladins are so great go make a paladin tank and either love it or find out what were talking about. warriors have always and will always be better than paladin tanks because they have better resource, better items, more synergy with lets stats, better talents, better mitigation, and over 1k innate health, and way more racial choices to tailor your play.

i DARE YOU to go be a paladin tank. you sound like you think youd enjoy it more. but in the end, youd find it was a waste of time, and that the time and gear was better spent being a warrior. and paladins im sure will cross that point come lvl 50-55. even with all the bells and whistles.

im telling you right now as a paladin main of 10 years and someone who was excited and is excited for sod, i have regretted not having a warrior since about lvl 15-25, especially after the raiding began.

put your time where your mouth is and roll paladin, or stop humble bragging that youre so much worse than a paladin because we all know how its gonna end up.