Defensive Stance

[Kevin]

GG, I hate to say it, but Protection just isn't worth the investment.  There are level 60 31/20 Arms/Fury warriors who hold aggro better and cause less downtime than level 60 protection-spec warriors in BRD and BRS/UBRS.

They cause more damage than the Protection warrior(s), which causes more hate, and also reduces the amount of time required to bring down the mobs in question.  In their five-man group (lvl 60 AF warrior, lvl 60 PF warrior, lvl 60 mage, lvl 60 priest, lvl 60 rogue), the AF warrior locked aggro before the PF warrior could, and didn't need to be healed very often, even in Berserker stance.  I was talking to the (Holy-specc'd) Priest, and she said that she didn't have to drink once throughout the entire BRD run.
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Like I said, Gnolack was mad to see what playing a defensive spec'd warrior the whole way through was like. I have another fury/arms build that I am working on as well just to see how that goes.

I have yet to play with a arms or fury spec'd (in the early 30's you are one or the other not both yet) warrior who has been able to hold aggro better than me if I wanted to hold it. There have been times that it didn't matter if I held it so I didn't bother but I could alway get and maintain aggro when I wanted to.

If things change, things change. In the 20-30 range through I have yet to run across a better aggro holder than a proctection spec warrior. I have yet to have a healer complain about me either. Besides this thread was asking advice on how to work protection spec warriors, so I gave it. I'm having a lot of fun with my protection guy so I personally think it is worth it right now. I'm not saying I'm not open to change. I'm not saying I might not be wrong. This is why I'm building a fury/arms warrior just so I can see some of the differences. But since I am having fun and not hurting anyone else that I play with, it is very much worth it.