Comments on: Upcoming Patch 2.4 Changes of Interest

By: Patch 2.4

Patch 2.4 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:35:55 +0000

[...] went over some of the upcoming patch 2.4 changes back in February, as well as looked at a couple of the new tanking [...]

By: Urago

Urago — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:44:58 +0000

The 1.5 second GCD change on Bear Mangle is likely to significantly gimp Bear Druids’ TPS - possibly even putting Bears below a well-played and well-geared Paladin on single target TPS. Will need to *actually* see evidence of this before saying for certain, but all indications are that Druid Tanks are really feeling the burn on this one.

By: Moodle57

Moodle57 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:07:24 +0000

haha and btw I was speaking of an epic 1.4 speed tank weapon. Not the Inuuro’s Blade that you linked.

By: Moodle57

Moodle57 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:05:14 +0000

I’m sure you must of misread but Eternal Earthstorm Diamond effects Block Value not Block Rating. That is a huge upgrade imo. Not only are you increasing your threat gen but you are increasing your effective block value on your shield. Then again you could have been talking about the +12 def but I think it would be easy to trade 207hp for around 50 shield dmg reduction and around a 2% threat increase depending on your gear setup of course(not to mention 12def). But Tier 5 with that diamond would be my heroic gear of choice. On that note there is rumored to be a 1.4 speed tanking weapon which is super hott! If you throw a +7 dmg enchant on that its a 5dps WHITE damage increase which would go great with any threat set.