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Feral druid tanking, is it nerfed?
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Post by
Abraxxes
ok well ik the old version of the talent feral instinct, would give a bonus 15% threat once at its highest rank but its now being replaced with 30% increased dmg from Swipe, im jw, is this a nerf, or is it improving us in some way i dont get?
Post by
FlatGreenWind
Well I don't know all of the numbers to crunch and the order of attacks etc a normal feral druid undergoes, but threat output is based on your damage (and healing if youre a healer) There are different multipliers for every class and also talents can increase and reduce overall threat. In stead of increasing all threat by 15%, its increasing the multiple of threat you get from using swipe by 30%. If you use swipe as the main tank spamming mechanism, then this will help you more than the old talent. If you are tanking a single target and using maul, it wont help at all. So, it limits the effectiveness of the talent, to make the increase in damage and threat only apply with that attack, and thus only when you attack multiple mobs and use this ability. Hope this helps.
Post by
Gylowamp
it gets worked in the bear form so you always do 15% more theat so its are a very good improvement
Post by
Jingarn
Also, I'd hardly say AoE Mangle (So to speak) is a nerf towards Feral Tanking :) Along with what the above posters have said.
However, one would think most Feral Druids will be going mainly DPS... Unless, that is, if Blizzard starts adding more... Make that, adding some, Tanking Leather to Raids.
(Personally, to me, Balance is looking quite appealing )
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