It’s not really fun and it’s a ‘meh’ affix. Plus looks like this week they made it even worse. It’s been absolutely difficult to hold agro over a dps who is only 1.5 times tank’s dmg (no data… just speculation). Did they ninja buff this affix??
Most annoying non-consequential affix in my opinion.
Which is why it’s great. I can go ham from the get-go and have one less affix to worry about because Skittish is a joke.
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At one point while reading the OP I thought I was starting to understand what you were talking about…
then, I realized, no I don’t. Not at all.
As a dps it’s great to do that. Buy it lacks fun value. The most fun in have in M+ is when we do things in good coordination… like badass SEAL team instead of a bunch of hooligans.
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It’s a “whatever” affix to me. Randomly losing aggro is annoying especially when you’re trying to control mobs, but at least it isn’t as annoying as necrotic for me as a bear.
Oh lawd…
Skittish? What’s that?
laughs in prot warrior
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Not a matter of “holding aggro” as it completely resets your aggro to zero. You need to basically either be really good at seeing that “change threat” message or tab target LIKE A LOT and be ready to taunt.
Skittish procs about once every 10-20 seconds. Also the DPS should be paying attention and drop a cc to help.
Personally Skittish should be in the 2-6 range and Bolstering should be after 7.
Yeah, all jokes aside… This is what I do. I constantly switch targets to maintain aggro and I’ve become very quick at taunting back.
This is true on all four of my tanks.
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Maybe I am lucky, but in my groups, DPS have been fairly good at being aware that they gained aggro, to my pleasant surprise. Most of them switch to a different mob and use a defensive if they need, giving me a chance to figure out what mob I lost and taunt back.
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I tab target and when I see him target the guy at the top of my DPS chart or the healer I taunt. Skittish for a Paladin is very unnoticable as Consecrate when it ticks holy damage is a great threat modifier.
I despise bolstering though because Ret Paladin single target is straight up trash right now.
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Thunderclap is amazing at grabbing aggro back too.
I mostly run with a dedicated group and they’re all good at switching targets while aoeing to make sure stuff goes down at roughly the same time.
We rarely have to stop all aoe and single target something. 
Skittish should be called TBC because that is what it reminds me of. Maybe that is why it is not a big deal but before the Wrath changes to holy threat high burst dps or heals grabbing aggro was normal.
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Skittish effects all tanks including prot warrior. Its most certainly an affix that is dealt with on every pull.
Just tell your dps to wait until 4 sunders
just do more damage loooooool
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That’s because you don’t know HOW to handle the Affix. If you’re not a prot warrior, you just need to know which mobs are the most dangerous. Which mobs you HAVE to keep agroo on, and which can beat the Demon Hunter in the face while he aoes the group down.
This sounds more like a you issue.
That’s probably because of Bolstering, not Skittish. The proper way to handle bolstering is to kill things as evenly as possible. If they’ve pulled agroo on a particular mob, they were most likely focusing it and have now switched to another mob that has more health.
Stop single targetting? Get a better tank? Skittish is by no means a DPS affix outside of using a defensive if you’re gonna blow wings or something similar. Tanks need to know which mobs are the most dangerous and be ready to taunt those, while letting the casters punch you in the face.
I don’t understand your post exactly. You’re saying its difficult to hold threat but also saying it has no impact on the dungeon. If it’s forcing you to be more aware and focused on threat isn’t that the consequence?
You type the word Skittish but quoted me when I was saying Bolstering. I got no issue with Skittish because it is just normal tanking to me prior to threat increases in Wrath.
Yeah my bad i meant Bolstering. But yeah, continue your normal aoe rotation just switch your primary target to whichever mob has the most health at the time. I’ll be honest i don’t know exactly how ret pallies work but on both my DH and Fury Warrior the primary target takes significantly more damage than the cleave recipients. Is this not the case for ret?
There are only a few obvious exceptions, the bird groups in Atal for example, since the mobs with them have so little health.