Quote from: Zarhym

We recognize that many plate tanks are making their gear choices based on the amount of armor they’re provided, as this is currently the most preferred stat. In order to make the tier-10 plate tanking sets more desirable, we will be adjusting the stats on the gloves and chest pieces in order to [...]

Mr Greg Street, aka GhostCrawler – Blizzards lead Systems Designer – took the time to comment on Warbringer nerf, in his usual style, commenting on a topic about it on the official wow forums. We will be updating this article in case of any further posts on the nerf.

Quote from: Ghostcrawler

I always struggle with [...]

Quote from: Ghostcrawler

Without a defense stat there should not be a huge gear requirement to tank 5-player dungeons. It would be ideal if say an Arms warrior could go Defensive Stance, maybe use a shield, and be able to fill the tank role in any normal dungeon or even the easier heroics.
You will still likely [...]

Quote from: Ghostcrawler

We’re trying to fix the interaction between Sweeping Strikes and Bladestorm. The purpose of Sweeping Strikes is to let your attacks hit more targets, not hit the targets you are already hitting harder.
Bladestorm should not be able to use Sweeping Strikes to transfer all that damage to a single target. As I [...]

Quote from: Ghostcrawler

We have become pretty dissatisfied with the on-next swing mechanic. Come Cataclysm, we’d love to get rid of all of them. Obviously that will necessitate some pretty significant changes in how warriors generate threat or do damage (unlike Maul or Rune Strike, Heroic Strike gets a lot of use outside of tanking), which [...]