In the Developer Watercooler Battle for Azeroth Class Design Overview the developers stated: Their focus right now is working out what each specs strengths and weaknesses are going to be. They do a ‘numbers pass’ during one of the later builds. The developers aren’t attempting to balance the tanks at this early stage of the development cycle. Death Strike balances Death Knight self-healing. I do realize the coefficients are an important part of tank balance.

This would be something like Shear going from 115% of Attack power to 51.75% of Attack power. I’m also going to ignore what I’ll call coefficient changes. I know we’ll use them during leveling, but they’ll be living in our banks by the time we’re level capped. I’m ignoring changes to the Artifacts, traits and Legendaries. I have no practical experience in game with Brewmasters, Blood Death Knights or Vengeance Demon Hunters. I’ve also played a Guardian Druid and Protection Warrior. My background is as a Protection Paladin. What I’m looking for is design intent.Įveryone comes from somewhere, and my own point of view is in part shaped by the classes I play. The only thing I know with certainty is the 8.0 patch will be quite different from what we have today. I wouldn’t base a decision on this build. Many people are thinking about what they will main in Battle. It’s important to remember this is the first Alpha build.

We now have our first look at a host of changes to the tanking classes in Battle for Azeroth.

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